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How to Use Online Groups to Build Your Sales Career
You have access to more than 1 billion people. Better yet, you can get in touch with any one of them with the mere click of a mouse. Whether you’re reaching out to find new sales prospects or looking to connect with industry leaders like yourself, a Facebook or LinkedIn group can offer you every […]
Top 3 Sales Tracking Tips for HVAC Companies
Running a business can feel like a juggling routine. Your HVAC company is getting contracts with apartment complexes and commercial businesses all over town. But as your business grows, how do you balance sales, service, and support to keep it thriving? Troubleshooting HVAC companies have to be multi-faceted. Your sales team grows your client base, […]
How Much Time Your Sales Team Really Loses to Manual Reporting
Hours a week? Sounds crazy, right? But your sales team spends countless hours each week just reporting what they did. We added up some real-time numbers to see how much time you can realistically save with automated reporting. The Salesperson’s Time On a typical day, a salesperson spends about 20 minutes manually entering reports. That’s […]
3 Strategies for Unlocking Deals Stuck in the Pipeline
You just made a killer pitch. You demonstrated how your product solves their problems, then left them with action steps – and expected an answer within days. But that was over a month ago, and you still haven’t heard anything back. So what’s the trouble? You thought you were on track to seal the deal, […]
The 5 Elements Every Elevator Pitch Should Include
You never know when you’ll get a small window of time to talk to a prospect. Maybe you meet someone unexpectedly. What about when that cold call is about to hang up? In these cases, you need a sales elevator pitch in your back pocket. Plus, no one likes a long-winded salesperson. An elevator pitch […]
What to Look for When Researching Prospects
We’re always talking about tools to use for research, but how should you go about actual research? Knowing what information to look for is as important as knowing where to find it. With these ways of qualifying prospects, you’ll gain an edge when you make the pitch. Find Relationships As you look through LinkedIn or […]
Top 4 Ways to Evaluate a Salesperson’s Performance
A note on recording calls Call recording laws vary by state. Some states require only one party to consent, and roughly a dozen require every party on the call to consent before you record. Which rule applies usually depends on where the people on the call are, not where your company is, so a team […]
3 Characteristics of Successful Salespeople
Salespeople come in all forms. Some are pushy. Some play hard to get. Either way, the best in sales have a charisma that seems to come naturally. They connect with prospects, gain trust quickly, and can find conversation points with anyone. Yet sales require more than charm. There’s a difference in being a charismatic person […]
4 Lessons I Learned About Entrepreneurship From High School Band
I never realized being a band geek was leading me to entrepreneurship. I grew up in Germany on an army base. With my dad as my music teacher, I started playing alto saxophone in seventh grade and continued through high school. The endless hours of practice and the cut-throat competitions did more than just make […]
Sales Managers: How To Get Over Micromanaging Your Salespeople
You’ve been in the business a while so you understand what it takes to be successful. To hit the sales numbers, people need to increase their volume. A certain number of calls, appointments, and proposals logistically equal an on-target month. Because you have CallProof, you see how many of these actually happen each day with […]