Calling for New Business Doesn’t Work, Right? That’s What I Read on the Internet

Prospecting, Random Rants

A few weeks ago I wrote about how there is lots of sales BS floating around that is not grounded in reality. (See that here) Again, today I see an anti-cold calling piece.  It pokes fun at someone who is successful at prospecting and had shared his own best...

Picking Just the Low-Hanging Fruit is Lazy Selling

Prospecting

Some sales reps make a career out of just going after the low-hanging fruit, not really uncovering, cultivating, developing and growing opportunities. Sure, they might get by, but they don’t come anywhere close to realizing their sales potential. What do you do?...

How to Handle an Immediate Cold Call Brush Off

Prospecting

At a company’s sales kickoff training seminar I was asked what to do when cold calling a prospect and they immediately brush you off. He wasn’t asking about the prospect who is simply uncooperative. That one stays on the phone, maybe is wishy-washy,but...

Ask Buyers How They Want to Be Sold To

Prospecting

While waiting out a flight delay at an airport bar, I struck up a conversation with a fellow stranded road warrior. The topic shifted to our work, and he asked me what I do. I answered by asking him, “Do you ever get any sales calls at your office? (He’s a...

Begin 2012 By Getting the Easy Sales

Prospecting

Did you go through an annual review recently? They can be very profitable. Oh, I’m talking about YOU doing an annual review  of your customer and prospect database, and then doing reviews with your customers and prospects. That’s right. The first...

This Is Certain to Cause Early Resistance

Opening Statements, Prospecting

A stranger approaches you on the street and asks for some money. A person wielding a clipboard (or an IPad) jumps in front of you as you’re walking down the shopping mall and asks if you can take 10 minutes for a survey. A woman at a bar is approached by a man...