Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 17, 2020

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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Sales 2.0

JULY 8, 2022

This post describes a framework that I have found over the last two decades can really change the math on prospecting. Before you can go setting up meetings, you need to figure out who you need to meet. Avoid banging your head up against the same wall over and over again. Humans, aka your prospects, don’t care about?your?problems

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2019

call to prospects whom you’ve already pitched? Is it something like: “I’m just calling to follow up on our proposal….”. Why not lead your prospect into the sale by referring back to the benefits he or she is going to get by working with you? Try this: “{Prospect}, great speaking with you again. Who Should Attend?

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 8, 2018

So, you’ve got hold of a prospect and they’ve replied to you or accepted your request to connect up with them. What can you say that will build rapport and follow-up that initial interest? Prospects are only interested in results, not products. That’s a great start! But where do you go from here? Happy selling!

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SalesProInsider

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Those prospects who seem to run away from you after a conversation. You have a meeting with a prospect that seems to go well. They agree that it would be a good idea for you to send them a recommendation/proposal/overview and “follow-up” with them. Stop Chasing Your Prospects. Sound familiar?

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Partners in Excellence

MAY 25, 2022

We struggle to provoke interest, to engage a prospect, to get people to respond to our outreach. And it’s not the fault of the sales people that are making these lead follow-up calls. They are just following the directions and scripts marketing has given them, leveraging the training from sales enablement.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If you want more “treats” than “tricks” when dealing with prospects, then be bold and call back sooner than you are now. I don’t know why sales reps always default to: “I’ll call you again in a month…” Or 60 days or 90 days, etc, but why would you want to miss all the sales this prospect will place in the meantime?

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 31, 2021

If you’re getting all the responses you’ll ever need on the first cold email you send to prospects, let me know. But if you need to send one sales follow up email after the next, you’re like the rest of us. The following templates are based on some simple cardinal rules about how to send a follow-up email.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

5 Little-known But Essential Email Follow-up Secrets is a guest post written by Forster Perelsztejn. . Ever seen this stats collection that says that 48% of salespeople never follow up with a prospect? Yeah, it’s fake , but still, most salespeople are bad at following up. Why is it I have to do that?

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

So many sales professionals ask us to assist them in writing emails to their prospects that we sometimes think we should devote all our time and attention to this one area! It’s natural to want to contact prospects and show them how your world-changing products can make them successful. Another example: Hi Mr Prospect.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 5, 2012

With great skill, you established some rapport and interest and the prospect apparently is looking forward to receiving your literature. However, when you call back to set the appointment, the prospect seems to have switched to an alternate personality. The interest and rapport are gone and the prospect rushes you off the telephone.

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MTD Sales Training

JULY 3, 2013

Sales Interactions follow up with prospects following up with prospects How do I follow up' As normal, we asked the client why they chose us and why they. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]].

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Score More Sales

APRIL 29, 2013

One big contributing factor to your sales success is in your follow-up. There are three points to consider when thinking about following up with prospects, buyers, and with leads: A. Most sellers do not follow-up enough. So why all the problems with follow-up? phone calls. voice mail.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MAY 21, 2022

Check out our best inside sales training available on the Internet: On-Demand Training! Here’s an example of a training tip that you’ll learn, and that I used, to handle a frustrating objection I used to get all the time: “The price is outside of our budget.”. Then give your team access to my award winning inside sales training!

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 10, 2018

Think about it: you wouldn’t want a dentist to make it up as he goes along, would you? You count on your dentist to be prepared and trained on the up to date, best practices for handling your dental situation. And one of the most recurring situations is calling back prospects three or four months later. Of course not!

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. Here are three ways to follow up better and gain more opportunities: Look at Data. They set a time to meet and ultimately his company became a client.

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 21, 2022

He was making one crucial error that was leading to him not getting very far with prospects. I want to share with you what this common prospecting error is and how to immediately fix it. I told the rep the problem was that he wasn’t making any connection in the beginning and wasn’t allowing his prospect to engage with him at all.

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Sales Hacker Training

JANUARY 31, 2023

If you’re getting all the responses you’ll ever need on the first cold email you send to prospects, let me know. But if you need to send one sales follow-up email after the next, you’re like the rest of us. The following templates are based on some simple cardinal rules about how to send a follow-up email.

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Mr. Inside Sales

MARCH 17, 2024

What’s the number one blow off prospects use these days? Not only is it hard to get prospects back on the phone, when you do, you usually lead off with the ineffective opening line of: “Did you have a chance to review that email I sent you?” And then when a prospect blows you off with, “Can you email that to me?”

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Smart Calling

MARCH 22, 2018

Do you really know where you stand with the prospects in your follow-up files right now? I’m not trying to make you feel bad, but my experience is that many sales reps have no clue where they are in the sales process with a majority of the people they are following up with. Come on, really now?

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John Barrows

JUNE 13, 2018

One area in which we can add structure to is how we follow up with a prospective client after a good discovery call. Too many of us don’t have a process and end up ‘touching base’ and ‘checking in’ until the frustration kicks in and we start doing some unnatural things to get a response. Here’s the process we follow.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 26, 2021

If you've done your pre-call prep work, you probably put together a list of sales questions to ask your prospect an hour or two before your appointment. Sometimes reps can be so worried about getting through all the questions on their list that they fail to truly listen to their prospects. Not sure what I mean? Here's an example.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 10, 2021

Research shows that 92% of all salespeople give up on a lead after four rejections, while 44% give up after only one. That adds up to an awful lot of follow-up. The key to conquering follow-up is not just blind perseverance and motivation. A demo they can peruse on their own clock?

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Pointclear

JUNE 7, 2016

Today we will discuss why it’s vital for marketing to develop a training guide for sales so all are on the same page as far as understanding what constitutes a lead in your organization, and what’s the best way to follow up on one. Many sales reps lack insights on the best way to follow up on a lead.

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Close.io

JUNE 25, 2018

You can’t win every deal and when a prospect turns you down, it’s time to just move on. This small shift in thinking can have a profound impact on your sales outreach and follow-up success. And all it takes is trying one simple strategy I recently discovered: HUCA (Hang up and call again). But I didn’t want to give up.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 10, 2024

In the competitive landscape of B2B sales, effectively qualifying prospects is paramount. There, we looked at key indicators to assess before passing prospects to sales. Now, we’ll go further and explore strategies and best practices for improving prospect qualification. And, if so, is the prospect worth your time and effort?

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Mr. Inside Sales

AUGUST 7, 2020

This week, I listened to a closing call from one of their reps, and here is how the prospect opened the call: Prospect: “Let me just tell you upfront that we’re looking at a lot of different options right now of which yours is just one…”. Here’s what I teach: Prospects have all the answers. Take what a prospect gives you.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 4, 2019

So, you followed our tips for the perfect cold-calling approach. You nailed your sales call, dispelling your prospect’s early misgivings, and they sounded enthusiastic about taking things forward. It’s a road paved with rejection, with 92% of all salespeople giving up on a lead after four rejections , while 44% give up after only one.

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The Sales Heretic

JUNE 12, 2013

For most salespeople, professionals and business owners, the sales process begins with prospecting. And yet, too often, we unwittingly sabotage our prospecting efforts. If you don’t have the number of quality prospects you’d like, chances are you’re making one or more of these common mistakes.

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Score More Sales

APRIL 30, 2014

Recently we posted about a study that showed the power and necessity of follow up in building relationships with buyers who ultimately do business with you. Here are three ways to follow up better and gain more opportunities: Look at Data. They set a time to meet and ultimately his company became a client.

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SalesProInsider

AUGUST 21, 2019

How Many Follow-Ups Does It Really Take? It was a set up to the premise that no one really ever knew because the lollipop was soo good people “bit” before licking their way to the center. And the answer “We may never know because 44% of sales people give up after 1 follow-up, and 92% give up by the 4th follow-up.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

We have compiled a list of follow-up lead email templates that will help you follow up with your prospects and get them to, actually, respond. First of all, you need to understand that when sending follow-up emails, there are general rules to keep in mind. What Should a Sales Follow Up Email Contain?

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 31, 2019

If you’re getting all the responses you’ll ever need on the 1st email you send to prospects, let me know. If you’re like the rest of the sales world, and need to send several follow-up emails to get a response, this one’s for you. Follow up email body tips. How long to wait before following up on an email.

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 14, 2023

To follow up on the blog post from two weeks ago (about the one quick fix to get your VMs returned ), here is the second quick fix: Stop trying to trick your prospect! So do your prospects. Your prospects can see through you and your message will be deleted quickly. ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Increase Sales

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Or do you stop, review your follow-up script or scripts? Each ideal qualified potential customer (aka as qualified prospect) may have a different want, a different perception of value. For me these initial steps have been quite successful in my follow-up script. What I have found is to be simple and direct.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

As a detective, he always followed the evidence to find the truth. Similarly, many prospects are also non-believers in your product or service. Up until the moment of the shooting, Wallace believed that a bullet-proof vest would stop a bullet and save his life. But that’s not the analogy I’m going to make.

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SalesFuel

MARCH 19, 2024

Organizations spend billions on B2B sales training every year. Despite the heavy investment in training, some businesses won’t benefit as much as they should. What The B2B Sales Training Program Should Include The average organization spends $1,200 a year on professional development per employee.

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