Posts Tagged 'cold calling'

              Of course, we’re not going to abandon our sales goals, just the toxic thinking that surrounds them! We all feel the pressure to generate results. What if the real source of prospecting failure is focusing too much on the result rather than your process. The finish line isn’t …

Ever promote a great salesperson into a management position, only to watch them struggle with managing, developing & coaching their team? To solve this age-old, universal conundrum, here’s how to prepare your future managers for their next position. Sales training isn’t the answer. To build a bench of next-gen successful leaders, start developing your salespeople …

Proposal submitted, follow up done but no response from the prospect. They expressed interest but where did your customer go? Since 55% of selling time is wasted on unproductive prospecting, here are 20 questions that prevent prospects from going MIA, increase sales and keep you focused on the right opportunities to prevent sales frostbite. Get …

Do you have millennial salespeople on your team? Do they refuse to do anything except use social media and LinkedIn for business development? Here’s how to help them execute a comprehensive prospecting strategy—both offline and online. Millennials Don’t Cold Call I’ve heard this from many frustrated sales managers. “I hired this new salesperson with great …

Think about the initial objective of your prospecting efforts. If you think the goal is to close a sale, deliver a presentation, submit a proposal or schedule an appointment, think again. Ask anyone who has to prospect or cold call in order to generate new business what their initial objective is when making that first …

Are you excited about what you sell? At some point, have you noticed your enthusiasm fade over time, whether due to the repetition of your job, changes in your marketplace or the results you were generating? Chances are, this has less to do with the product itself and everything to do with you. Here’s an …

At some point, I hear from practically every person I’ve ever worked with about the competition in their market. Companies spend so much time trying to outsell, outwit and out price their competition without realizing who their greatest competitor truly is. As such, they focus all of their energy on trying to beat out the …

My cold calling book was released almost 10 years ago, yet the lessons around developing a healthy mindset when selling are just as relevant and critical today when it comes to determining how successful a salesperson you can be. Whether I’m training a group of sales managers or providing individual sales coaching to a frontline …