Recently, an attendee on my Biz Dev Done Right webinar asked the following question: "Despite trying different direct messaging techniques including phone calls, emails, LinkedIn messages and warm introductions through employees of the target company, one decision...
Interview Questions & Tips for Hiring Sales Hunters
Hiring top salespeople is one of the most important tasks for any sales leader. A great salesperson can drive revenue, help build your brand and grow your business. Many sales leaders struggle with the task of hiring the right salesperson. It can be a frustrating...
When Prospects Don’t Call You Back
It can be very frustrating when prospects don't call back!Here are a few of the strategies we use which work. We email the decision maker a content rich, compelling (short) email on a Sunday night. Our email becomes one of the first, if not the first, read...
Getting the Most from Prospect Meetings
It's not easy to get a meeting with a decision maker. So when you have one, it had better go well! Have you ever finished a meeting and wished you achieved a better outcome, gotten further into the discussion or secured better next steps? We call this "the valuable...
Landing (and keeping) the 2nd Meeting!
After working hard to find the right prospect and having a great first meeting, you want to be sure the second meeting happens (and in the shortest timeframe possible)! Below are our Door Openers’ best practices for keeping the conversation moving. 1. Date & Time....
Flipping a Prospect’s “Not Now” to a “Yes, Let’s Get Started!”
It was 4pm on a Thursday and I was sitting in my car outside Starbucks. It had been one of those days. You’ve probably had one like this too. Phone call followed by phone call followed by meetings and then more phone calls. I had one more call to go. One call standing...
Get the Prospect Meetings You Want
Did you ever wonder why some sellers can get the “difficult to get” prospect meetings and others can’t? These are the meetings with high level, hard to reach prospects. Do you have some of these prospects on your wish list? Imagine what meeting these people could do...
Lead Nurturing Strategies which Actually Nurture Leads
Most business leaders and sellers are good at setting next steps at the end of a prospect meeting. They are also fairly good at executing the follow up, especially if there is an immediate need. Where too many fail miserably is in effectively nurturing prospect...
How to Handle Objections in Sales Calls
Sales objections can derail a seller in seconds, but with the correct responses, they can help build trust and move the sales process forward. In this episode of Sales B12™, Caryn and Jack discuss importance of an objection manual, how use it to overcome them and...
What My Dad Taught Me About Sales and Life
April marks the anniversary of my dad’s passing. I think often about the ways he influenced me over the years. He owned his own business and was in sales for most of his entire career. One of my favorite stories about him takes place early in his career when he was...
How to Create Winning Sales Messaging
In this Sales B12™ episode, Caryn and Jack define the role of sales messaging in a winning sales process. They share insights about the difference between marketing and sales messaging, how to improve it, and how to use it effectively to open more doors, close more...
11 Quick Fixes for More Effective Sales Calls
In this Sales B12™ episode, Caryn and Jack discuss 11 ways to create sales conversations that avoid missed opportunities, which happens more frequently than it should. They share their perspectives on the ideal sales call structure, how sellers and sales leaders can...
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