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 [...]
With the continued growth of inside sales, the need for telesales resources is increasing along with it. Here are some quick keys to help with training telesales. How to Build a Strong Inner Game One step that is often skipped in sales training is talking about the mental aspects and the inner game. The [...]
When sales prospecting, having a good prospect list can be a very large factor in the level of success you have. The cold call script we use and what we say during our prospecting have a large impact on how well our conversations go. If we’re not working from a good list of target prospects, [...]
A lot of people might disagree with whether learning sales and how to be a good salesperson is possible. The reason being some believe that you’re either born to be a salesperson, or you’re not. If you’re not, you can’t be a successful salesperson. Now, let’s dig deeper into this. Sales Myth – You [...]
Determining how to set appointments has a direct improvement on a salesperson’s results and performance. The following are eight easy steps that you can do to improve your appointment setting. 1. Identify your core value What is the core value you have to offer? What is the value that the clients receive that purchase [...]
Everything you and your salespeople say when communicating with prospects is sales messaging. You have the choice to go with what naturally pops up in your head, or you can take a different approach. Conventional Sales Messaging Approach First, let’s look at a conventional approach or what many companies are doing for messaging before [...]
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 [...]
One of the key steps where it is important to execute well when making cold calls is scheduling telephone appointments. There are clear things that we can do to improve our success rate in this area which is good news. 1. Communicate Value The area of effectively communicating the business value that we have [...]
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 [...]
If you embrace and implement good sales tips, you’re likely to see an immediate improvement in your sales results which is the great thing about sales. The following are a few sales tips that are easy and practical to adopt. 1. Define your ideal prospect Clearly identifying what your ideal prospect looks like is [...]