To close the sale, you don’t need special skills like sales reps did in the past. In the last century (and yes, it feels strange writing that), salespeople trained specifically on how to close the sale because the prevailing attitude was that the sales rep held all the assets, the information, and the upper hand. …
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We have reviewed how to identify sales objections and separate out true concerns from the smoke screens used by disinterested buyers. We reviewed the types of sales objections we encounter in the sales process. And we reviewed the best time to overcome common sales objections. So now it’s time to look at overcoming objections in …
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How can you avoid objections and sell better? Think about every piece and part individually. Doing so helps you frame how you express yourself. Lance Tyson interviews Nick Frasco, the Chief Revenue Officer of OneTeam Partners. Nick talks with Lance about developing and motivating a strong sales team. You need to challenge yourself in building …
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Be Proactive with Objections to Drive Sales Metrics When we consider some of the toughest objections we deal with as salespeople, financial objections have to be on the top of the list. Budget and cost are difficult things to combat. I mean, either the money exists for your product or service, or it doesn’t, right? …
Resolve Objections With Points of Agreement to Increase Sales Performance If you look at any negotiation process, there’s a lot of wording out there about battling an objection. Now I’ve watched a lot of high-level negotiators in my life. But I’ve never seen high-level lawyers or high-performing salespeople battle.
I remember attending a sales call with one of my salespeople back when we were expanding our performance sales training organization. He had landed an opportunity for a sizable, in-house training deal and he knew he was going to get some resistance with a deal of this magnitude. He wanted me to join him and …
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In a previous post, we outlined a process for resolving sales objections. It’s a way of adding some stability, scalability, and repeatability to the sales process. In other words, all members of your sales team, from the freshman sales rep to the seasoned saleswoman, now have a way of producing repeatable results when resolving common …
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In one of our sales training sessions, a participant asked me for ideas on how to avoid some of the objections she was getting from her prospects. Now, in these situations, my experience is if one person asks a question, then there are at least 5 other people with the same question simmering just below …
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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
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 …
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 …
Here’s a question about sales objections I encountered a lot when we did lead generation work: I keep running into objections before I even have a chance to introduce myself. What is the best way to overcome “I’m too busy,” “I do not have time” or “Call back in two months?” One of the challenges …
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When you’re in the field, your sales activity requires the use of various communication elements, like the verbal cushion. To be effective in sales, you need to know how to communicate with your prospect. However, you also need to be adept at using the various communication elements at your disposal.
Previously, we reviewed a few of the classic sales closes and how they don’t work in our current sales environment. There are two other classic closes that we should review to understand how they fit into our new global sales environment.
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