What to look for in an inside sales job
There are 3 things to look for in a inside sales job.
1. Hourly wage + commission. Any successful inside sales job will provide hourly + commission.
2. Worthy product. Not all products will sell, so you need to believe in your product you are selling.
3. Are previous leads available or will you have to create your own. Most trustworthy companies will provide previous leads for calling.
With these 3 tips you can find yourself an inside sales job that will be lucrative, and long term.
What is an inside sales job?
An inside sales job usually refers to phone sales; however it could be applied to retail sales job as well. The most common inside sales job is telemarketing. Telemarketing encompasses everything from inbound to outbound phone calling. Inside sales jobs can be very lucrative since a commission is usually available for extra earning power.
The Surprising Truth About Cold Calling
Haven't you noticed the old "tried and true" cold calling techniques that'were once successful in cold calling have completely lost their effectiveness? That's why I've developed a new cold calling approach that will quickly and automatically put you ahead of the game, and in a league above your competition.?
Sales Therapy 101: Breaking Your Fear of Cold Calling
Almost every day, visitors to my Unlock The Game™ website click on my live instant-messenger chat button, which invites them to "Ask Ari a selling question."And do you know what their most common question is?Yes, you guessed it: "Is there any way I can break through or overcome my fear of cold calling?"Most of us have at least some resistance to cold calling, and some people I talk with have such a paralyzing visceral and emotional fear of cold calling that they can't even consider doing it.
Most Effective Cold Calling Tip
If you are looking for the one piece of advice that will help, you propel yourself into cold calling record books for success you should only look to your phone for help. After all, it is only you, the phone involved in the transaction, and all that stands between you and a sale is the phone. If you are looking to ultimately succeed at cold calling then you have to master keeping someone on the phone.
No More Cold-Calling? Well, Almost...
We do not advocate cold calling in High Probability Selling.
However, cold calling is necessary at times.
3 Solutions to Breaking Your Fear of Cold Calling
If you're like most people who sell, you probably have some serious resistance to making cold calls. The fear of cold calling is practically an epidemic - but not the kind that gets publicized. It's a silent and personal struggle.
4 Key Reasons to Surrender Your Cold Calling Agenda
If you follow the old traditional cold calling approach, as soon as you dial the telephone your focus is on acquiring a sale. And you're probably using different techniques and strategies to guide your conversation towards that goal.
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Sales Prospecting for Appointments by Email
A few months into the job and Sabrina's cold calling sales prospecting techniques were getting her almost nowhere. She would call CIO's and CTO's all day, and speak to maybe one sales prospect if she was lucky. The gatekeepers and voicemail were screening her out. Sabrina was "following up" her calls with emails, but she rarely if ever heard anything back.
Sabrina asked for help to improve her sales prospecting skills. A salesperson for a silicon valley software company, Sabrina was tasked with calling on CIO's in Fortune 1000 companies. Her cold calling skills were a bit rusty, and she was under serious pressure from sales management to produce.
After a few weeks of working on these together, I got the following email from Sabrina:
"My email script has gotten another F1000 appointment! I sent it to an admin who forwarded it to a Senior Director who had his admin respond in 5 minutes that he wanted an appointment. They are right in our sweet spot so this is a very good thing."
If you've done any sales prospecting to big corporations, then you know how great Sabrina felt when she got this appointment. Sabrina has secured numerous VP level appointments using her new email technique.
How did Sabrina improve her sales prospecting?
First she asked for help.
Upon working together, I coached Sabrina to sell only to the sales prospects that were most likely to buy. Sabrina developed a customer profile to guide her sales prospecting efforts. She determined what type of sales prospect would be most likely to buy her product.
Next she worked on identifying the pains that motivate her ideal sales prospect to want to buy her product. This took some research. She spoke to other sales reps, marketing management, and most importantly customers to figure out why people buy her product.
Sabrina used this to craft a short but specific email message to her best sales prospects. It was real-world due to all of her research and her prospects responded to it. The likely buyers were ones who could feel the pain that the email talked about. Those sales prospects jumped up and asked for an appointment.
What can you do to improve your sales prospecting?
Develop an Ideal Customer Profile to guide your selling.
Identify the Buying Pains of your Ideal Customer.
Craft Email Messages, Phone & Voicemail Scripts showing you can eliminate your Ideal Customer's pain.
Proactively call and email your Ideal Sales Prospects to find the likely buyers.
© 1999-2004 Shamus Brown, All Rights Reserved. Shamus Brown is a Professional Sales Coach and former high-tech sales pro who began his career selling for IBM. Shamus has written more than 50 articles on selling and is the creator of the popular Persuasive Selling Skills CD Audio Program. You can read more of Shamus Brown's sales tips at http://Sales-Tips.industrialEGO.com/ and you can learn more about his persuasive sales skills training at http://www.Persuasive-Sales-Skills.com/
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