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When Do Follow Up Calls Add Value

Understanding the Sales Force

Rarely, if ever, have I received a follow up call from anyone selling me anything. Last fall, my wife received a six-figure proposal to replace all of the windows and doors at our home. The proposal expired at the end of February but the sales rep never followed up.

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Send Your Proposals to the DEA

Sales 2.0

In general, I think “proposals suck!” I was reminded of my (bad) attitude to proposals again a few weeks ago when I was co-opted into developing one. I like the framework so much that I’ve messed it up and made my own corrupted one. Eliminate The most effective solution to avoid spending days on proposals is not to do them !

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Send Your Proposals to the DEA, Part 2

Sales 2.0

In my last post I was ranting about how I hate proposals. My preferred solution to this is not developing proposals at all. I highly recommend not spending your time generating beautiful documents for every person that says, “send me a proposal”. There are various ways to get ChatGPT to write a part of any proposal.

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Follow Up Tips

Selling Energy

We sow the seeds of our own destruction by not following up with customers. My philosophy is when you send a proposal, you've got to follow up from the beginning. I’ll follow up with you in a couple of days.”. I also recommend a multi-modal approach.

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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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FU Is For Follow Up

The Pipeline

If you follow this blog, you may have seen that several times I have suggested that those people who are not cut out for a career in sales, should seriously consider transitioning to a career in hospitality. Here we are more than month later, no proposal – no follow up. By Tibor Shanto - tibor.shanto@sellbetter.ca .

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5 Steps To Effectively Follow-Up Prospects

MTD Sales Training

What strikes me as strange and rather puzzling is a piece of research I read this week that said less than 10% of salespeople actually follow up a prospect more than once after they have sent a proposal. I think it is, so here’s some steps that will help you make following up a natural part of the sale for you: 1.

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