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How to Make a Follow-Up Call That Gets Sales Meetings

Marc Wayshak

In a world filled with various methods to reach prospects, the follow-up call remains the gold standard for setting appointments. However, the key to success lies in having the right process and approach when making follow-up calls. Think of your first 17 seconds on a follow-up call as similar to a first date.

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3 Strategies for Follow-Up With Stalled Prospects

SalesProInsider

How can you follow-up and be there for them when they are ready to take the next step or talk again? With a follow-up system/campaign! Following are the best practices I’ve curated over the last decade. Best Practices for a Successful Prospect Follow-Up Campaign Do not “check in.” Make it personal.

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Our Award-Winning Article

Mr. Inside Sales

In case you missed this, I received the following email last week: Dear Mike: The people have spoken and your article, “3 Keys to Dealing with Difficult Prospects,” has won 2nd place in our 2020 Sales Pro Central MVP Awards Social Selling category!” I listen to a lot of calls each week that my clients send me.

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10 Unique Follow-Ups to “How Are You?”

Hubspot Sales

Instead of falling into the boring conversation trap above, drive the conversation forward with these unique follow-ups to “How are you?”. Most people will also feel compelled to add an explanation, such as, “My team has a big deadline coming up, so I’ve been busier than normal.” How to answer “How are you?”. What’s new?

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7 Tips for writing the perfect follow-up sales email (according to science)

Sales Pro Central Submitted Articles

This article is part of the Gong Labs series, where I publish findings from our data research team. We analyze sales conversations and deals using AI, then share the results to help you win more deals.

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Top 5 Phrases To Use In A Follow Up Email

MTD Sales Training

So, you’ve got hold of a prospect and they’ve replied to you or accepted your request to connect up with them. What can you say that will build rapport and follow-up that initial interest? Your follow-up email should create interest because it’s talking the same language they speak. That’s a great start!

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Lead Follow-up Malpractice

Partners in Excellence

In my news feed, I saw an article about an interesting research study on sales performance/productivity. And it’s not the fault of the sales people that are making these lead follow-up calls. They are just following the directions and scripts marketing has given them, leveraging the training from sales enablement.