There are actually some clear differences between what is cold calling and what is more warm calling. Three Characteristics of Cold Calling There are three key factors that determine whether or not your sales call is a cold call. Those are outlined below, and really, all three need to be met for the call [...]
Having a good cold call script can sometimes be the difference when trying to get a prospect to open up. And there is one component we can easily leave out: pre-qualifying questions. What are pre-qualifying questions? Pre-qualifying questions help determine how well the prospect fits with what you have to offer. If the prospect [...]
Looking to sell like a pro? Begin by stopping to think about a professional football player or professional athlete. How does he (or she) prepare? Does he jump right into the game without taking any steps to prepare ahead of time? Of course not. There are actually two things that he will invest time and [...]
A question that gets asked all the time is “What the heck is SalesScripter?” It is actually not an easy question to answer because there is nothing like it out there, and the scripter actually does many different things. Quick One-Minute Video To help answer this, here is a quick one-minute video that explains [...]
There is one thing that we can always stand to be reminded of when sales prospecting, and that is that it is not always all about us, the seller. To immediately improve your conversations, shift from talking about you and focus more on talking about the prospect. We are self-serving at some level There [...]
In case you missed it, Michael Halper, Founder and CEO of SalesScripter, was a guest speaker on a webinar, “Converting Your Leads to Sales,” hosted by SalesNexus. is extremely important. But what you do with those leads and being able to consistently convert a high percentage of them to sales is just as if not [...]
There are two different times when it is important to build credibility while performing sales prospecting – 1) when dealing with gatekeepers and 2) when trying to get the prospect to move forward. Dealing with Gatekeepers The gatekeeper will typically be responsible for keeping out pesky salespeople. As a result, when they answer an [...]
Building a sales role-play is a good step in the right direction. However, one critical step to take after that is to practice the script and perform some sort of sales role-playing. The last thing that you want to do is read from a script when sales prospecting. And just reading over the script and [...]
It can be easy to feel like there is not a lot that we can do to build interest when performing sales prospecting. Either the prospect will need and want our product, or they won’t. With that being the case, we can fall into believing that all we can really do is talk about our product and what [...]
If you are interested in using Sales Scripter, or interested in improving your sales for that matter, you might want to watch this video. This is a recording of a mini-workshop on sales messaging. This training outlines a sales messaging methodology that breaks down into six categories: Value Pain Qualify Objections Interest Credibility This video [...]