Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 1, 2019

Want to know a secret about objections ? There are really only two types: Real concerns that need to be addressed, and, once you do, you can then close on, and, Smokescreen objections hiding something else (like the real reason your prospect isn’t buying). So, the smokescreen is really just a dodge hiding the real objection.

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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? If you’re a manager, this is a great exercise for a sales meeting. You could do two: one for prospecting and one for the close.

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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. In sales, less talking and more questioning and more listening is the key to success. Rewrite it. Shorten it.

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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. First, understand what’s happening here: Remember the law in sales: Leads Never Get Better! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! How long will this take?”

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 16, 2020

You probably get this objection, or some version of it, every day now. Anyway, how do you handle this objection when you’re prospecting? Here are some practical tips and a word-for-word way to handle this current objection: First: Take your “salesman hat” off. Let your prospect or client vent. Sound familiar?

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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. The post One Simple Technique to Learn Buying Motives appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 20, 2021

Top pros are using this time to sharpen their sales skills so they can make a killing in the fourth quarter. They’re using the summer to learn better ways of responding to the objections that hurt them in the first part of the year. Qualify prospects better and learn their buying motives. Overcoming objections easier.

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Be honest: Do you dutifully send an email and then ask when you can follow up when you get this blow off objection? Believe it or not, over 90% of sales reps do just that. Script #1: Make sure and have an email already prepared while you’re prospecting. Blow you off with another objection. Open the email when they get it.

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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. Stalled sale. Not only will the prospect be confused, but you will be, too. Sound familiar?

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 28, 2022

If you’re ever challenged with the objection, “Your price is pretty high for that…” and you are tempted to see if you can lower your price to compete, what is the most important bit of information you need? I was listening to a training call the last week, and the prospect told the rep that his price was quite high for a certain item.

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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! 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. appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. That’s what most blow offs are!

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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? Let me explain: If you’re like most sales reps, then you hate making calls because you’re either afraid of being rejected, or you’re are afraid you’re going to mishandle a call and so lose a good lead. Imagine that….

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2020

This week, I listened to a closing call from one of their reps, and here is how the prospect opened the call: Prospect: “Let me just tell you upfront that we’re looking at a lot of different options right now of which yours is just one…”. Here’s what I teach: Prospects have all the answers. Take what a prospect gives you.

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Mr. Inside Sales

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Finding and hiring good inside sales reps has always been a challenge, and it’s gotten even tougher since the pandemic. Recruiters, HR departments, and sales managers are working harder than ever, and they all ask me the same thing: “Where has everyone gone?”. Overcoming blow off objections like, “Just email me something”.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JULY 24, 2022

One of the best things about sales is that you already know what all the objections are. For every sale, there are only about five core objections: price, think about it, talk to someone else, etc., So, why not eliminate, in advance, your top one or two objections? The post Don’t Handle the Objection—Eliminate It!

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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? How many does your sales teams ask? If you’re like most sales reps, then you’re probably doing a lot more talking (read pitching) than you are listening. appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. Get Access Today.

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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., sales reps hide behind them, too.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 6, 2021

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 2, 2021

Most company’s sales teams are under immediate pressure to begin accomplishing their new goals and sales targets for 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. The post Two Great Questions for 2021 appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Based on how successful my last blog was on handling the objection: “We’ve Already Got a Vendor for That,” I thought I’d give you another proven response to help you overcome the objections and resistance you get daily. They know the “Price is too high” objection is just another smokescreen. And most do! Listen here!

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 22, 2024

I used to do it that way, until I found that if I got to initial questions or comments (and yes, even objections!) So here is how I currently start my closing calls ( yes , I’m still closing sales!): They go right into objections and stalls. first, I could save myself A LOT of time and energy.

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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.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

What’s the number one blow off prospects use these days? Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?” And then when a prospect blows you off with, “Can you email that to me?”

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 22, 2019

Instead of ad-libbing, they have learned, internalized, and use best practice responses to the objections and stalls they get over and over again. Special Offer: If you and your team would like to learn these techniques and save 15% on our upcoming 7-week online inside sales training, Click He re and use the coupon code: EARLY ].

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2021

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 15, 2020

2) To nominate for the AA-ISP Top 25 Most Influential Inside Sales Professionals, please go here: [link]. Here is the information you’ll need to nominate me : Choose: “Sales Leader/Executive” in the middle from 3 options on the bottom. Company: Mr. Inside Sales. appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JUNE 30, 2024

Imagine how much better you’ll be if you learned a couple of better responses to the brush offs and objections you get day in and day out? How much more confidence will you have if you successfully overcome the objections that used to frustrate you and cost you commission? You can, too!

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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. Bottom line: Stop trying to be tricky, and stop sounding like a desperate sales rep. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2023

So many sales reps are anxious when they speak with a prospect. They know that unless they get these “tough” questions answered, there is no way to move the sale forward. 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?

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 11, 2021

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. appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. Get Access Today.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 22, 2020

You go back to basics: you acknowledge them, and then go around them to either earn the right to have a conversation, or to qualify the prospect. The post Stalls During Covid-19—How to Handle Them appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales. So, what do you do to overcome the stalls at the beginning of this article? Get Access Today.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2020

He asked me what I was up to these days, and I told him I was an inside sales consultant. I asked him what he was up to, and this is when the chill hit me: he said he was starting a new sales job today, and then he rolled his eyes as if to say, “And this one will suck, too.”. Amazon has it on sale for just $19.15

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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. Here’s why: Selling over the phone is challenging because you don’t have all the visual cues an outside sales rep has—and uses. Ask It—Or Not?

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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.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 22, 2019

Whether it’s nervousness, fear, inexperience, or just the conviction that if they stop talking the prospect will say “Not interested” and hang up, it doesn’t matter. If you listen to calls from your sales reps, you’ll find that they simply talk past the close. They talk over their prospects. And then they talk some more….

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Mr. Inside Sales

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Yes, there is an actual secret to successful sales, and by following it you not only will overcome failure and frustration, but you’ll make more money, so much more easily, that sales will actually become fun. All top producers know automatically how to respond to objections like: “I need to think about it.”. “I Think of that.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2024

While this may sound like a reasonable way to follow up after sending an email, do you see how you’re providing your prospect with the perfect stall? The best practice way is to assume your prospect received it and even glanced through it. How many times you hear: “Ah, when did you send it?” Or “I haven’t had time to look at it yet.”

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