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 had a very productive sales training webinar this week. Here are the recording and slides. The topic was “Sell More by Screening Good Prospects from Bad.” Your Time is Valuable and Must Be Protected This sales training webinar focuses on the key principle that your time is extremely valuable. You only have so [...]
There are many different opinions about whether or not someone can truly develop selling skills. Many believe that salespeople are born and that you either have the natural ability or you don’t. I personally don’t agree with that. I see selling as a skill that can be developed and improved regardless of your personality or [...]
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 [...]
In the cult classic sales movie titled Glengarry Glen Ross, there is this scene where Alec Baldwin’s character outlines a sales process that uses the acronym A-I-D-A. While the movie is quite entertaining, this scene reminds me of many things that I feel are missing from sales processes and techniques that are taught to salespeople. Here [...]
While working for a software company in my first sales position, I went through a workshop that taught the Sandler Sales Methodology. This was actually one of the first real sales training programs that I went through, and I loved it. Here is a quick review and summary of what I liked about their sales [...]
Let’s face it—training salespeople can be downright difficult sometimes. A first step to making this area less difficult can be to examine some of the contributing factors. This knowledge will help you take the right steps to improve your training processes. 1. There is so much information you need to share with them. The first [...]
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 [...]
The biggest challenge when cold calling is getting prospects to answer the phone. Having the best product and pitch means nothing if you can’t talk to someone. If you feel like a lot of your calls go straight to voicemail, watch this webinar recording on “How to Get Prospect to Answer the Phone When Cold [...]
Let's face it: the daily life of a salesperson can be tough. There are many highs and lows and a lot of rejection along the way. To help with that, we created this video that uses some Office and Officespace type of humor to help you get through the day.
