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 that we can easily leave out, and that is pre-qualifying questions. What are pre-qualifying questions? Pre-qualifying questions are questions that help to determine how well the prospect fits with [...]
With the continued growth of inside sales, the need for telesales resources is increasing along with it. Here are some quick keys to help with training telesales. How to Build a Strong Inner Game One step that is often skipped in sales training is talking about the mental aspects and the inner game. The [...]
Many salespeople debate whether or not cold call scripts work. There are definitely some key benefits from using a cold call script. But what is important is how you build your script and how you use it. Benefits of using cold call scripts If you don’t use a call script, you are going to [...]
Figuring out how to write a cold call script is a key step to take when trying to drive sales prospecting results. Cold calling is one of the most difficult things that a salesperson will need to do, and that can make writing a script for cold calling just as difficult. You can easily look [...]
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 [...]
I have some bad news. You are very likely to face cold call objections on just about every call that you make. Objections are like stop signs that the prospect will hold up to try to take the call in a direction of their choosing. And if you have called someone unexpectedly and appear [...]
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 [...]