“How Do I Avoid My Cold Call Being Viewed As An Interruption By My Prospect?”
I’ve recently been collating common sales questions for a forthcoming book answering all of the main sales queries and questions that sales and business people have. I thought I’d share the answer to this one with you… “How do I avoid my cold call being viewed as an interruption by my prospect?” Simple answer: You can never stop your cold call being viewed as an “interruption”.... [Read more]
How To Mess Up A Cold Call
A cold caller has been trying to get hold of me for a few days with the message, “I would like to invite you to an event?” We finally spoke today and he launched into a series of questions (which weren’t all bad) and then a reasonably well crafted and well presented pitch. This guy should be making a lot of sales but, whether he does or not, I bet that he does a lot of head banging on a daily... [Read more]
The Business Supremacy Summit, 2010 With Doug Richard…
“Dedicated to the Exponential Growth & Success of SME’s – Spend a day Immersed in Leading Edge Growth Strategies with World Leading Entrepreneurs!!!” Thursday 1st July – Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire Hey readers, I thought that you might be interested in this event that I am speaking at. If you read on to the end you will see how to book and please note that... [Read more]
Sales Psychology & Performance, LinkedIn Group
Check out my Sales Psychology & Performance, LinkedIn Group. As an author and sales speaker I get asked questions every day. Many of these are face to face, up close and personal but, increasingly, many of them are “virtual”. After an inspirational sales seminar many people email me to say that they enjoyed it and then ask questions… I welcome and enjoy these questions. After all, helping... [Read more]
Finding Your Personal Motivation, Part III
The final part of my quick video on Finding Your Personal Motivation. Thanks for your kind comments and thoughts on this one. We’ll be launching the all new GavinIngham.com sales training, personal and business success website in the next few weeks and we will be releasing a lot more videos. This will be one of the last in this more formal format as we’ll be over to a new, exciting format... [Read more]
Finding Your Personal Motivation, Part II
When people find out that I am a “motivational speaker” they often ask me to motivate them as if it is something that I can do for them or to them. We’re often at a party or in a pub and it is posed as something of a challenge however, many times, it is deadly serious too. Motivation is internal and the ability to motivate yourself is something that you can learn to do if you... [Read more]
10 Sales Training Tips That Will Help You To Make More Sales
I am feeling short , sharp and snappy today so here are 10 sales training tips that will help you to win more business… Play from a 10. Attitude is your ability to access your skill. If you’re not on top of your game, you won’t make many sales. We all know that, yet many salespeople don’t fire on all cylinders when they need to. Try measuring your attitude on a scale of 1 to 10 and concentrate... [Read more]
Video: Finding Your Personal Motivation, Part I
Sales Training Tips From Readers…
Although some of my readers respond on the blog, many don’t, choosing to email me instead so I thought I would share with you a few inspirational… and not so inspirational tales, stories and whoops moments from some of my readers… In this first story, Sue shares with us how she manages to turn a client around after initially being rejected. She doesn’t use fancy sales techniques... [Read more]
Cold Calling Blues?
Just under a year ago, I bought a new car. Many of you may remember this as I mentioned a BMW dealer who showed a total lack of interest in my questions and enquiries. He effectively made my decision for me to buy from a different manufacturer. Anyway, I was reminded of this incident when I got this email from one of my readers… We lease some cars for sales staff on contract hire. Sales guy... [Read more]
