“Telephone prospecting is a waste of time, because all I ever do is leave voicemails. Nobody ever answers the phone.” That’s what a sales rep told me last week during one of my workshops. His comment was not unique. I hear those words all the time. Few topics in the...
Newly hired employees are more likely to stay with a company for at least three years if they have an effective onboarding program. Let’s define onboarding as a set of activities that a company undertakes before a new employee starts, during the orientation period and...
By Jeff Beals During question-and-answer periods, the same issue keeps coming up in my sales workshops: how to deal with gatekeepers. These people are the receptionists and administrative assistants who stand between you and the decision maker you seek. I’ve...
By Jeff Beals Remember that closing a sale involves a series of small commitments before you get the big commitment to buy. These little commitments are sometimes referred to as “miniature closes.” By simply agreeing to meet you, a prospect makes a mini commitment,...
By Jeff Beals I was talking with my brother-in-law last week, and he shared an experience he had at a local chapter meeting of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. An insurance executive was delivering a speech about sales success. ...
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The Ideal Order of ProspectingSeptember 25, 2020
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