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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!” Here’s what I teach: Prospects have all the answers.

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Don’t Make This Mistake When Prospecting

Mr. Inside Sales

He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects. I want to share with you what this common prospecting error is and how to immediately fix it. As you read this article, can you identify what the mistake in this approach is? I watched a sales rep making cold calls the other day.

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How AI Can Aid Your Prospecting

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Created by OpenAI, the free artificial intelligence (AI) content tool is capable of having human-like conversations, answering complicated questions like “what is quantum physics,” and passing parts of licensing exams for lawyers and doctors , along with the final exam for a prestigious MBA program. Here are some examples. But that’s not all.

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5 Closing Questions You Need

Mr. Inside Sales

Note to my readers: Because of my heavy client load, I am reducing my blog articles to bi-weekly starting today. Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a list of 5 questions you could use to get your prospect talking, to get them to open up about how they’re feeling and what you might need to concentrate on?

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One Simple Technique to Learn Buying Motives

Mr. Inside Sales

Question for you: How often do you take notes while you’re on Mute and your prospect is revealing their buying motives? If not, start using it today: search my blog to read articles on how to do that.). Make a much better connection with your prospect or client because they will feel listened to and heard. You don’t take notes?

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Transform your interactions: practice courtesy and kindness

Mr. Inside Sales

Nothing gets you further with a gatekeeper than using those magic words, and being polite and professional always helps you with both prospects and clients. Note: If you enjoyed this article, then you’ll love my new book: The Owner’s Manual to Life: Simple Strategies to Worry Less and Enjoy Life more.

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How to Sell A Pencil—Or Any Product or Service

Mr. Inside Sales

NOTE: While this article talks about using this technique as an interview question to determine what kind of sales rep you’re about to hire, it’s also a great technique for managers to use to diagnose what is wrong with reps who may not be hitting quote consistently. Unlimited License: One to 100 reps can attend for one low price!