It can often be the difference between success and failure for a salesperson when determining how to write a phone script. The following are a few do’s and don’ts to assist with that. Do: Script out some of the questions and statements ahead of time that you want to make when you reach the prospect. [...]
Many business owners and sales managers continuously try to identify how to enhance sales. There are very clear and practical changes and investments that can be made to increase sales results. Decrease Sales Staff Turnover Something which will always exist at some level is sales staff turnover. There’s almost a continuous revolving door with salespeople constantly coming [...]
It can often be one of the keys to success for a salesperson when determining how to cold call. There are some very clear and simple things you can do to improve results even though it can be a very intimidating thing to do. Pre-Cold Call Steps There is a significant amount of work [...]
There are very clear things that can be done to improve results when you need to make an outgoing call for sales. 1. Improve Your Mind It can be extremely mentally challenging to make outgoing sales calls. The reason is we’re likely calling people who aren’t expecting our call, and we will likely face [...]
Very clear and practical things can be done to immediately improve phone sales calls. Some of those things are outlined below: 1. Improve Your Mind It can be a mentally challenging and taxing activity to make sales calls over the phone. We can improve our results and stamina by putting aside some time and [...]
When working on qualifying sales during cold calls, lightly qualify first because we’re simply attempting to determine if it makes sense for everybody to keep investing their time in the conversation. Some examples of what to look at when asking light qualifying questions are general questions that identify if things are great, ok, or have [...]
It can be the difference between failure and success depending on the sales call questions that you ask. Initially, break down the first two different sales process stages to help in outlining what questions you should ask. The first conversation is the initial stage. Setting an appointment is the second stage. There are different questions [...]
Time and investment should be made in a few areas to improve the chances that your sales campaigns will be successful. 1. Define the target audience Having the ability to clearly define the target audience for a sales campaign is one important step usually overlooked. You will be better at generating leads if you [...]
It is a given that selling is unpredictable and one thing we can be sure of is we can use effective sales tactics to create increasingly productive conversations with prospects. Magnifying any pain in which we’re able to identify that the prospect is experiencing is one of those tactics. When using pain in this context, [...]
Commonly, salespeople believe in order to be successful you need to have persuasive sales skills. Also, there is a common misconception that you somehow have to manipulate prospects to be truly persuasive. Actually, you don’t have to be manipulative at all to be effective in building interest as well as getting prospects to move forward. [...]