Building rapport with sales prospects can be challenging, but there are actually some small things to do on a cold call to help. Confirm that you are not interrupting anything It is safe to assume that your prospect will be busy when you cold call them. This is because they are either busy working [...]
If you can design your cold call script so that you find out what pain and challenges the prospect is experiencing, you will greatly improve your ability to generate leads. Unfortunately, that is a little easier said than done, as pain is often something fairly difficult to uncover in a quick cold call. But there [...]
Prospects that you reach when cold calling will often be very guarded, and there are some small yet powerful things you can do with your cold call script to decrease and defuse this guardedness. Try not to sound like a salesperson When you sound like you are a salesperson, you will typically increase a [...]
A common thing for a salesperson to think is, “Where can I get cold call scripts?” While you can usually google topics like business plans, proposals, executive summaries, or sales presentations and get results with plenty of templates and examples, searching for cold calling scripts will not be as easy. The reason why is that [...]
Phone prospecting is something that most of us do not look forward to. But at some point, it has to be done. Here are some quick tips to help you power through that mental resistance. Schedule time for prospecting Prospecting over the phone is likely just one of the many things that you need [...]
When building a cold call script, there can be a right way and a wrong way to go. Let’s first discuss the wrong way. Don't Write a Monologue When many sales professionals and sales managers write a cold calling script, they often write out a page with paragraph after paragraph for the salesperson to [...]
Making a cold call is one of the more difficult things that a salesperson will need to do in their day. You are basically calling someone who is not expecting your call and they are going to be coming from a place where they likely do not want to talk with you. Not only can [...]
There is one question that often shows up in a cold calling script or naturally comes up when a salesperson is working off of a cold call script, and that is “How are you doing today?” This is one of the worst questions to ask, and here are three reasons why: 1. It makes [...]
Having strong value propositions is critical to successful selling. Many people will spend time trying to think of the perfect value prop. But the reality is that you can have multiple value propositions. This means the value you offer to different types of buyers can be different – You help a manufacturing company in different [...]
There are three key things that you can include in your cold call script that can take it from good to great. 1. Value Statement A cold call is very challenging in that you need to do a lot in a very short period of time. You need to grab the prospect’s attention and [...]