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How to Reach Decision Makers Every Time

No More Cold Calling

A referral is the best way to get a meeting with the decision maker. There are two parts to the sales process: Part One: Getting meetings with decision makers. You get an introduction to your prospect, and you get a meeting with the decision maker. Why It’s So Hard to Reach Decision Makers.

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Don’t Be Afraid to Call Back Sooner!

Mr. Inside Sales

If you want more “treats” than “tricks” when dealing with prospects, then be bold and call back sooner than you are now. I don’t know why sales reps always default to: “I’ll call you again in a month…” Or 60 days or 90 days, etc, but why would you want to miss all the sales this prospect will place in the meantime?

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Call Back Sooner Than You Think You Should

Mr. Inside Sales

I don’t know why sales reps always default to: “I’ll call you again in a month…” Or 60 days or 90 days, etc. I’m happy to call you back at the end of this week—do you think you’ll have some clarity over your needs by then?”. “I’m And then call them two weeks before whatever date they give you!). Get Access Today.

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Baseball, The Toad and Coaching Unresponsive Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

A couple of hours later, Dinger and I were walking back into the house and I spotted it again, waiting to hop into the house with us! Should I adhere to a policy designed to snag sucky salespeople who waste people’s time, and keep them away from decision makers? Call again. You should not either.

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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

One major key to success in sales is a salesperson’s ability to reach decision makers. Salespeople who reach THE decision maker are 341% more likely to close the business than those who fail to reach the decision maker. Objective Management Group (OMG) has assessed nearly 2.4

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One Key to Combatting Negativity

Mr. Inside Sales

What this means is that rather than let that random, negative self-talk just pour into you, you should instead talk back to yourself in advance and feed the positive self-talk you need to succeed. The saying I heard that I loved was this: “Learn to talk to yourself, rather than listen to yourself.” ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Use These Creative Sales Tactics To Get To The Decision Maker

MTD Sales Training

Sometimes do you just find it impossible to get through to the decision-maker? You call them, you write to them but they never get back to you? Well, over the years I have heard of some really creative and often radical ways to grab the attention of the decision-maker. Please have this one on me!”.