SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The top three challenges you may face this year include: Expectation Management Technology-Based Changes Omnichannel Campaigns and Measurement Expectation Management As a media seller youre dealing with expectations on many levels. Your boss wants you to bring more accounts to cover the increasing costs the company is facing.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 23, 2021

First, remember: Most objections are smokescreens hiding the real reason a prospect isn’t moving forward. Here’s one way I have successfully dealt with this and gotten the prospect to reveal what was really holding them back. And then hit MUTE and listen to what your prospect reveals. They like a different solution.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 30, 2021

Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to get them to open up about how they’re feeling and what you might need to concentrate on? You could do two: one for prospecting and one for the close. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Question for you: How often do you take notes while you’re on Mute and your prospect is revealing their buying motives? Make a much better connection with your prospect or client because they will feel listened to and heard. Make a much better connection with your prospect or client because they will feel listened to and heard.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 11, 2021

And when your ears are closed, you learn nothing about your prospect’s buying motives, their possible objections, or whether or not they are buying into your pitch. Ask questions frequently of your prospect. Many reasons: nervousness, not wanting to hear no, lack of training, etc., ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The pandemic has caused fewer face to face meetings, and many salespeople have yet to make the pivot (successfully) to virtual relationship building. In this article, we cover the impact and importance of speaking your prospects "love language" when setting a meeting and engaging them further in conversation.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 6, 2021

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. Not only will the prospect be confused, but you will be, too. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 22, 2019

People will tell you that the number one reason sellers do not like to prospect, specifically telephone prospecting, is rejection. Look at it as an opportunity to educate the prospect or correct a misunderstanding they have, or highlight a blind spot they hadn’t considered. You are the Subject Matter Expert after all.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 8, 2021

Two weeks into the New Year, and are you already stressed about picking up the phone and making prospecting calls? Think about it: Not everyone you speak with is going to be a prospect or a deal, are they? And regarding fumbling a good lead—my experience is that if a prospect is interested, then they’ll speak with you.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2021

Qualify prospects better and learn their buying motives. Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? 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.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We’ve all been there – you call your prospect back at the appointed time for your presentation and they tell you any of the following: This isn’t a good time, OR. Rather than set another time to get back with them—thus letting the prospect off the hook—try the following: Response #1: “Sure, I can take as long or little as you need.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 13, 2021

But when you’ve done a presentation and then don’t hear back from a prospect, it can often mean the kiss of death. While it seems counter intuitive, I’d rather know up front if I’m wasting my time or if this is a real prospect. Speaking about prospects hiding behind emails, etc., What to do? And guess what? Relentlessly.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 2, 2021

As you speak with your clients and prospects this week, it’s helpful to realize that they are all feeling this same pressure also. If I get an, “Ah, I don’t know,” then I once again use layering questions like: “Have you heard of our new ‘ On-Demand Inside Sales Training Program’ ?” . ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales Gravy

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Breaking Up with Prospects: One challenge for sellers is recognizing when to disengage from prospects who show little progress. . Breaking Up with Prospects: One challenge for sellers is recognizing when to disengage from prospects who show little progress.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 6, 2021

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? 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. Or they just say they’re trying to reach so-and-so.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 23, 2019

Prospecting is not an afterthought. Prospecting is the foundation sales should be built upon. If you remove prospecting from the equation, business and in turn the economy will be affected very quickly. The second reason people are relying on others in prospecting is because they are simply afraid of rejection.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 8, 2024

They’re also adding more enablement, training, and AI resources,” sales coach Collin Cadmus says. Try these prompts as a starting point to get up to speed quickly: What are the common pain points or challenges this account is facing? In today’s markets, that’s often a luxury reps can simply no longer afford.

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MTD Sales Training

JANUARY 21, 2020

Without realising it, the way a contact is handled could make or break a sales opportunity for a new prospect. 2) Building trust and rapport with your new and existing customers over the phone and face to face. The building of trust, whether it’s face-to-face or on the phone, is vital in creating the right image.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 22, 2021

We all know the importance of asking questions of our prospects and clients, yet how many do you ask? And: Your prospects have all the answers about whether they’ll buy from you or not, and what you need to say to sell them. Here’s a list to get you started: For prospects: #1: “What motivated you to reach out to us today?”. [If

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Script #1: Make sure and have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting. The point here is whether or not your prospect will: Give you the time to speak further with them. This tells you how cooperative your prospect is, and so how cooperative they will be throughout the sales cycle. Right then! Let me ask you…”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Managers tell reps to stress the quality, the warranty, the features and benefits, but your prospects have heard all that before, haven’t they? Often times, services and products are roughly the same, and prospects will buy from the people they like, know or trust. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Want a better way?

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2020

In case you missed this, I received the following email last week: Dear Mike: The people have spoken and your article, “3 Keys to Dealing with Difficult Prospects,” has won 2nd place in our 2020 Sales Pro Central MVP Awards Social Selling category!” Here’s what I teach: Prospects have all the answers. Nice start, huh?

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 22, 2024

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?” The important thing is that knowing where my prospect is in the beginning not only tells me which direction to go, but it also saves me a ton of time!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 19, 2024

Now ask questions, try to engage, and take your prospect as far as they’ll let you! Now ask questions, try to engage, and take your prospect as far as they’ll let you! You see, the value of having a proven response in your back pocket is that it allows you to move past a prospect’s initial resistance.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2023

To follow up on the blog post from two weeks ago (about the one quick fix to get your VMs returned ), here is the second quick fix: Stop trying to trick your prospect! So do your prospects. Your prospects can see through you and your message will be deleted quickly. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Believe me.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 11, 2021

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? 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. And this particular one is called TapeACall Pro.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2023

So many sales reps are anxious when they speak with a prospect. Plus, they know that most of the “prospects” they speak with don’t turn into a deal anyway, so, why not learn who is a real prospect right from the get go? Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day?

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 25, 2024

Who do you think knows why your prospect buys? If you have followed me for a while, you may know that my opinion on whether to ask a prospect, “How are you,” has changed over the years. You can’t tell if your prospect is annoyed, resistant, bothered, or if they are willing to have a conversation with you. I’m well also.”

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Steven Rosen

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Sales organizations have had to adjust how they prospect, sell, and interact with customers and each other. . Of course, different industries face different realities. . Even though they may have gotten a handle on the technology, communication online is much different than face to face. Virtual Selling. Virtual Coaching.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? 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. What role do you play in the final decision?”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 30, 2024

Imagine: for less than $18 you can suddenly fly past gatekeepers, overcome initial resistance statements from prospects, and qualify leads so you’ll know exactly how to close them! Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! How did I do that? You can, too!

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2020

I invested in Stan’s training materials, and I committed to learning, practicing, and doing what he suggested. I once had a chilling reminder of the bad “Ghost of Christmas Future,” that I narrowly avoided all those years ago. As I stood in line, I saw a city bus stop on the corner and a bunch of people got off. His name was Brad.

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Sales and Marketing Management

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Author: Paul Nolan Nick Kavadellas is thankful for golf, not only because he’s enjoyed playing it for years, but also because it is one of the few face-to-face selling tools he has continued using during the COVID-19 outbreak. The shift to less face-to-face interaction with customers and prospects isn’t a 2020 development.

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No More Cold Calling

JULY 13, 2021

You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. They believe a call isn’t cold because it’s a marketing-qualified lead, because the prospect downloaded a whitepaper, or because they have a mutual connection on LinkedIn. A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 15, 2020

Need More Proven Responses to the Selling Situations You Face Every Day? 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. The post Would you nominate me?

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

We all know the importance of listening to our prospects and clients, so why are we doing so little of it? Simple—salespeople love to pitch, to tell prospects of all the features and benefits, and to find the one selling point that might make the difference. 2) Write down key words or phrases your prospect uses. . #2)

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