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How to Get Ready for Quota-Busting Sales Success

Understanding the Sales Force

Get out your calendar and schedule an appointment for the time you need to prospect. Treat that appointment as you would a sales call and don’t cancel it or reschedule it. 8 new suspects (new meetings) into the pipeline each week, you must calculate your phone conversion rate. To funnel (see what I did there?)

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To Research Or Not To Research?

Tibor Shanto

But how much do you really need to know to get an appointment? Unless you have a one call sale, you will need to secure the second meeting even if you have success on call 1. This makes the “getting the appointment” the primary goal of a meeting. If you can ‘spend’ time on things leading to prospecting, you can pretend.

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Please Stop Apologizing – It’s OK To Do Your Job

Tibor Shanto

So, when you ask for the appointment, ask with pride and confidence. Don’t say “I am hoping we may book a time to meet.” Or “I was wondering if we can meet?” I am call specifically to set a time, book an appointment, schedule a meeting, but none of the softy stuff. Doesn’t Have To Be Good-Bye.

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Why you’re probably underutilizing email sequences

Martech

Reminder emails for appointments or renewals Missed appointments and expired subscriptions are lost opportunities. Meeting or demo no-shows No-shows happen, but they don’t have to mean a lost opportunity. On the day of the event, send a final email with a link to join.

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Cold Calling Tips and Tricks

In fact, less than 2% of today’s cold calls actually result in meetings, and 63% of sales professionals say it’s what they dislike most about their jobs. However, there is also strong evidence which points to the contrary - 78% of decision-makers have taken an appointment or attended an event as a result of a cold call.

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Questions Are More Than Just For Info

Tibor Shanto

Giving you room to rethink which questions we use to get the appointment, and which to move a sale forward. The purpose of a prospecting call and email is to gain engagement, in the form of an appointment. It’s an easy way to book more meetings and win more business. The Breakfast Has A New Sponsor.

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Appointment Setting for Financial Advisors Made Easy

Salesforce

In an appointment economy , organizations respect every customer’s time by setting up specific appointments with them and adhering to start and stop times. Unfortunately, these companies have been slow to adapt to meet expectations. Consider these best practices: Learn the tools for appointment scheduling success.