Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 22, 2024

Want the best way to open your closing presentations? So here is how I currently start my closing calls ( yes , I’m still closing sales!): Once I get my prospect on the phone for our chosen closing time, I open with: “Before I get started, I’m sure you’ve looked over things, so, what questions do you have for me?”

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In the old days of selling, closing was about what happens at the end of a client or prospect meeting did we get them to sign something, give us the green light, or seal the deal? The activity was about applying pressure on the buyer to make a decision NOW.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 29, 2024

In case you have been vacationing in a cave, there has been a controversial trial taking place in Manhattan and earlier this week the Jury heard closing arguments. In a jury trial, closing arguments can take several hours or even days! The Closing Argument is a summary of facts supportive of whichever side the attorney represents.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 21, 2021

We recorded a video on Laying the Foundations for the 8 Steps to More Effective Closing to close more business more quickly with higher margins. And we talked about the foundation. Today we are going to get into the actual 8 Steps of Becoming an Extraordinary Closer.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 12, 2022

In inside sales, too, you can become a better sales producer if you concentrate on the simple things and doing them better. Bottom line—if you don’t get it right during the qualifying call, then you’ll never increase your closing ratio. #2: 2: Ask for bigger orders on every close. But how often do you actually do it?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Most of that group believes that a sales process is helpful. It will be worth it!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 11, 2021

Sales people like to talk; if you don’t believe me, just listen to a recording of one of your reps (or of yourself!). And that’s because when your mouth is open, your ears are closed. Why do sales reps talk so much? Many reasons: nervousness, not wanting to hear no, lack of training, etc., This is a problem.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2024

He tried to close us and when we said we were traveling he said he could ship it. The ironic thing is that these salespeople, who are trained to be aggressive, are always attempting to close prospects who aren’t closable! ” If it’s must have, then close baby close.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 31, 2021

Author: Brian Trautschold As a new hire, structured training and onboarding programs are expected. Today, it is rare to see a company that doesn’t have a strict training program in place from the moment a new hire walks through the door. That’s where sales coaching comes in. In a week, that average increases to 90 percent.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 22, 2021

In business, especially in sales; delays, misunderstandings, and communication can go awry. Sometimes, even with the influx of technology and communication tools, it is easy to misinterpret what a prospect, or salesperson, says. So, how do we make these communication lines more efficient?

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 10, 2024

Indeed, 40% of salespeople cite it as the most challenging part of the sales process, more daunting than either closing or qualifying. However, the significance of prospecting is often overshadowed by the allure of the deal’s close, leading many sales managers to neglect to coach the top of the funnel.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

I heard from Bob last week and whenever I hear from him it usually means he got himself into a jam with another sales opportunity. Regular readers are familiar with Bob, one of the worst salespeople on the planet. New readers might want to catch up on the six prior articles about Bob. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 9, 2020

Forget Consultative Selling, Value Selling and Sales Process - the things I talk about most often. Most companies expect their sales teams to be not only active, but proactive; to replace face-to-face meetings with virtual meetings; and to continue pipeline building so that there is business to close when we return to work.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 31, 2024

He tried to close us and when we said we were traveling he said he could ship it. The ironic thing is that these salespeople, who are trained to be aggressive, are always attempting to close prospects who aren’t closable! ” If it’s must have, then close baby close.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

With so many different initiatives competing for your prospects’ limited attention, it’s essential to close deals quickly and efficiently while the problem they want to solve is fresh in their minds. No matter how compelling your product or service, each closed deal could be preceded by a dozen or more that never result in new business.

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Steven Rosen

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Chris committed to coaching to improve the skills of his sales team. is a district sales manager who just took my Focused Sales Coaching online program. He has done well implementing the program and is so close to being a great sales manager. I have been working with Chris as his sales executive coach.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A client was having great success using OMG (Objective Management Group) to assess their sales candidates and they assumed the sales candidate assessment was the only thing OMG offered. In this article, I thought it might help if I share a bit of what they learned about their sales team.

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No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 16, 2020

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. That’s why we need sales managers. Actually, what we need is strong sales leadership. Sales managers do what they ask others to do. I’m including myself here.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Which brings me to sales cycles. Do you know what actually determines the length of your sales cycle? A lot of sales leaders and their salespeople believe that sales cycles are determined by their industry, or are specific to the industries they sell to. Short Foliage Cycle. Understand this.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 1, 2024

Running a company is very different than managing a sales team, so you need someone skilled in the specific strengths of coaching and motivating your sales team. Companies have choices and often it makes sense to hunt, interview, hire and pay for a full-time sales manager, but this is a position very difficult to fill.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JANUARY 14, 2019

One thing many businesses with collection issues have in common is that they focus too strongly on making a sale, and not strongly enough on improving their sales process. Focusing on your sales process and the negotiation skills that your salespeople need can help improve your bottom line. Focus on Helping.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 23, 2021

If you find the real objection even half the time, you’ll be that much closer to closing more sales! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! If your team is struggling with call reluctance and is tired of the endless rejection they face, then get instant access to our On Demand training today. Get Access Today.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 6, 2021

Stalled sale. Luckily, there is a best practice around this and it is: Stick with your main product or service, close that deal first, then circle back around and pitch the ancillary product/service. The dangers with offering too many choices are you’ll often talk past the close. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2024

From prospecting to closing, today’s mobile, social, big data, and cloud technologies are revamping the sales process in ways that would have been inconceivable a few decades ago.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 10, 2022

You may have read that the latest legislation out of Washington DC provides $80 billion for the hiring, arming and training of close to 80,000 new IRS (Internal Revenue Service is the US Tax Agency) agents to nearly double the size of the agency. Did you catch the part about arming IRS agents?

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SBI Growth

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Take a quick look at the forecasted end-of-year close dates in your CRM system. What dates do most of your sales team’s opportunities show? Do you see a lot of December 31 st close dates? Chances are your sellers don’t understand how high performers close business and enjoy a more stress-free holiday.

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Sales 2.0

JULY 17, 2019

If you run a small company, you usually end up being one of your company’s early sales people. I graduated from Wharton’s MBA program in 1993 and had no sales training at all. Along the way I read every sales book I could find and then over time became friendly with many of the authors. Closing is easy.

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Sales and Marketing Management

JULY 7, 2020

With stay-at-home mandates causing what many reference as the “groundhog day” effect, your sales team is the perfect audience for incorporating surprise rewards as part of a sales incentive program to keep remote teams engaged and company morale high. How to start applying this to your sales team. Defining the unexpected reward.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

So when a promotion for an upcoming webinar appeared in my Twitter feed last week I was equally astounded by the lack of anticipatory awareness of the sales training firm and online publication promoting it. It said: "Is Your Sales Team Ready for the Coming Economic Boom?".

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2024

Earlier this week, I was interviewed by John Radkins, for his Sales Machine Blog, and he asked me to explain sales process for those who don’t want to be restricted by sales process. Think of the sales process as a journey rather than an adventure. Similarly, there are stages to the sales process.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting. Orasi’s team of 12 field sales reps is supplemented with 10 inside salespeople who call on a second tier of prospects. And there are some industries that still rely on printed catalogs and handshakes to close deals?—?“knuckle

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 22, 2024

Over the past thirty-nine years, I have seen this at so many companies and with executives who believed they could apply DIY to any or all of the following ten functions: Evaluating their sales team – it is usually biased and limited to what they recognize as good.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 11, 2022

Bullpens rarely blow 9 saves over a full season never mind over five weeks but if you look deeper, they wouldn't be in so many close games if their offense was producing. Sales teams go through periods like this too but sales leaders rarely seek out the data that would immediately point to the real problem.

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