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Found! The Caliper vs OMG Comparison: Which Sales Candidate Assessment is More Predictive?

Understanding the Sales Force

Consultative Selling Skills - Caliper calls this "Gathers and Analyzes Information" and scored the candidate at 48%. OMG looks at the specific skills necessary for selling consultatively and scored the candidate at 22%. The candidate scored 60% on Caliper and 92 on OMG. Coachable or not.

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7 Steps To Selling To Clients Who Are Indecisive- Video Blog

MTD Sales Training

For a prospect making a decision to buy means taking the risk of a competitor coming by soon after with a better proposal that is a better fit to the prospects situation. How do we insure that we are. [[ This is a content summary only. Sales Tips closing the sale indecisive clients selling skills'

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Are Salespeople Still Using the Hard Sell?

Understanding the Sales Force

When you hear a phrase like the hard sell , do you instantly think of car salespeople? While someone's reference to a hard sell may differ, the perception of the hard sell is fairly universal. After prospects state an objection, say they're not interested, or tell the salesperson, "No," prospects tend to raise their resistance.

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Turn the Prospect into a Customer with the “Engagement Process”

The Sales Hunter

Every salesperson has had at one time or another a prospect who just won’t move forward and buy. It might be time to put the conventional selling process you use on hold and break out what I refer to as the “engagement process.” Again, what you’re doing is engaging the prospect.

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Do You Even Qualify to Be Called a Salesperson?

The Sales Hunter

I got into sales only because I couldn’t afford car insurance due to my driving record, and I took a sales job purely because they offered me a […]. In fact, I’m not just proud — I’m very proud. But I admit that wasn’t the case early in my career.

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Growing or Fixing Which is Your Focus?

A Sales Guy

Mark is a commercial insurance broker who was successful and had been successful for sometime. ” Mark answered my questions by sharing what his prospects and clients looked like and some of the objections he was getting. Mark knows it and accepts that he sells on price and that’s how his company competes. Enter Mark.

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3 Ways to Achieve a Winning Sales Attitude

Hubspot Sales

Dr. Martin Seligman’s work with insurance company Metropolitan Life is one of the more famous case studies. His results proved soft skills do produce hard sales results. Salespeople who scored high in optimism sold 33% more insurance than those who scored lower. Don’t roll your eyes; this isn’t going to be a Pollyanna article.

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