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Please Do Your Homework Before Contacting Me!

Partners in Excellence

As sales professionals looking for new business, it’s critical that we establish our credibility in our very first contacts with a prospect or customer. Yet I have so many people trying to prospect me on things that are obviously irrelevant to our company and me. So when I’m contacted, I wonder “Why?”

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Situational Adaptability

Partners in Excellence

We had actually arranged a conversation, the company had something that interested me–software for our business. I had reached out, checking the box, “please contact me… ” The sales person called, he started his questions. He didn’t know what to do. It’s been several weeks.

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How I Work It – Social Selling with Tom Pick

Adaptive Business Services

I try to watch and emulate others and you probably do the same. Could you please tell our readers a little about you? How about telling them a little bit about your business? How did you get started in selling and when did you begin adding social selling to your business? Do you have regular routines? Welcome, Tom!

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7 Sales Voicemail Mistakes + How to Recover [Advice from HubSpot Sales Reps]

Hubspot

Please leave a message and I'll get back to you. Here, we'll discuss seven voicemail mistakes and how to recover from them, plus give a few example scripts to inspire your next call. Here, we'll discuss seven voicemail mistakes and how to recover from them, plus give a few example scripts to inspire your next call.

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Why. It’s Overused and Irritating. Overcome Objections.

SalesBlog!

Why do you say that?”, “Why would that be?” It’s like your toddler asking why. Walking into an initial meeting, chest puffed out, spewing company propoganda and telling me what I need will get objections immediately, every time. That the only purpose of meeting with me is to get money out of my pocket as suspected.

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Our Customers Are Doing Their Homework

Partners in Excellence

Every three years, the same thing happens; about 6 months before the lease end, the dealer(s) start to contact me. It’s always with an offer, “We can let you out of the lease early and get you into the latest model of your current car… ” I’ve just gotten into that 6 month window.

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First Impressions Count!

Partners in Excellence

Getting that first contact or engagement is something nearly everyone struggles with. Given the difficulty we have with these first contacts, one would expect we would be driven to create the very best first impression we possibly could. Fewer than 5% of the people contacting me do this.

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