From the course: The 52 Best Sales Prospecting Tips
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Understand and plan for timescales
From the course: The 52 Best Sales Prospecting Tips
Understand and plan for timescales
- Every salesperson is different and there's no one single characteristic that a salesperson must have to be successful. Different characteristics and different techniques work differently on different prospects. However, there is one common thing I've spotted in all of the best salespeople I've ever known. They're all relaxed. They're all sat back in their chair with an unbelievable confidence that they're going to hit their next target and the one after that. Yet I'm here scrambling. I'm making calls, pulling in favors, making deals, doing whatever I need to do to hit my target. But why? How can they be so relaxed? Well, I asked them, all of them. And how they did it was by organizing their pipeline accurately. They qualify all of their opportunities relentlessly so they know without any doubt in their mind when that deal is going to close. And if it moves, then it'll have a good reason to do so. And then they take…
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What’s in this course?1m 28s
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Sell on emotion2m 31s
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Sound like your targets4m 9s
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Always have a meeting agenda2m 32s
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Be in positive emotional credit2m 15s
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Underpromise and overdeliver2m 58s
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Ask for referrals3m 23s
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Prioritize mobile phones2m 45s
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Be passionate about your product2m 39s
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Use your prospects’ names2m 24s
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Just dial, you’ll be fine2m 15s
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Track common objections3m 3s
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Always be learning3m 8s
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Ask what they want to see first3m 56s
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Remember names2m 32s
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Get feedback from existing customers2m 38s
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Use open questions4m 18s
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Use FAB3m 34s
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Use QAC to keep the conversation moving2m 42s
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Always phone first2m 51s
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Stand-up calling2m 7s
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Imagine your desired outcome2m 5s
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Start with your scariest prospect2m 39s
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If in doubt, dress smart3m 15s
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Track personal connections2m 36s
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Always have a next action2m 9s
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Cold email well2m 51s
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Beware of stacking questions3m 7s
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Have a great elevator pitch2m 47s
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Use mirroring2m 15s
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Learn from friends and colleagues4m 3s
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Know your most wanted2m 54s
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Overcome the price objection3m 30s
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Be assertive and assumptive3m 20s
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Beware of time wasters3m 33s
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Understand and plan for timescales2m 28s
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Shut up and listen2m 10s
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Live by BANT2m 40s
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Sell me this pen2m 46s
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Love what you sell3m 27s
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Give them options5m 1s
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It’s all in the follow-up2m 35s
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Spend your time wisely4m 4s
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Keep asking "Why?"2m 56s
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Balance new and existing customers3m 13s
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Get out there3m 37s
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Smile and dial2m 24s
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Don’t underestimate introducers4m 31s
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Have integrity2m 30s
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Experiment with price elasticity3m 42s
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Compliment your prospects2m 50s
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Be a team player2m 43s
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Know when to walk away3m 3s
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