Proven Two Minutes Magic Exercise to Conquer the Fear of Phone

Article focuses on practical method to curb the fear of contacting prospets on the phone.

Telephone Sales Basics for Start-ups

Here are some of the areas to consider when starting a telephone selling initiative in your organization.

Feel the Fear

Successful people feel the fear of rejection but they don't allow it to paralyse them. They take action even although they feel uncomfortable. And of course, the more you do it the less uncomfortable you feel.

Cold Calling for Introverts

A Primer for those who are Introverted but must make telephone sales calls.

These Scary (Friendly) Words Sabotage Cold Calls

Being socially correct is a hard habit to break, but well worth the effort, as you learn new language that will serve you particularly well when cold calling executives.

Changing How Business Answers Their Telephones

America is now conditioned to the automated telephone answering experience. Most of us can recite the words from memory. This drone or common experience has a comfort zone that many companies are fearful to abort. As the buying demographic changes, so must the approach.

How to Diffuse Cold Calling Pressure Points

Sales pressure is a mighty saboteur, it comes in all shapes, sizes, and flavors. Beginning any conversation with the anticipation of a sale puts the whole conversation under pressure. This doesn’t normally create good outcomes. It usually triggers pressure, resistance, and tension.

How to End the Cold Calling Game of Chasing a Sale

Our thoughts are always at the basis of our behaviors. If our thoughts are fixed on the goal of making a sale, then we’re not really being forthright. We’re not focused on the conversation or the truth of a situation. We’re chasing people -- or at least chasing the sale.

What If Telemarketing Was Still Legal?

Did you know that telemarketing is not illegal and it is allowed providing your phone number and name is not on the; DO NOT CALL LIST. If you are then telemarketing companies and telemarketers cannot call you; Unless: you are currently a customer with them or have bought or done business with them in a recent time.

Eliminate the Fear of Cold Calling and Rejection

I've never met a salesperson who did not experience a fear of cold calling at one time or another. Almost all of them have their reasons for being reluctant to make cold calls, and most of them have no idea what really causes it. Their are two basic reasons for the fear of cold calling. Both are easy to cure if you know how. 1. The Experience of Repeated Failure...

Power Words

I did a teleconference a few weeks ago with people who were new in sales and new to prospecting. The focus of the call was to help participants get beyond fear and understand their prospecting process. One of the participants on the call told me that she had been given the telephone prospecting script that her team leader uses to set appointments. The team leader was a highly successful sales professional who had...

The Strangest Sales Call

Last week I had the strangest meeting with a potential vendor. It was a perfect compendium of what not to do on a sales call. I share it with you, my readers, with bafflement and in the hopes that we may all learn from it. I’d been looking for a PR representative and Debbie had come highly recommended from a client. I was looking forward to meeting her. On the appointed day, Debbie showed up wearing...

Words You Should Never Say During Cold Calls - Ever

The instant you utter these words, you are branded as someone who does not belong at the executive level.

How You Can Avoid The Worst Cold Calling Mistake Made By Sales Pros

Here’s how to compensate for the loss of visual cues when you’re on the phone, doing your best to sell ice to an Eskimo.