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4 Best Ways to Prevent Summer Sales Call Cancellations

The Sales Hunter

While some salespeople do cut back during the summer, it also can be the customers who start canceling appointments. Here are a four ways to prevent sales call cancellations in the summer: 1. Reason is simple: Customers aren’t going to cancel on you after you’ve taken the time to confirm with them.

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VIDEO SALES TIP: Prepare NOW for those Summer Sales Call Cancellations

The Sales Hunter

It’s summer for many of you reading this, and that means it’s a prime time when some of your customers and prospects are canceling on you. When people cancel on you, be prepared! Sales call cancelations are not a time to relax and goof off. Your time is better spent going after business.

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Are Cancelled Appointments Really a Complete Loss?

The Sales Hunter

A prospect or customer cancels an appointment. Sure, but you don’t have to view cancelled sales calls as lost opportunities. ” If a customer cancels an appointment, the last thing you should assume is that you lost the sale. .” It’s happened to every salesperson at one point or another.

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My Most Popular Sales Article of the Last Ten Years

Understanding the Sales Force

Last year, The Boston Ballet cancelled their performance of the Nutcracker but we will be in attendance month and look forward to continuing the tradition. I first wrote the article in 2011 and people loved the analogy between the Nutcracker and a sales call. Please enjoy the article and share it.

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The Most Successful Negotiation is The Negotiation That Isn't Needed

Understanding the Sales Force

The last few years it seems that each time it snows, even a little, they cancel school. Winter drivers are better equipped to deal with snow than at any time in history so cancelling school every time it snows doesn't make any sense. Like cancelling school when it snows, it doesn't make any sense. Why is it there?

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Upcoming Sales Training Webinars Featuring Criteria for Success, Inc.

criteria for success

Driving Consultative Selling with Problem Solving & Storytelling. Tuesday, April 28 2020 2:00-3:00 PM EST. Selling is not just about features and benefits of our offerings, but about the connections we make and the problems we solve. Click here to register –> LinkedIn and Smart Selling Strategies.

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Sales Strategy: Managing the Year-End Calendar

The Sales Hunter

The last thing you want is to have a customer cancel an appointment you have with them set for Dec. Many times customers find themselves chasing their own time at the end of the year and will in turn look to cancel things on their calendar they don’t think are important.

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