Often, writing good phone scripts is the deal breaker for a salesperson. The following are key things that you’ll want to incorporate when developing calling scripts: 1. Identify your value The language that communicates the core value that’s offered is a key step often left out of phone scripts. Most of the time, there [...]
Both cold calling and email play such a big role in sales prospecting, so having a cold call email strategy is important. You greatly improve your probability of connecting with the prospect when you combine the two communications methods together into one strategy. Creating and Using Cold Call Email Templates The first thing we [...]
It is critical to get to the ultimate decision-maker in order to drive sales maximization. First, you must identify how much power the prospects you are speaking with have. We understand this can sometimes seem like a touchy subject to talk about, but there are two very easy ways to find out how much power [...]
The following are eleven good questions for salespeople. In order to be an effective salesperson, it is about knowing the right questions to ask and not so much about knowing all the answers. 1. Why are you looking to make a change? When speaking with a prospect who is interested in purchasing your products [...]
You can incorporate some very clear and practical sales habits to likely see a positive impact on your sales results. 1. Wake up early Flexibility is typically allowed with most professional sales jobs on when to start the day. You can either take advantage of this from a comfort standpoint by starting at a [...]
Sometimes it may seem like something that is out of your control or that you need luck when figuring out how to be an effective salesperson. There are clear and practical things that you can do to become consistently more effective and successful as a salesperson, not just necessarily by being in the right place [...]
A sales tactic where a salesperson cold calls across a territory or list of target prospects with the primary goal of collecting information is cold canvassing. The investment of effort and time is set into motion with the ultimate goal being to generate leads and increase sales, but that larger goal is put on hold [...]
One of the most important steps in achieving sales excellence is identifying how to qualify a prospect. We need to know what to look for to improve our ability to qualify prospects. There are three qualities that we can easily check for when speaking with prospects. 1. Need to Purchase First, find out if [...]
You could just “wing it” when doing outbound sales or you could use some sort of prospecting guide. There are some distinct and noticeable benefits to using the latter. 1. Sound more prepared When watching the evening news, you will notice that the news anchor typically sounds knowledgeable and polished. Before every broadcast, they [...]
A big part of a salesperson’s day is often telephone sales calls. Outbound sales calls are something that needs to be executed and is a big factor in the salesperson’s ability to generate leads and results. Focusing on how to improve this area has a big impact on sales performance, and there are things that [...]