Another 20 “First Meeting” Questions for Outside Sales Peope. More Closes.
Asking good questions is very much akin to preparing a good sales script. The purpose isn’t to turn you or your sales team into robots, but to help you stay on track with important info and best approaches. When you are prepared…. with good questions, answers to questions and closing strategies… then you are truly […]
Strategic Questions For Outside Sales First Meetings. Avoid Prospect Vaporization.
WHAT ARE THE BEST QUESTIONS TO ASK AT A FIRST MEETING THAT ADVANCE A SALE? First meetings that lay a solid foundation for a sale are not the result of accident, your witty repartee or your shining personality (nobody cares). You will advance or make a sale at a first meeting as a result of […]
Turn “I’ll think about it” to a close, plus, why “interested” is for sales wimps.
… How to go from “I’ll think about it” to a close. See #5. “Natural born” salespeople stink. See #6. “That’s not my industry,” “My customers are different” and “You just got to understand my market…” Words that signal a closed mind and a lean wallet. Are you curious and open-minded enough to learn from […]
Is your sales outreach chasing dimes or dollars?
POSITIONING YOURSELF TO CHASE DOLLARS RATHER THAN DIMES: HOW TO GET OFF THE SHORT TERM SALE TREADMILL More profitable higher margin consistent revenue type accounts are different. They are typically harder to get into, take longer to close and require different tools and strategies to nurture and close. These accounts are worth dollars. Those who […]
Is Your Outside Sales Environment Moving On Without You?
Sales Representatives Can Get Caught in a Difficult Trap Company is sold, merged or closes division/location. Major mainstay account is lost. Competitor offerings are enticing your prospects. Close rates are declining. A critical lead source fades. Established relationships and warm market are not generating sufficient revenue and your earnings. Scripts and call process that used […]
Your sales outcomes: Due to probability or randomness?
Heavy topic today but important questions to ask yourself. What % of your sales results are because of probability? What % of your sales results arise from randomness? Sales randomness is a result outside of what you expect or, due to luck, serendipity. Sales probability is a fairly predictable long-term pattern that can be relied […]
Big Ticket Outside Sales Cold Calling Reality: The 80/20 Rule Compounded
If your outside sales lead generation efforts include cold calling here are three realities of top sales producers in a big ticket complex sales environment. 1. The 80/20 rule lives… on steroids. Will 80% of your sales come from 20% of your lead generation efforts? Yes, but there is more. The 80/20 rule applies within […]
Keep on Appointment Setting, or let it go? Outside sales boost tip.
One Bold Action Can Immediately Boost Appointment Setting Results and Outside Sales Commissions. Whatever you do in sales, you do at the expense of something else. When you choose to prospect a group of companies, you choose to call them rather than call others. When you choose to continue to call upon an account without […]
Closing is for Outside Sales Knuckleheads
An observation from the sales minefields… salespeople and sales managers that make “closing” a super priority, tend to talk to too many prospects that won’t buy, or will buy too little or buy at too small a profit margin. Salespeople and sales managers that have a steady stream of qualified desired prospects that buy a […]
Outside Sales: Chasing Mice or Hunting Antelope?
A thought for the day for all you outside sales marketing lions out there… A marketing lion may be fully capable of catching, killing and dining on a field mouse. But the energy you expend doing so exceeds the calories you get from the mouse. So a marketing lion that spends it’s time and resources […]