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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!). and by asking a positive question “What did you like most about it?” (or 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.

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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….”. As you can see, what you’re doing here is reinforcing and assuming the positive outcome here—rather than opening your closing call with doubt and uncertainty. The post Stop “Following Up,” and Start Closing appeared first on Mr. Inside Sales.

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Why Follow Up in Selling is Critical

Score More Sales

For whatever reason, you don’t follow-up like you should. You want to follow-up, but some time elapses, and then in the back of your mind you fear that it won’t be a positive interaction so you get busy and forget. We were not crazy about it and ended up modifying the final project we paid them to do.

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One Key to Combatting Negativity

Mr. Inside Sales

Several of his books include: “The Power of Positive Leadership,” “The Energy Bus,” etc. I can’t believe this company is asking me to actually show up to an office!” ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS! Good morning everyone! I just returned from a “Day of Development” seminar in Charlotte with the Jon Gordon company.

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace. Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead.

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How to Fix What’s Missing from Your Sales Training Program

Sales and Marketing Management

businesses spend $15 billion a year training their sales employees. The truth is that poor performance from sales reps can be linked directly to the training their sales managers have received. Answering yes to any of the following questions suggests that you need to step up the training of sales managers at your company.

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Ominous Signs for Sales Teams and Baseball Can Help

Understanding the Sales Force

Teams and players don’t hang their heads, give up or end their season early. They make trades, call up talent from their minor league team, move people around, and take a “next man up” philosophy. You should spend money on training and development for the twelve challenges I listed above.

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