No More Cold Calling
MAY 14, 2020
You definitely need to ask for referrals to receive them at scale. When the market is on an upswing, our customers and prospects may be focused on a whole host of things. Salespeople score meetings with qualified prospects in one call. Todd suggests we can actually read our customers’ minds. You must ask them for referrals.
The Pipeline
AUGUST 24, 2020
I have a lot of empathy for pundits in a subjective undefined area of practice, like prospecting for example. A great example of this Greek-like tragedy, is the never-ending debate about the best day to make prospecting calls? Many will tell you that their data has pinpointed the best day and time to make prospecting calls.
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Sales 2.0
JULY 8, 2022
This post describes a framework that I have found over the last two decades can really change the math on prospecting. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems Consider the following questions to help you get into your prospects’ shoes and see how you can serve them. Your prospect decides to do?
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Because I wanted to focus on a specific question, I glossed over the question I am sure many had as I set out a scenario, specifically when we ask sellers: “Who is your best prospect?”. What’s scary right off the top, is that there are multiple definitions of what is a “best” or a good prospect.
The Pipeline
MARCH 16, 2021
But if you must prospect to succeed, you will need to focus and practice the fundamentals. Here are 5 prospecting mistakes you can avoid. In the video below I look at five common mistakes makes salespeople make while they are prospecting. The 5 Prospecting Mistakes. Which I understand is easier said than done.
The Pipeline
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Ask any group of salespeople why they don’t like telephone prospecting, objections or rejections are number one on the list. While every cold call or prospecting call will result in an objection, the objections are not all that different. One definition of conversation is Conversation = Stimulus + Response. Changing Focus.
The Pipeline
JUNE 22, 2020
One blur is the line between who is a buyer and who is a prospect. Assuming buyers and prospects are the same and the words interchangeable perhaps explains the output numbers year after year. You need to accept that prospects are not buyers, which is a good thing for us. Prospects are entirely different than buyers.
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