Number 4 on our list of the 10 best sales tips is to always have a list of pre-qualifying questions to ask. What are Pre-Qualifying Questions? In order to explain this tip from our list of the best sales tips, we need to start by clearly stating what we mean by pre-qualifying questions. These questions determine [...]
One of the best ways to improve your script for setting appointments by phone is to include some pre-qualifying questions at the core of the script. What are Pre-Qualifying Questions? Pre-qualifying questions are questions that determine if there is at least a slight fit on the prospect’s side for what you are trying to [...]
Here are some straightforward steps to take when writing a sales pitch. Step 1 - Think about the product that you want to sell. When you begin writing a sales pitch, stop to think about the product you are trying to drive demand for. This may be a very quick step to take, as you [...]
Here are some quick sales pitch tips that stand a good chance of immediately improving your sales efforts. 1. Don’t sound like a salesperson. We operate under the belief that people don’t mind buying stuff, but nobody really enjoys being sold to. If that is true, then it might help us improve our conversations [...]
One of the best ways to create the perfect sales pitch is to build it around good probing sales questions. This aligns with our key belief that the best salesperson is the one who asks the best questions. Bad Sales Pitches Don’t Have Good Questions Before we discuss building the perfect sales pitch, let’s examine one of the easiest [...]
Being able to qualify a sales prospect is a critical skill for being a successful salesperson. This skill will enable you to determine if a prospect has a low probability of moving forward, and if you can clearly see that, you will be able to prevent yourself from wasting valuable time with bad sales prospects. [...]
Asking the right probing questions for sales can often be the difference between failure and success. Always remember that the best salesperson is the one who asks the best questions. But how do you know if you are asking the right questions? In this video, we show you a process for identifying the optimum list of questions [...]
It is critical to ask sales questions when you are out there selling. But the difference between being a good salesperson and consistently overachieving is asking the right questions. Let’s look at one of the common sales prospecting questions that many salespeople think is good, and we will show you why this is one of [...]
Most salespeople do not ask enough or the right sales questions. While this is not good and can negatively impact sales results, it is actually very understandable for a few reasons. Companies Don’t Train Salespeople to Ask the Right Sales Questions If you looked at most new hire sales training programs, you would see most [...]
In a previous blog post, we discussed how to use soft closing questions. There are also times when you will want to be more direct and hard close a sales prospect. Here are some examples of hard closing questions and some explanations for each closing question. Are you ready to move forward to the next [...]