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A Better Way to Follow Up on Emails

Mr. Inside Sales

Many sales reps struggle when following up on emails they’ve sent out to prospects (or even clients!). or any of the other questions above, or come up with your own), you’ll be leading your prospect to reveal their interest level and unique buying motives. Did you have a chance to review my email?”. What email?”.

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Why Your Salespeople Won’t Follow Up With Prospects

Sales and Marketing Management

Why don’t salespeople follow-up? Won’t issues are about motivation. Be certain about this, however: you can’t solve an ability problem with a motivation solution, and you cannot solve a motivation problem with a training solution. . Can’t vs. Won’t in Follow-Up . And if they still won’t follow-up?

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A Better Way to Follow Up

Mr. Inside Sales

If you begin your follow up calls like this: “Hi, I just wanted to see if you read the email I sent you?”. Then you’re going to want to read this post all the way through and adopt a better practice way of opening your follow up calls. I’m happy to point out a couple of things to you—can you pull that up?

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8 Ways to Motivate Salespeople to Follow Up Inquiries

Pointclear

Corporate growth, good and bad, can be traced to sales lead follow-up i. Marketers keep thinking it is common sense for sales representatives to follow up all inquiries given to them. So we are left with motivating them to do the obvious and not give up. Yes, follow-up is difficult today.

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How to Easily Motivate and Incentivize Sales Pipeline Building

Understanding the Sales Force

Today, I am continuing the music analogy, but this time, as it relates to motivational tools. It’s not that we hire others to do the work – we don’t – it’s just that I’m not motivated to do it – unless my music is playing. But if not music, what else has the power to motivate?

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Stop “Following Up,” and Start Closing

Mr. Inside Sales

Is it something like: “I’m just calling to follow up on our proposal….”. You know, I’m looking forward to sending you the X number of RFQ’s our program can generate for you, and to helping you achieve (whatever their buying motive was). The post Stop “Following Up,” and Start Closing appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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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? Begin thinking about how to point out those aspects of your product or service that matches up with what they want (because you’ll be clear what they are). You don’t take notes? How about using your Mute button?