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One common goal you might be working toward is making appointments with target prospects during outbound sales. There are very clear and simple things that can be done to improve your results and effectiveness, even though it sometimes can seem challenging. 1. Stay Focused on the Primary Goal Staying focused on the primary goal [...]
The following is a short list of what you should and shouldn’t do when using phone call scripts. Have some sort of script to work from to make an effort to improve sales calls. You’re likely to see more benefits than when not using a script by improving your preparation by having a script. Also, [...]
We improve our results by keeping our eye on the ultimate goal when making sales telephone calls. It’s sometimes best to have appointment-setting be our primary goal when making true cold calls. It’s easy to lose sight of that goal by getting sidetracked and trying to go beyond that goal to selling something or even [...]
Here are some sales script examples. Cold call from a commercial real estate agent This is an example of a cold call from a commercial real estate agent that is calling to try to help a tenant with their office space. Cold call from a payroll software salesperson Here is a call from a [...]
Call scripting is looked at negatively in the sales profession. It is believed by many that you shouldn’t use any type of script, as well as scripts are for junior-level sales professionals or only for telemarketing activities. But that isn’t the right way to view the use of sales scripts because even the highest senior-level [...]
There is a fairly negative perception surrounding the concept of using telephone scripts in sales due mostly in part to a couple of sales myths that are rooted fairly deeply. Telephone Scripts Myths Most individuals have the belief that scripts are for a junior-level salesperson or more of a telemarketing role. That’s completely false [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]