One of the things salespeople or business owners care most about is closing the sales. With that, everybody is looking for ways to become a better closer. In this video, we talk about some soft closing tactics that, when you do everything else right, can be more effective than trying the traditional hard close. [...]
If you were to ask a group of salespeople what the one thing they wanted to be better at was, in many cases, most would answer that they would like to be better at closing sales prospects. This is understandable because closing the sale is actually the most important step and what directly leads to [...]
We currently live in a very narcissistic world today. If you are ever on social media, you will notice a steady flow of selfies and status updates that are solely centered around what the person posting is doing, has received, achieved, etc. The Problem with this Behavior The interesting thing is that what motivates this [...]
If you want to become a better closer, you should trial close your prospects in almost every interaction with them. Trial closing is performing a test close. You do this by checking in with the prospect and asking questions to see where their head is and if you are heading in the right direction. Here [...]
I had a salesperson trying to sell to me today, and when she could not close me, she tried to figure out if I was the decision-maker. For some reason, how she tried to figure this out did not feel great to me as the prospect, so I thought it might be good to outline [...]
It can sometimes seem daunting to train salespeople to ask the right sales prospecting questions. This is understandable because a conversation can go so many different directions. But it does not need to be so difficult, and we will provide some structure here that you can apply to your sales training processes. Question Branches One [...]
If you find yourself thinking you need to do some sales prospecting but you just can’t seem to get going, you are not alone. Part of this might be a little call reluctance, but most can be tied to a few hurdles that make it tough to just get your outbound effort going. 1. You [...]
I receive at least one cold email every day from a salesperson, and as I read these, I always see some things that could be done better. Here are some thoughts on small changes that can have a significant impact. 1. Try not to sound like a salesperson. All of these emails I receive [...]
What if there is a way to sell more by selling less? Here are four tips for changes that you can make that will lead you to not trying so hard, and you might just end up selling more at the same time: 1. Minimize the product and company talk tracks A typical salesperson [...]
We all buy stuff every day. Some of these purchases are repeat purchases and some are new. When you think about that, you may realize that we really don’t mind buying stuff. Sometimes it can be kind of fun getting something new. But even though we might enjoy buying something or know that we need [...]
