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Case Study Reveals Sales Training Ideas That Will Impact Your Bottom Line
Greg Kish, Vice President Sales & Service with Legends at LA Stadium & Entertainment District at Hollywood Park
Q: Tell us about the work you do with Legends
A: Legends has been fortunate enough to partner on the most ambitious projects in the history of sports and entertainment. My role is being a steward of iconic brands to delivering on all revenue streams and ensure the financial success of the project. With that said, the most rewarding part is the opportunity to build a team of people and a culture that will have a lasting impact for our partners.
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5 Sales Closing Tips You Need To Win More Deals
The Myth of the Legendary Sales Closer
When we conduct our sales training, a mindset we like to adhere to is that there are no special skills in closing deals. In a different article, the Myth of the Perfect Closing Script, I conveyed my dismay …
5 Secrets to Motivate Your Salespeople
A question I often get in my consultation sessions is, “Bob’s not motivated. What’s the best way to motivate Bob to get out there and sell more?”
Well, I don’t know if there’s a best way to motivate sales people because I actually don’t believe motivation is an outward force. It’s not something you do to someone. Motivation comes from within the individual.
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5 Best Objection Busters You Need to Know
Here’s an interesting point I noticed in my trainings. When it comes to objections, salespeople do their best to avoid them. Overall, sales reps are usually looking to find things that are contribution-biased, things that are in their favor. They really hate to bring up objections. So most sales reps don’t even bother asking for objections. Instead, they hope to avoid them, not realizing that anything they’ve bought in their lives they initially objected to or compared and contrasted, weighing out reasons for buying vs reasons against buying.
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How to Close Business in a Complex World: Bring It in for a Landing
This article on how to close business was originally posted on September 9, 2019 by Lance Tyson in SellingPower
For sales professionals, there is perhaps no single word more enshrouded in mystery than “closing.” If you check out the descriptions for sales jobs, you’ll find that companies are always looking to hire closers. There’s a kind of mythology built around closing that implies a rarefied skill possessed by only a few elite salespeople.
But, in reality, closers are like pixies or leprechauns – they don’t exist. That’s because there’s no special skill required to close business.
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How to Turn Sales Objections into Opportunities
This article on sales objections was originally posted on July 8, 2019 by Lance Tyson in SellingPower
We’ve all had experiences when we felt a sale was going pretty well, and we felt the momentum gaining. Then, out of the blue, brake lights. Everything comes to a screeching halt. A prospect will suddenly tell you that your price is too high, or that they don’t have the budget, or that they aren’t sure your product or solution really has value.
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3 Steps to Gaining a Competitive Edge in Sales
This article was originally posted on May 1, 2019 by Lance Tyson in SellingPower
I recently made a visit to the orthopedic surgeon to check in on a shoulder issue. I didn’t walk in the door wanting to sign up for surgery.
After spending a bit of time in the waiting room, I was led back to another part of the office, where a nurse practitioner asked me a number of questions about my health, took notes on my weight, temperature, and blood pressure and interviewed me about my health history. They gathered lots of information about me in order to help the doctor accurately evaluate my condition.
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How to Master Away Game Selling to Win More Sales
This article was originally posted on March 25, 2019 by Lance Tyson in SellingPower
I’m addicted to my Fitbit. It keeps my diet on track, helps me work out longer and more frequently, and basically keeps me on my game regardless of whether I’m at home or on the road.
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3 Rapport Secrets That Will Make You Your Prospect’s Most Valuable Asset
Here’s a revelation about the sales process from our Director of Technology, followed by a few ideas on leveraging the power of rapport and becoming a valuable asset.
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How to Use the Why Speak Statement to Crush Your Sales Calls
In a previous post, we talked about a powerful tool salespeople can use to open their sales calls. That was the Impact Statement. Today, we’re going to look at another tool you can use to take control of your sales calls. This is the Why Speak Statement.
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How to Make a Powerful Sales Opening Using the Sales Impact Statement
Build a Strong Foundation for Opening Your Sales Call With the Sales Impact Statement
In a previous post, we introduced the concept of the sales impact statement and on using that tool to focus the opening of your sales call. Remember, …
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When Opening a Sales Call, You Need to Stop Doing These 2 Things
Sales reps are still being taught old school tactics that don’t work in today’s digital business environment. In a previous post, I reviewed how the much maligned cold call has become ineffective because of the outdated practices still being used to execute them.
The same can be said for opening a sales call. If you want to to be effective when opening a sales call, you need to drop the old-school behaviors that some organizations are still teaching. Here are two examples of behaviors you need to stop right now when opening a sales call.
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Boost Opening Your Sales Process with Technology
This post on the sales process was originally published on Aug 28, 2017 and updated on Aug 7, 2019.
Here’s a question you need to ask yourself about your sales process: If my salespeople could get in front of more qualified buyers, how much more could they sell?
In all of my training sessions and sales activity over the years, here’s something I’ve noticed:
When it comes to training their salespeople, most companies are product and service heavy, but sales process poor. If you look at the typical training programs a company puts its people through, you’ll see a lot of attention given to product and service education, product positioning, etc. A lot less attention is given to the actual sales process, which involves organization skills, communication skills, and prospecting techniques, to name a few.
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6 Simple Tactics That Will Boost Your Listening Skills
In a previous post, we talked about the cushion. It’s one of the communication tools you must develop if you want to dominate resolving objections. Another communication tool you’ll need to develop are your listening skills.
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