Category: Sales Training

Book Mike Brooks for Your 2021 Virtual Sales Event!

by mike

2021 Sales Kickoffs are going to be different this coming January. Many will be held virtually—but that doesn’t mean they can’t still be impactful and motivating.

Especially when you hire Mike Brooks, Mr. Inside Sales to kick off your sales event!

Mike can customize your keynote, breakout, or sales kickoff session and deliver a content rich, motivating message that will launch your team into action in January.

Did you know that Mike was named the 2017 + 2018 + 2019 Service Provider of the Year by the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals? (https://aa-isp.org/annual-awards)

Do you need customized keynotes or breakout sessions on subjects like:

  • Prospecting – Both B2B & B2C
  • Dealing with gatekeepers
  • Overcoming objections and Stalls
  • Virtual Presentation Skills
  • Setting follow-up appointments
  • Motivation and Attitude Adjustment
  • And much more!

Also, Mike is available for:

  • Virtual, customized inside sales training for your team
  • Creating Script Playbooks that will make everyone on your team more effective.
  • One on One coaching for sales leaders and individual producers
  • And, of course, amazing keynotes and breakout sessions!

Want an even more personalized sales conference event? Then purchase a copy of Mike’s latest book: Power Phone Scripts, for each team member, and have Mike sign and mail copies right to your office! This book will give your team even more takeaways and valuable techniques they will use all year long to make more sales!

Either call our office: (919) 267-4202 or email Mike directly: Mike@mrinsidesales.com

P.S.: Reach out now before all Mike’s speaking dates are full!

All the best for 2021!

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Perfect for reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
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This is the Most Important Qualifying Question

by mike

If I asked you what the most important qualifying question was, what would you (or your team) say?

Budget?

Decision making process?

Buying motives?

Needs or pain points?

These are all important, of course, but they aren’t what—in my mind—is most important of all. And that is:

Timeline for making a decision to move forward.

The reason timeline is the most important is that it encompasses all of the above. If a prospect is looking to move forward “as soon as possible,” for example, it means that budget is in place.

It also means that the decision makers have all agreed that their buying motives (needs) are such that a decision needs to be made now. Everybody is onboard.

In addition, what is also important about timeline is that if the prospect you’re speaking to isn’t in the market at this moment, it means you can relax behind your pitch.

For example, if your prospect isn’t looking to make a decision until the next quarter or two, this changes the way you pitch your product or service. Now, instead of moving toward the close, you can adjust and move toward other issues like other decision makers and exactly what is going to change at that time, and what they’ll need to see and hear to choose you.

Conversely, if a prospect has a burning need to purchase as soon as possible, this also helps you adjust your pitch and your follow up actions. Perhaps you need to get in front of the other decision makers (like today!), or perhaps you can make an offer that has a timeline attached to it.

One of the biggest mistakes I see many reps making is to neglect asking about timeline and instead just keep pitching their product or service. The problem with this is that when they get to the end, they don’t have a clear idea how to drive the close. What do they do next? Is there urgency or not?

If you don’t know the proper timeline, it’s hard to make the right next suggestions and plan the best next steps.

The next time you’re qualifying a prospect, always ask this question:

“Assuming you like what you see during our presentation next week, walk me through the process to get this approved and what your timeline is for putting us to work for you?”

Trust me, this question will change everything for you and your team…

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
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Is Cold Calling Dead?

by mike

I received an email last week from a real estate rep asking me if cold calling was dead. If you’re wondering the same thing, ask yourself this question:

Think about all the times you pick up your phone to reach out to new buyers: those people you see on social media who you think would be a good fit, all the leads that your company generates that request more information, all your clients whom you call to upsell, the “qualified” leads you or your company pay for that you call, etc.

Then ask yourself: if your phone were taken away, would it affect your sales? Would you be as successful if you couldn’t reach out to these prospects and introduce yourself and your company?

If your answer is Yes, then guess what? Cold calling isn’t dead. Oh, you may call it warm calling or prospecting, but the fact remains, you still have to reach out to people you don’t know to connect with them, introduce yourself and your company, and qualify them for a fit for your product or service.

The real question should be: how can you “cold call” more effectively?

In terms of this real estate agent, one suggestion I had was to do what others in his industry are doing. And that is to call local homeowners and offer them something of value first, and if they want to take advantage of it, then to gently qualify for interest in a service they are offering.

For example: many real estate agents have put together an up to date, free market analysis of comps of other homes in the area and call local homeowners to give this away. They call and ask the homeowner if they would like a current report of the worth of other homes in their area (including their own).

Now who wouldn’t want that?

After the homeowner says yes, they gather their email address and promise to forward the report on to them. They then go on to qualify the homeowner by asking any of the following questions in order to generate a lead:

“And would you be interested in a no obligation customized assessment of the current value of your home?”

OR

“Are you by chance going to be in the market to sell your home within the next 6 to 12 months?”

OR

“Are you looking to downsize anytime within the next 5 years?”

And so on. If you’re in real estate, I’m sure you can come up with many other questions. The point is to uncover a potential customer, and these questions help reveal who that might be.

Obviously, you can adapt this strategy to any other industry, i.e., yours! The point is that you will find this information out by cold calling prospects.

So, is cold calling dead? Disconnect your phone for a month and see if your sales suffer. If they do, then it isn’t dead—you may just not be doing it right.

If you’d like to get better at prospecting, considering joining our 7-week, online inside sales training that starts this afternoon at 1 pm EDT.

All sessions are recorded so you don’t even have to attend the live sessions—you and your team can watch this proven and valuable training any time during the 7-week period.

Check it out here.

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

Sales Advice from Pablo Picasso

by mike

I read a great quote from Picasso (yes, the famous painter) the other day, and it really resonated with my sales philosophy. Here it is:

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

You’re probably wondering what that has to do with sales, and it’s simple: Most sales reps’ instincts are to adlib when they get an objection or when they get into a sales situation that isn’t going their way.

The problem with this is they haven’t first learned the rules of proper objection handling—like questioning an objection first, or isolating an objection, etc.—so instead they just wing it. And if your team is doing this now, then I’ll bet you’re not meeting your monthly revenue targets.

For years, I’ve been teaching and training sales teams to put in the time and effort to learn the proper sales techniques first, and then, after they understand and have mastered the fundamentals, they can “adapt” them to each particular prospect or situation.

Here is a quick example:

A common objection in sales is the, “I have to show this to my (boss, manager, partner, etc.).” How does your sales team handle this?

The “rule” a pro follows is to isolate this objection to make sure it isn’t a smokescreen hiding other objections like, “It’s too much money,” or “I can get a better deal elsewhere,” etc.

Because pros know the rule above, they can then “break it like an artist,” by adapting their rebuttal to each prospect. This can include:

“I understand, just out of curiosity, what is your take on this now?”

OR

“I’m with you, let me ask you this, though: If your partner says ‘do whatever you think is best’, what would you tend to do?”

OR

“If your partner could go either way, which way are you leaning now?”

OR

“And if your partner asked you what you thought he should do, what would your answer be?”

This is the “art” of handling objections. Unfortunately, most sales reps and sales teams have never been taught the rules or fundamentals of proper selling by phone, so they adlib, lose sales, and get discouraged. And as a result, your company misses its revenue numbers.

The solution to this is to invest the time, money, and effort to learn and master core inside sales techniques.

One easy and fast way to do this is to enroll your team in my upcoming 7-week, live, online inside sales training webinar course. Check it out here.

If you’d like a sample of what you’re learn—and a proven and effective way to deal with gatekeepers—then view a sample here.

This proven sales training is affordable (as low as just $399 per rep if you enroll five reps), and can pay for itself in the first week, and deliver a return on your investment each and every week after that for years to come.

So, are you ready for your team to become artists at what they do? Or would you prefer that they keep making it up and painting poor results month after month?

It’s up to you!

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

Sound Like a Professional in 2020

by mike

How good (or bad) does your sales team sound when prospecting over the phone?

Have you recorded and listened to their calls lately?

On Friday, (Jan 3rd), I received a sales call that went like this:

Me: “Good morning, Mike Brooks here, how can I help you?”

Rep: “Ah, could I speak to the owner of the business?”

Me: (I was in a good mood, otherwise I would have hung up right there): “That’s me, Mike Brooks, how can I help you today?”

Rep: “I’m calling with Jackson Tax Prep Services (Not the real company name), and what we do is simplify tax preparation for companies with 25 employees or more. We’ve been in business for over 15 years and I want to know how I can set up an appointment to speak with the owner about this?”

Me: (My good mood fading quickly), “As I said, I’m the owner.”

Rep: “Oh, ah, do you have time right now?

Me: “Well, I’m kinda busy…”

Rep: “What about tomorrow?”

I won’t go on (although this sales rep was willing to…).

In this day and age, with all the voice recording technology, the sales training and scripting, the A.I. technology, there is simply no reason for sales reps to be so totally unprepared.

And yet many of them are. What gives?

Sadly, in my 35+ years of inside sales management and training, what I find is that companies still spend more time on training sales reps on their products and services then than do on actual sales training and messaging.

In fact, actual, structured, word for word messaging is largely ignored, and sales reps are encouraged to “go with the flow” by following a suggested, bulleted outline of features and benefits.

And when they do, what you get is a version of the call listed above.

Want to change your results this year? Want to make your 2020 the absolute best year of your career or company?

You can. And one proven way to do that is to enroll your team in my upcoming, 7-week, live, inside sales training. It’s affordable (as low as $399 per rep when you register 5 reps), and it will provide your team with proven and effective messaging to handle both prospecting calls and closing sales.

Next course starts on Tuesday, January 28th. See it here.

Another way is to script out proven openings and responses to the common sales situations you get into over and over again. Search my blog for tons of word for word messaging that can make your very next call better.

If you want to sound more professional in 2020 (and make more income), then you’re going to have to put in some effort and make an investment to get better. But don’t worry: It will pay you huge dividends for years to come.

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

“Can You Email That to Me?”

by mike

What’s the number one blow off/stall prospects use these days?

“Can you email that to me?”

They aren’t saying no, but they are still getting rid of you, aren’t they? And unfortunately, chasing down busy professionals—especially people who don’t want to be followed up with—will make reaching these prospects very frustrating…

The solution? Be prepared with a good script and a good strategy. The one I like most is to prepare an initial email in advance (it can be generic or it can include an initial quote of services) and have it ready to send at the touch of the send button.

And then when a prospect blows you off with, “Can you email that to me?” use the following script from the bestselling book of phone scripts: Power Phone Scripts:

“I’d be more than happy to do that—where would you like me to email that?” 

[Take their email down and then send your information right away.]

“O.K., it’s on the way to you. What I’d like to do right now is take just two minutes to get an idea of what’s important to you, and then I can direct you to that part of the information when you get around to it. Let me ask you:

“How do you get involved in ordering/handling/working with the XYZ?”

OR

“From a needs standpoint, how motivated is (your company/department/are you) to change/fix/replace/buy XYZ right now?”

OR

“What would you need to see in the information I just sent you for you to become interested in learning more?”  

If you follow this strategy, you’ll be ready to side step the email stall and get right back into qualifying. How great will that be?

Try this technique yourself and watch as you begin qualifying more buyers, or disqualifying those who just want to get you off the phone…

And if you’d like more scripted rebuttals to this and many other objections and selling situations, then pick up a copy of Power Phone Scripts. You’ll get over 500 word-for-word scripts, questions, and phrases to help you open and close more sales starting today!

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

The Only Black Friday Sale that Matters

by mike
black friday sale

It’s that time of year again–the time when every company has a black Friday sale.  

I’m going to make this easy for you: We’re offering just one product on sale–the best product we have at the lowest price it has EVER been offered. 

It’s my bestselling 5-CD Series: “How to Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone,“ and this audio series (available as in MP3 instant download as well), has made many sales professionals more money than they thought possible.  

By following this proven blueprint for success, you can double or even triple your income in the next 12 months. That is what happened for me and many others. 

Just think of what that would do for your career and your life… 

In addition (I did say this is the only Black Friday sale you’ll need), I’m also throwing in my bestselling ebook of scripts: The Complete Book of Phone Scripts. The regular price for this proven program is $249 + $49 for the script book (previous sale price for both $149), but for this sale, you can get both of these invaluable resources for just $79! 

Just use the coupon code: “Black” during checkout and you’ll be on your way to prospecting better, overcoming objections easier, and making more money than anyone in your office.  

How’s that for a Black Friday sale? Order Now 

Note: This sale begins now through Sunday, December 1st, Midnight.  

Here’s to making more money than you’ve ever made before! 

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

How to Handle: I looked it over and not interested

by mike

Don’t you hate when this happens?

You felt like you had a really qualified and interested prospect, set the demo call, looked forward to what you thought was for sure your next sale, and…

Right out of the gate, they won’t even give you the chance to pitch them!

The good news is that this is a repeatable selling situation, and if you’re prepared for it with good scripted response (or three!), you’ll be that much closer to overcoming it and getting into your demo.

Here are three proven scripts you can use the next time your prospect tells you “I looked it over and I’m not interested…

Response #1:

“I was hoping you’d say that!

“Most companies that do, have skipped over the (explain a feature: your guarantee, or your top of class rating, etc.).

“But once they understand it, they actually find that they can benefit the most.

“Let’s do this…”

[Dive into your demo…]

Response #2: 

“I understand, and that’s perfectly OK. This may or may not be for you and that’s fine.

“Before you decide though, let me show you our pricing options and some of the features that would be most helpful for you. After that, you’ll be able to make the best decision.

“Do me a quick favor and open that email up that has the…”

[Must end by directing them to take an action…]

Response #3:

“Oh?…”

[Now Mute yourself and let them tell you why and in their answer you’ll find the opening you need to begin your pitch. Don’t underestimate the power of this technique—while it appears simple, it’s hard to use. Takes discipline, patience and confidence…]

Print these closes out and have them handy the next time you get this objection. Practice using them and find the one that works best for you!

If you found these script helpful, then you’ll love my Completely Updated and Revised eBook, “The Complete Book of Phone Scripts.” Now over 200 powerful and effective scripts to help you easily get past the gatekeeper, set appointments, overcome objections and close more money!

Visit: https://mrinsidesales.com/products/complete-book-phone-scripts/ and find out why Jeffrey Gitomer, Brian Tracy, Tom Hopkins and many others recommend my ebook of Phone Scripts! Download it now and be a better sales professional by this afternoon!

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

A Better Way to Upsell

by mike

So, here’s what happened last week: I bought a new car and called a local window tinting franchise to get it tinted.

The owner answered, quickly took my credit card for the top tinting package, and then attempted to upsell me to his high priced “car wrapping” package (basically a full body protection package).

The problem is how he opened the conversation. The way he did it totally turned me off:

“Hey, I want you to know that whatever the dealer is selling you I can do it cheaper and better. For example, I’ve got the absolute best ceramic film protection package and the way we do it is…”

And off he went. Little did he know that I had already authorized the dealer to do the simonize wrap—inside and out—that comes with a lifetime guarantee. Total price: $799

When he got to the end of a very long and intense pitch, he said it cost $2,699, but he’d give me a deal at just $2,199. I told him I’d think about it…

Now, what should he have done? How about ask questions to engage and qualify me. Here’s how I would have handled it. I would have started with a question:

“Congrats on your new car purchase! Thanks for choosing us to tint your windows—I guarantee you’ll be happy with the job we’ll do!

“Question: How are you going to “wrap” or protect your new paint?”

And then I’d listen. If he had used this kind of an assumptive question here, I would have volunteered the simonize I had opted to get. He then could have clarified:

“That’s a good option for many people and, given what you’re hoping to accomplish with it, that may work for you as well.

“Question for you: Given that simonize is essentially a wax product that does fade overtime, are you open to learning what your other options might be?”

I would have said yes—I mean, it doesn’t hurt to learn, right?

He could then have explained what he offered, how it was far superior and guaranteed the car to look like new for 10 years, how it would defend against chips on the front end, etc. Overall, how it was really the only way to go—if it was important for me to really protect my car and have it look like new.

And then he could have suggested that for just $1,400 additional, I could protect my new investment for 10 years.

If I balked, he could have suggested I come over to the store and see for myself how far superior it was. After that, I could make an informed decision—no pressure…

If that was how this went, I’d probably have hired him to do this. After I got the simonize product and then went to get the windows tinted—and actually saw that what he was selling was actually a “full body tint” product—I was wishing I had known about it.

But as it was, I was turned off immediately by his total pitch that lacked any questions or engagement from me.

Oh, and by the way, once I did get there, all he did was pitch me endlessly again! Highly annoying…

So, let this be a lesson to you: Don’t ruin the opportunity to make a sale by pitching blindly. Instead, ask questions, be interested, and look for openings. Then gently lead a prospect to through your presentation.

You’ll make more sales and feel better about sales.

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
Upcoming Schedule

Stop “Following Up,” and Start Closing

by mike
Closing Techniques, Cold Calling, Frontline Reps, Phone Sales, Prospecting, Sales Tips, Frontline Reps, sales scripts, Assume for Sale, Best Practices, Follow up

How do you open your 2nd or 3rd call to prospects whom you’ve already pitched? Is it something like:

“I’m just calling to follow up on our proposal….”

OR

“I’m just calling to see what you thought about our bid?”

OR

“I was just seeing if you had time to speak with (your boss, partner, committee) yet?”

What do all of these openings have in common? They put the control of the call in your prospect’s hands.

Moreover, they are uninspiring, a bit weak, and, frankly, don’t inspire much confidence or excitement, do they?

Why not be more convincing and enthusiastic? Why not lead your prospect into the sale by referring back to the benefits he or she is going to get by working with you?

Try this:

“{Prospect}, great speaking with you again. You know, I’m looking forward to sending you the X number of RFQ’s our program can generate for you, and to helping you achieve (whatever their buying motive was). What is the best way for us to start working together today?”

OR

“{Prospect}, I’ve been excited to get back to you today. I know you were meeting with your boss about our proposal, and I know you were recommending this to him. I’m sure he saw the value in what we do, and I’m sure he is looking forward to (reinforce their buying motive here—’getting those additional XYZ every month.’).

“So tell me, what package have you both decided to move forward with today?”

As you can see, what you’re doing here is reinforcing and assuming the positive outcome here—rather than opening your closing call with doubt and uncertainty.

And don’t worry: If your prospect says they don’t have the money, then you know what to do, right? You isolate that stall!

Try:

“And let me ask you: If you did have the budget today, then is this something you would go with, right?”

OR

“Besides budget, what else is holding you back today?”

You get the idea.

Bottom line: As I explain in my book, Power Phone Scripts, the secret of sales is that 80 to 90% of the selling situations and objections you get are the same. The way to overcome them is to have proven, best practice responses on hand so you can practice perfection and close more sales.

And that’s what using the scripts above will help you do.

Want more? Invest in Power Phone Scripts today and watch your sales—and confidence—soar!

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

Join Our Next Training:

If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then this live, interactive online B2B & B2C inside sales training is exactly what they need to get excited & confident about selling again! We provide the exact talk tracks, templates, and proven tools your team will be motivated to apply, all structured around an award winning comprehensive inside sales approach that gives your team the confidence to succeed in every selling situation they face today.

Who Should Attend?

Any sales reps dealing with the following issues:

  • Reps struggling with call reluctance
  • Getting screened out by the gatekeeper
  • Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”
  • Identifying decision makers
  • Qualifying prospects
  • Setting call back appointments that stick
  • Giving successful presentations and dealing with objections
  • Staying motivated
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