Sales Calls

Tips to Make Successful Sales Calls

Tips to Make Successful Sales Calls

Selling to small and midsize businesses often requires reaching top executives, but gatekeepers can pose significant challenges. With thorough preparation, personalized communication, and a strategic approach—including leveraging sales team insights and respecting gatekeeper roles—you can navigate these barriers and connect with key decision-makers effectively.

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Outbound Sale

The Ultimate Sales Showdown: What You Need to Know About Inbound Vs. Outbound Sales Tactics

Inbound and Outbound Sales Are Two Distinct Approaches to Driving Revenue for a Small Business. Outbound Sales Involve Actively Seeking Out Potential Customers Through Email Outreach, Cold Calling, or Social Selling. Inbound Sales, in Contrast, Focus On Identifying and Engaging with Prospects Who Have Already Shown Interest in a Company’s Products or Services.

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JOLT Effect

How to Close More Sales Using the JOLT Effect

The JOLT Effect Provides a Four-Step Methodology to Deal with Indecisive Prospects: Judge the Indecision, Offer Your Recommendation, Limit the Exploration, And Take the Risk Off the Table. This Approach Helps Salespeople to Determine the Source of Indecision, Provide Proactive Guidance, Limit the Number of Choices, And Remove the Fear of Making a Poor Decision from The Prospect.

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Powerful Words to Deal with Indecisive Prospects

When It Comes to Making Sales, Sometimes the Prospect Is Indecisive. As A Business Owner or Salesperson, You Want to Get the Prospect to Move the Sale Along, but Either the Prospect Comes Across as Dismissive, Saying They Know Something and You Know They Don’t, or They Are Just Fearful of Taking the Leap and Choose to Procrastinate. There Are Four Sets of Powerful Words That Every Business Owner or Salesperson Can Use to Get an Indecisive Prospect to Commit One Way or The Other.

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Salesman on Phone

Powerful Words to Resurrect a Stalled Sale

When It Comes to Making Sales, Sometimes the Deal Gets Stalled for One Reason or Another. As A Business Owner or Salesperson, You Want to Get the Prospect to Move the Sale Along, but You Don’t Want to Come Across as Too Pushy or Confrontational and Risk the Deal. Here Are Two Sets of Powerful Words Every Business Owner or Salesperson Can Use to Resurrect a Stalled Sale. When Would Be a Good Time…” And “I’m Guessing That You Have Not Gotten Around To…”

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Selling a dream

Powerful Words To Inspire Prospects to Buy

When It Comes to Making Sales, There Is a Fine Line between Coming Across as Too Pushy and Being Assertive Enough to Get a Prospect to Make a Purchase. The Following Are A Few Phrases That Every Salesperson Should Use During the Sales Process to Get a Prospect to Consider Their Offering “I’m Not Sure If It’s for You But…”, “How Open-Minded Are You About…”, “How Would You Feel If…” And “Just Imagine…”

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Sales Discovery Meeting

How to Use Sales Discovery Questions to Close More Deals

When It Comes to Sales, Too Many Small Businesses Spend Too Much Time Pitching Their Solution and Not Enough Time Listening to the Prospect. Small Businesses Need to Use Sales Discovery Questions to Control the Buyer’s Journey and Uncover Their Needs, Challenges, and Goals Before They Offer Their Solution.

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Cold Calls

How to Make Cold Calls That Will Get a Meeting with Important Prospects

Trying to Get A Meeting with That Important Prospect That You Have No History with Can Be Difficult. However, Providing Something of Value to The Prospect Before You Try to Get A Meeting with Them Shows You Have Their Best Interest in Mind and Will More Often Than Not Get You That Face-To-Face Meeting You Want.

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3 Simple Business Relationships Strategies to Get What You Want

People like to work with and buy from people that they like. However, sometimes you need them to change their direction without leaving a stink on your relationship. Here are three strategies that can be used to help you get what you want in business relationships, with the added benefit of making you come out smelling like a rose.

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How to Leverage the Similarity Principle for Better Sales

With respect to sales, the similarity principle is based on the idea that certain facts when presented during a sales presentation can serve to heighten the probability that two individuals will be drawn to each other and experience a positive outcome in their interactions. Since prospects are far more likely to buy from a salesperson that they like and trust the similarity principal is an important tool for sales professions to understand and master.

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10 Quick Fixes to Make Your Website Marketing More Effective

10 Quick Fixes to Make Your Website Marketing More Effective

Most companies utilize website marketing as part of their lead-to-revenue (L2R) process. Whether you use your website for creating awareness, educating prospects, generating leads or selling directly you need to maximize its efficiency and effectiveness.

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PULL Marketing vs. PUSH Marketing – The Shifting Battleground

PULL Marketing vs. PUSH Marketing – The Shifting Battleground

When you are deciding how much of time and financial resources to allocate between push and pull marketing strategies, keep in mind that the battleground has shifted and the prospect is the one who holds the high ground. Rather than fight this reality, just accept who has the real control and find the best ways to help people buy in the way they want to buy, instead of the way you want to sell to them.

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Franchise Price tag

So Why Does a Franchise Cost So Much Anyway?

A franchise investment isn’t as high as most people think, especially when you put the investment cost into context and compare it with starting a business from scratch. There are eight factors that determine a franchise’s investment costs.

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Watch the Leader and Profit by Capitalizing on Their Mistakes

Watch the Leader and Profit by Capitalizing on Their Business Mistakes

It is often far better to see what the market leader is doing and just be a little different in your value proposition. Being the first to market means you will make lots of costly mistakes that your competitors can learn from and then capitalize on at your expense. Keurig and Xerox were not the first movers but today they dominated their markets by capitalizing on the dominant players mistakes..

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