Be honest: Do you dutifully send an email and then ask when you can follow up when you get this blow off objection? Believe it or not, over 90% of sales reps do just that. But top producers are prepared for this common stall/blow off, and they know how to qualify past it. And after […]
Five Scripts You Need to Know by Heart
In my book, Power Phone Scripts, I talk about the secret of sales. Yes, there is an actual secret to successful sales, and by following it you not only will overcome failure and frustration, but you’ll make more money, so much more easily, that sales will actually become fun. Think of that. And the secret […]
One Way to Handle Objections Better
Want a quick and easy way to handle objections like a pro? Simply seek out the top closer in your company, organization, or industry, and then role play with them and write down how they answer the same objections that are frustrating you now. Once you have those responses, simply rewrite them to fit your […]
Ghosted? Here’s what to do…
Ghosted—just the sound of this is chilling. But when you’ve done a presentation and then don’t hear back from a prospect, it can often mean the kiss of death. What to do? Here are three things I do to avoid being ghosted: #1: Because prospects are pitched all the time, and because the majority of […]
5 Closing Questions You Need
Note to my readers: Because of my heavy client load, I am reducing my blog articles to bi-weekly starting today. Your next blog will arrive on Tuesday, August 17th. Ever feel stalled during a close? Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to […]
Spectacular Summer Sale!
Summer kind of slow? Top pros are using this time to sharpen their sales skills so they can make a killing in the fourth quarter. They’re using the summer to learn better ways of responding to the objections that hurt them in the first part of the year. Why not invest a little money and […]
One Question to Determine Buyers
How would you like to have just one question that will almost always positively identify a buyer? Believe it or not, there is such a question, and it’s an easy question, but very few sales reps have ever thought to ask it. Or, if they do know what that question is, they are afraid to […]
How to Pitch Multiple Products
Rookie mistake: You’ve got several products or services you can offer a prospect, and you start by offering the first, or main one, then hear an opening for another one so pivot to that one, and describe another—and then another. Result? Stalled sale. “Let me think about these and get back with you.” Sound familiar? […]
This is the Secret of Sales
Imagine if there was a secret to successful selling. Imagine if there was one concept, one rule you could learn and follow, and if you learned and applied this rule, then you would successfully be able to sell any product or service you chose to. And not only would you be able to sell these […]
One Mistake to Avoid When Pitching
Here’s a mistake I hear over and over again when listening to sales reps pitching or presenting their services over the phone: when they hear a possible objection or something negative from their prospect, they go into pitch mode. It’s as if they think they just need to tell the prospect more, or list endless […]