It can be very understandable for a salesperson to have questions around how many cold calls to make to a prospect before either moving on or before starting to appear to be a pest. We will try to outline a process in this blog post and video to help with that question.
You are Most Likely […]
I was watching some videos in this pretty cool video series called The Real Deal of Sales and there was one that I found interesting as it outlines some responses from business professionals when asked what the most challenging things about sales are.
I agree with most of the challenges being mentioned and could definitely […]
I had a conversation with a family member recently and I thought it was a good example of why you need a good sales pitch. Or an example of me not using a great sales pitch.
Background
The background is that I recently bought a set of ceramic knives and I have been pretty happy with them […]
We recently held a webinar on how to use sales gamification to improve sales performance and you can watch a recording of it and get the slides here.
How to Use Sales
What is Sales Gamification?
To start to understand what exactly gamification in the area of sales is and how to best do, let’s start by […]
“Does cold calling work?” is one of the most commonly asked or debated questions. If you have asked this question, check out our webinar recording that is simply titled with that question – “Does cold calling work?”.
You can probably guess how we will answer that question but we will spend this time together to discuss the […]
Following up with sales prospects can be tricky. Sometimes you don’t follow up enough and might be missing out on the business. Other times you might follow up too much where the only thing you are doing is damaging the relationship and wasting valuable time.
If you can relate to that, you should watch our webinar recording “How to Effectively […]
In this short sales tips video, we talk about one of our tips for what NOT to do when you are prospecting for leads on LinkedIn.
This video is part of a longer sales training webinar that we hosted on How to Effectively Use LinkedIn as a Sales Prospecting Tool and you can watch a recording […]
When it comes to making cold calls, whether it is because you don’t have time or don’t the desire, it can be easy to find an excuse to not pick up the phone. Because of this, many salespeople try to only use email to generate leads.
While we believe the best way to consistently generate leads […]
Sales role play scripts are an important tool to help you with improving sales. Here are some key sections to include as you role play.
Gatekeeper Introduction
It is very reasonable to expect almost half of phone prospecting calls to get answered by some sort of gatekeeper. A lot of gatekeepers will have the objective of trying […]
The term consultative selling can get thrown around a lot. But what exactly does that mean? To bring clarity to that question, we will take a step back and compare consultative sales with a more traditional type of selling and in this exercise we will call that product selling.
One big difference between consultative selling and […]
We recently held a webinar on how to be an awesome networker and here is a video of that event and below are the slides available for download.
Mindset Changes
Our tips start with making some mindset changes as you try to be a better networker. The first change is to shift from a mindset of picking […]
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