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 [...]
There are some very clear details that can make good cold call scripts stand out from the rest. Value Statement Does the cold call script have some sort of value statement? This is a one-sentence statement that communicates the value offered. Most call scripts usually have an introduction statement. And these have details about [...]
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 [...]
Cold calling is tough, but there are some very clear things you can do when writing your cold call script to improve your results. 1. Remove the “How are you doing today?” Our natural instinct as a salesperson is to ask the prospect how they are doing at the very beginning of a call [...]
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 [...]
There are actually some clear differences between what is cold calling and what is more warm calling. Three Characteristics of Cold Calling There are three key factors that determine whether or not your sales call is a cold call. Those are outlined below, and really, all three need to be met for the call [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]