Rob Jolles

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Everyone experiences objections when selling. When objections are stated, our minds move pretty fast, and unfortunately, often towards a response. Rather than responding, the best move you can make is to ask for clarification of the objection stated. They begin to think, “Oh, no, not this objection again.”

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Rob Jolles

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Everyone experiences objections when selling. When objections are stated, our minds move pretty fast, and unfortunately, often towards a response. Rather than responding, the best move you can make is to ask for clarification of the objection stated. They begin to think, “Oh, no, not this objection again.”

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Selling Energy

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Part 2 of the “How to Overcome Objections” series covers the classic issue of the reluctant prospect who insists that his/her company doesn’t have the human resources to oversee the process of implementing a new energy project.

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Selling Energy

JUNE 6, 2023

Before you make a phone call – whether it’s a cold call, a call to a prospect, or even a call to a long-time client – you should ask yourself, “What is my objective?” You need to have a strong objective before you pick up the phone. Here are some examples of weak and strong call objectives.

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Mr. Inside Sales

JANUARY 7, 2023

Step One: Take time to carefully script out word-for-word rebuttals to the common objections you get repeatedly. Question: Can you honestly answer each objection you get with a best practice response (that works)? Can you deliver it with a bit more energy? Or less energy? Guaranteed. If not, do it this week!

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Selling Energy

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Objection: “My tenants pay for energy, so I would see no benefit.”.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

If you read this blog regularly, you know that I have pointed out that salespeople and sales organizations spend too much time and energy trying to avoid objections, when they should be spending time on learning to deal with them, redirect and leverage them to move the sale forward. What’s in Your Pipeline? What’s in Your Pipeline?

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Selling Energy

MARCH 12, 2020

When you’re selling an energy product or service, it’s pretty much a given that your prospect will raise some concern or objection during the negotiation. It’s your job as a sales professional to migrate the discussion away from that concern or objection and toward something that is more positive and productive.

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Selling Energy

AUGUST 5, 2021

Keeping an Objections Archive™ is just as important as keeping a Story Archive™. These are indispensable items to have at your disposal when you’re discussing solutions with a prospect. Every sales manager should encourage their respective salesforces to generate both.

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Selling Energy

MARCH 7, 2023

When you approach a landlord with an efficiency project, one of the most common objections you may hear is, “My tenant’s leases are all ‘net’ – why should I care about efficiency improvements?” They will help inoculate your presentation against the objection “My tenants stand to get all the savings.”

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 18, 2016

When working with individual sales reps, one of the most common requests I get is that they would like to get better at handling objections. Remember, the best thing about sales is that you get the same objections, stalls and put offs over and over again. Perhaps you could deliver it with a bit more energy? Or less energy?

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Selling Energy

MARCH 1, 2022

When you’re selling efficiency solutions in landlord/tenant settings, there are times where you’ll hear the “I’m moving” objection. It comes in two flavors.

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Selling Energy

MARCH 5, 2020

There are a handful of common objections that we energy sales professionals tend to hear time and time again. Over the course of the next few days, I’ll be sharing a few of these objections and some strategies for dispelling them.

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Selling Energy

MARCH 8, 2023

Today, we’ll continue with a couple more ways to inoculate your presentation against objections like “My tenant’s leases are all ‘net’ – why should I care about efficiency improvements?”

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Selling Energy

MARCH 6, 2020

Part 2 of the “How to Overcome Objections” series covers the classic issue of the reluctant prospect who insists that his/her company doesn’t have the human resources to oversee the process of implementing a new energy project.

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Mr. Inside Sales

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

And the crazy thing is that sales reps actually buy into that objection! I’ve even begun hearing sales teams jump on the “Oh, things are terrible, the world is coming to an end…” objection and actually agreeing with their prospects! Some of our clients have even closed down their offices, and let people go – oh, it’s terrible!”

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Marc Wayshak

APRIL 3, 2024

Let their energy lead where you want to go. However, adept martial artists understand the power of guiding their opponent’s energy rather than resisting it. Likewise, successful sales professionals navigate conversations by aligning with the prospect’s energy and subtly steering them towards a desired outcome.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 29, 2022

Answer: They all take you (and your successful energy) away from your desk—and your next pitch. He said that wasting that on other sales reps (and taking them off the phone) was a waste of that energy, and that the best thing I could do after making a sale was to pick up the phone and make another one. I closed that deal, too!

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The simple act of moving your body will go a long way to improving your attitude and filling you, and your prospect, with energy. If possible, stand up a few times a day, or get in the habit of pacing while on the phone with a prospect or customer. As you read through this list, ask yourself: which of these are you naturally doing now?

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Sales Evangelist

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Three Skills to Help You Overcome Objections Being in sales, there needs to be a level of optimism but objections are also part of the process. How do you handle objections? Objections often fall under three categories - budget, time, and necessity. The connection is important in overcoming the objection.

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Nevertheless, you’ll hear the same objection, “We don’t have the money.”. Most prospects are spending money on an overly large utility bill when they could be making principal and interest payments on new equipment that would save the difference and more.

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Steven Rosen

JANUARY 18, 2021

However, this technology is taking you away from what is critical – delivering on your sales objectives. Saying no to TSAs is fundamental in gaining control of your time and focusing your efforts and energy on RGAs, which is essential in achieving your objectives. Some leaders are thriving in this crisis.

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Partners in Excellence

APRIL 3, 2024

We invest enormous amounts of energy seeking to avoid dong the work. The same objection handling and closing techniques, Carefully constructed phraseology no longer resonates because everyone else is using the same technique. Our mindsets aren’t so focused on improving efficiency, rather on avoiding doing the work.

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Mr. Inside Sales

DECEMBER 9, 2023

He didn’t believe in putting in the time, energy, or money to get better. He didn’t believe in using scripts. I’ll sound like a telemarkerter,” he said. “I I have to go with the flow because each prospect is different,” he persisted. So he didn’t. Fast forward to our Starbucks encounter.

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Selling Energy

AUGUST 29, 2018

There are a handful of common objections that we energy sales professionals tend to hear time and time again. Over the course of the next few days, I’ll be sharing a few of these objections and some strategies for dispelling them.

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Selling Energy

MAY 15, 2020

You’ll likely hear a common objection, “We don’t have the money right now.”. Virtually everyone in the business world today is dealing with economic uncertainty.

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Steven Rosen

MARCH 2, 2020

Like most sales leaders, you want to achieve your sales objectives. They know what they need to do to be successful and they focus their time, their energy, and their mindset on what’s critical. Focus is where and what you decide to direct your time and energy. Allocate more time and energy to your CSF. Conclusion.

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Selling Energy

AUGUST 30, 2018

Part 2 of the “Overcoming Objections” series covers the classic issue of the reluctant prospect who insists that his/her company doesn’t have the human resources to oversee the process of implementing a new energy project.

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Selling Energy

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Every now and then you’ll hear the objection that it’s too hard to make older buildings energy efficient. I think that's one of the silliest objections I've heard for a couple of reasons, and after thirty years in the business and hearing just about everything, I’m happy to offer some of my favorite ways to address this objection.

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Selling Energy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Overcoming objections is a large part of what we teach at Selling Energy, so a book on the subject by the likes of bestselling author Jeb Blount ( Fanatical Prospecting ) is a must-have to supplement our classes.

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Selling Energy

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Creating and maintaining an Objections Archive™ is just as important as creating and maintaining a Success Story Archive™. These are indispensable items to have at your disposal when you’re discussing potential solutions with a prospect. Every sales manager should encourage their people to embrace both of these tools.

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Selling Energy

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When you’re selling efficiency solutions in landlord/tenant settings, there are times where you’ll hear the “I’m moving” objection. It comes in two flavors.

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Selling Energy

DECEMBER 17, 2020

One of the main objections sales professionals are hearing now more than ever from prospects is, “We don’t have the money.”. One of the things we've undertaken this year is teaching how to sell through a recession and how to deal with pandemic-related social distancing.

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The Pipeline

JUNE 17, 2021

What hypothesis I am proposing is this: Ambition is key – investing energy in low balling targets will hurt you in the long run. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). Psychological Safety is important to team performance. It relates directly to how goals, targets and quotas are set and hit. Useful Reading. About Matt Roberts.

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Selling Energy

MAY 22, 2023

As energy sales professionals, we solve problems and overcome objections on a daily basis. For those of us working as part of a team, it is likely that many of the solutions we come up with would also benefit our colleagues (who would be able to apply it to their own work).

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Selling Energy

DECEMBER 17, 2020

One of the main objections sales professionals are hearing now more than ever from prospects is, “We don’t have the money.”. One of the things we've undertaken this year is teaching how to sell through a recession and how to deal with pandemic-related social distancing.

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Selling Energy

MARCH 10, 2020

Part 3 of our “Overcoming Objections” series addresses a very common objection in a non-residential landlord/tenant setting:

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