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Why are Salespeople Afraid to Sell? How to Overcome the FEAR of Selling and Prospecting in 5 Minutes

Keith Rosen

When salespeople resist business development activities, such as cold calling, or even asking for referrals, a typical response from many sales managers is to provide additional training, role-playing, a revised presentation, or more qualified prospects to call on as the solution to improving prospecting results and productivity.

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How to Get More Referrals Now

No More Cold Calling

The focus of most sales efforts is conducting sales calls, asking probing questions, proposing, presenting, and closing. But that’s the easy part, at least for sales pros with real expertise. How much time and energy do you typically spend getting in front of the right people? It doesn’t have to be like that.

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Dumbing it Down: 5 Secrets to Getting Smart People to Buy

SBI

Rationality requires a more focused analysis, and effective analysis requires both time and energy. Time and energy, along with patience and attention span, are limited resources and can be depleted quicker than a smartphone’s battery. It requires a lot more energy to envision something than it does to experience it.

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Learning the Natural Laws of Sales

Pipeliner

If you’re a member of a sales force, or in sales management, there is always practical information you must know. And while it may seem that such theory would constitute very dry reading, be a struggle to understand and really not needed or desired to operate in the day-to-day sales environment, the exact opposite is true.

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The Selling Process–Yep, That Again

Partners in Excellence

Let’s start there, let’s look at CRM systems–but the exact same thinking can be applied to virtually all sales training and most consultant work. Typically, prospecting, qualifying, discovering/developing, proposing, closing. Sales cycles are very different. All of these are very different.

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The Effective Win-Loss Analysis

Pipeliner

And how about your organization’s overall energy? If you choose to move ahead and submit a proposal, your chances of success are greatly increased. In Sandler Enterprise Selling, we follow a framework to review a deal’s key issues before deciding on proceeding or passing. What about your people who are engaged in enterprise pursuits?

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The Ultimate Guide to a Career in Sales

Hubspot Sales

That may be because 63% of sales leaders find virtual meetings just as or more effective than meeting in person. Just consider the time and energy it takes to be on the move—a taxing situation if you're not ready to constantly pack your bags. Sales Manager Careers. Regional Sales Manager. Image Source.

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