As technology continues to develop and increasingly interact with our daily lives, so must our sales techniques to ensure we're leveraging advances in how people do business to our advantage. It is essential for all salespeople to understand how to navigate the various tools at our disposal and grow their skills and confidence to put them into action in order to build a solid business pipeline.
We have developed this programme to be practical, fun and interactive, whilst ensuring that participants will learn how to utilise new technology to their advantage, self-generate new business leads and opportunities, gain additional business and referrals from existing contacts, and save time and effort using proven business development skills.
This course will help participants:
Understand the 'organized persistence' model of sales prospecting
Develop skills in using video, online and social media to generate interest
Understand how to write effective sales and outreach emails and using online tools
Develop techniques for effectively managing telephone appointments
Learn ways to use LinkedIn for connecting with customers and prospects
Develop networking skills and learn how to source and develop referrals and professional introductions
1 Key principles of smart sales prospecting
Set your sales prospecting goals and objectives
Elevator pitch, core messages and your value proposition
Targeting and segmenting your market
'Organised persistence' using your CRM effectively
2 Setting appointments by telephone - planning and preparation
Why calling still works and the best times to call
Creating a call prompt sheet:
Opening a call and taking control
Giving a reason to meet
Key questions to ask
Overcoming the cold calling blues
3 Setting appointments by telephone - advanced skills
Giving a reason to meet and 'selling the appointment'
Key questions to ask that will create interest and motivation to meet
Voice tone, power words, phrasing, pausing, responding
Getting past gatekeepers and getting through
4 Using LinkedIn for research and follow-up
Why LinkedIn matters and how to use it
Finding new contacts, connecting and Inmailing
Short-cuts and advanced skills
5 Email strategies that work
Using AIDA and other templates for sales emails
Using personalized video emails to create interest
Vertical targeting emails, with examples
Building awareness with an email chain