There is a fairly negative perception surrounding the concept of using telephone scripts in sales due mostly in part to a couple of sales myths that are rooted fairly deeply. Telephone Scripts Myths Most individuals have the belief that scripts are for a junior-level salesperson or more of a telemarketing role. That’s completely false [...]
If you embrace and implement good sales tips, you’re likely to see an immediate improvement in your sales results which is the great thing about sales. The following are a few sales tips that are easy and practical to adopt. 1. Define your ideal prospect Clearly identifying what your ideal prospect looks like is [...]
One must have a bidirectional lead generation strategy in order to truly create power lead generation. There must be outbound sales efforts to create leads as well as a strategy to produce inbound leads. Outbound Lead Generation In order to drive outbound lead generation, there are a few different methods to use. Using the [...]
It can often be the difference between success and failure for a salesperson when determining how to write a phone script. The following are a few do’s and don’ts to assist with that. Do: Script out some of the questions and statements ahead of time that you want to make when you reach the prospect. [...]
Many business owners and sales managers continuously try to identify how to enhance sales. There are very clear and practical changes and investments that can be made to increase sales results. Decrease Sales Staff Turnover Something which will always exist at some level is sales staff turnover. There’s almost a continuous revolving door with salespeople constantly coming [...]
It can often be one of the keys to success for a salesperson when determining how to cold call. There are some very clear and simple things you can do to improve results even though it can be a very intimidating thing to do. Pre-Cold Call Steps There is a significant amount of work [...]
There are very clear things that can be done to improve results when you need to make an outgoing call for sales. 1. Improve Your Mind It can be extremely mentally challenging to make outgoing sales calls. The reason is we’re likely calling people who aren’t expecting our call, and we will likely face [...]
Very clear and practical things can be done to immediately improve phone sales calls. Some of those things are outlined below: 1. Improve Your Mind It can be a mentally challenging and taxing activity to make sales calls over the phone. We can improve our results and stamina by putting aside some time and [...]
When working on qualifying sales during cold calls, lightly qualify first because we’re simply attempting to determine if it makes sense for everybody to keep investing their time in the conversation. Some examples of what to look at when asking light qualifying questions are general questions that identify if things are great, ok, or have [...]
There are clear things to incorporate in order to create a successful lead campaign. Focused Target List Building a target list of prospects for the campaign is a step often overlooked or not given enough attention. It’s common to quickly pull together a target and attack list with more time focused on other areas. [...]