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Conversational Selling

Conversational Selling

著者: Nancy Calabrese
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In today’s world of business, when it comes to picking up the phone, most people hate it and won’t do it. There’s a belief that cold calling doesn’t work. It won’t work if it’s not done consistently. Today’s audience tends to hide behind social media and uses excuses like “there’s no point, customers will be annoyed. They don’t like receiving cold calls”. That is completely false. The truth is emotions are difficult to convey through words in a written email or in digital marketing. Bottom line? Robots will NEVER replace human conversation and emotion. We imagine a time when more sales professionals feel empowered to connect with their clients through personable strategies like picking up the phone, chatting on a video call, or having meaningful in-person meetings. Which will create long-term relationships and stronger customer lifetime value- even if we must persevere through the “no’s” to find the “yes’s”. The Conversational Selling Audience loves learning about the art of communication between human beings which leads to more meaningful connections. These connections drive new business at the right time and keep you top of mind when the prospect is ready to buy. Selling is not just a business skill, it's a life skill. At the end of the day, sales is just about the human connection.© 2022 Nancy Calabrese マネジメント・リーダーシップ マーケティング マーケティング・セールス リーダーシップ 経済学
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  • Jordan Ledwein: Optimizing Sales Through AI
    2024/10/23
    About Jordan Ledwein: Jordan Ledwein helps companies and sales teams improve efficiency and effectiveness through proven systems, processes, and technology. Widely known as The AI Sales Guy, Jordan is passionate about sharing his insights and proven best practices for AI- and automation-based selling to help sales professionals achieve new heights of success. After graduating from Clemson with a degree in Economics in 2017, Jordan took on a technical sales position with a manufacturing and engineering company. But almost 15 years after first listening to Sandler CDs in the back of his dad's car, Jordan rejoined Sandler full-time at the beginning of 2022. His focus within Sandler shifted to AI & automation as he realized the potential impact it could have on their own business and their current clients. With the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, Jordan decided it was time to start sharing what he had learned about AI and how he was using it in his selling process. He started by creating a newsletter on LinkedIn, The AI Sales Guy, then moved on to international Sandler webinars & podcasts. He began creating content for Sandler and has now created a sales-focused AI Automation Agency - Sell Smarter. His passion is to help others learn how to combine a proven sales methodology, AI, and automation to help them become more efficient and successful. Check out the latest episode of our Conversational Selling podcast to learn more about Jordan.In this episode, Nancy and Jordan discuss the following:Understanding commission-only salesJordan Ledwein's experience in using AI to enhance sales processesHow AI tools, like Humantic and Clay, help personalize and scale sales effortsThe importance of optimizing sales systems before integrating AIMisconceptions about AI's role in sales – it assists but doesn't replace human effortA case study showing AI improving productivity and quote acceptance ratesThe integration of Sandler methodology with AI platforms like HubSpotKey Takeaways: People want AI to be the easy button, but instead, think of it as, "How can it make me twice as efficient?".I think of AI that way, where it's assisting what we're doing, not replacing what we're doing. What's coming with Apple intelligence will probably be the most significant improvement we've seen with AI since chat GPTs were released.When it comes to building an AI-powered process, it doesn't happen overnight."Ialways talk about one of my first experiences with AI—it was with just a Google Home in my apartment, allowing me to turn on my lights or do simple things around the house. It started on a very personal level, and I just enjoyed playing around with it. I used a few different sales tools early on, even before ChatGPT was released, that incorporated some AI into them. I was amazed by how much time they saved me and how they improved my workflow and efficiency. Then, when ChatGPT was released, probably the week after it came out, I realized this was where things were heading. I researched AI and learned how to use it in my sales process. I also began explaining it to people in my network on LinkedIn and to clients in different professional contexts, helping them understand its potential as well." – JORDAN"A couple of different ways, and I'll do a webinar for Sandler. I don't even know if I've mentioned this to you, Nancy, but I'll be doing a webinar later in August of this year. I'm not sure if this will get up before or after that, but for Sandler and how we're using AI to bridge the gap, that is what we're saying between the methodology and the technology. The DISC portion is one way that we're doing it. Another big way is through HubSpot, right? What we're doing at SalesLift is building Sandler's methodology into HubSpot in the form of tools, playbooks, process sequences and properties, and all these different things. So, that's one thing we're doing that's been successful, and it's exciting to see how that has grown over the last year or two. But we're also adding in other tools, right? So, another tool we're starting to use is Attention AI. Attention AI is another note-taker, similar to Fathom, Sybil, Otter, or whatever people use nowadays. But we've paid attention to that and customized it to Sandler's methodology. So, it talks about the pains, investment criteria, and decision-making process we discussed on this call. And for those of you familiar with Sandler, those are the three pieces we look for to qualify for an opportunity. So, attention takes that exact transcript and pulls any of those pieces out of the call. Then, when we build a HubSpot that's kind of Sandler optimized, it has the same properties as HubSpot. So, we can actually use attention, and it pushes that deal information right into HubSpot so that reps using both don't even have to update their deals. These tools are doing it for them. It's making Sandler in the flow of work is kind of the terminology that we're using, but also just making it so ...
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    22 分
  • Doug C. Brown: The Power of Conversational Selling Techniques
    2024/10/04
    About Doug C. Brown: Doug C. Brown is the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert. He has led client award-winning and high-performance teams as well as pioneered profitable development programs for companies. He has advised companies such as Intuit, CBS Television, Procter & Gamble, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Nationwide, Embassy Suites, Inc. 500 to 5000 companies, and thousands of other businesses and entrepreneurs. As an independent division head, Doug created, trained, and presented high-impact, results-oriented web seminars for prospects of Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes. Doug increased their division sales by 864% and close rate by 62% in just six months. Today, he helps companies and individuals increase their sales by incorporating sales revenue and profit growth strategies used by top 1% performers through the Top 1% Academy, Sales Revenue, and Profit Growth Masterminds. He also specializes in creating commission-only sales teams and advises companies on how to properly prepare for a high-performing sales team so they can attract and retain elite sales producers. Check out the latest episode of our Conversational Selling podcast to learn more about Doug.In this episode, Nancy and Doug discuss the following:Understanding commission-only salesOptimizing sales strategiesDoug’s experience in revolutionizing seminars for Tony Robbins and Chet HolmesHow does someone become a 1 % earnerThe definition and importance of sales optimizationWorking techniques to close the sale Why “Maybies” are the great start of salesKey Takeaways: Optimization is taking a look at everything that you're doing and then asking two questions: How do I make it more effective? How do I make it more efficient?There are no bad clients, there are bad sales and buying decisions that turn into bad clients.If you make mistakes, don't beat yourself up for it because multi-billionaires who are selling make mistakes too."I became a 1% earner firstly, through declaring and deciding that that's what's going to be. It's a mental game in that regard. A lot of people talk about wanting to become a 1% earner, they want to double their sales, but it's just an idea. It's not a committed idea. Firstly, it requires that commitment and, quite frankly, one's now asking to be in the top 1% of earners in the world. You know, that's a commitment, and it takes time, energy, a lot of studying, and a lot of practice—and frankly, money, right? Because we've got to, we must be investing in things and getting around people who are in the 1% and learning what they're doing and how they're doing it. You know, fortunately for us, we train on that. So, you know, somebody comes here, obviously, they'll learn that. But it's still about getting around, you know, and I still do the same thing today, Nancy. I mean, I search out people that I feel a little uncomfortable being around because of their place in life, right?” – DOUG"So, the conversation of selling is really about having a conversion conversation, and I'll explain what that is versus having a sales conversation, right? Conversion conversations are really doing three things. First, they’re boosting rapport continuously. So, you know, we’re working on trust, like, and respect. A little luck sometimes doesn’t hurt, but it’s really about promoting those three. Second, it’s constantly moving the conversation in the direction of the business return on investment or personal return on investment that the potential buyer is always looking for. I can expand upon that. And third, we’re always creating what we call "yes states." When we move from step to step in the buyer’s mind, they’re thinking, "Yes, this makes sense," "Yes, wow," or "I didn’t know that that’s good." You want to constantly create a state of yes throughout the process. Now, on business and personal returns, people buy for different reasons, but they all fall into two categories: What is my business return on investment? What is my personal return on investment? When we really understand that ideal client profile and the ideal buyer persona—their motivations, what they want, need, feel, fear, and value—we can construct our conversation to be more like what we’re doing right now: just having a conversation. It’s not about taking them step by step, like, "Well, hey, we built rapport here. Next step, let’s do a discovery session. Next step, let’s..." and so on. That’s a sales conversation. If you do conversational conversion the right way, in most cases, you never even do a presentation. They never ask for it." – DOUG"So, the other thing I wanted to say about that, Nancy, is if they’re getting a "maybe," I would suggest that through their conversational conversion, they haven’t been qualifying or disqualifying. When we’re thinking about creating these yes states, if we’re creating these yes states, but they’re turning out to be "nos," it’s like your radar ...
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    26 分
  • Drewbie Wilson: "Call the Damn Leads" Approach
    2024/09/25
    About Drewbie Wilson: Drewbie Wilson is the Founder of Call The Damn Leads®, where he empowers sales professionals through innovative tools like an e-commerce platform, a robust CRM, and educational resources designed to maximize success. Drewbie is a mindset and sales expert dedicated to helping individuals and businesses unlock their full potential. With a focus on personal growth and proven strategies, he has empowered countless clients to achieve remarkable success. Through his books "Crushing The Day" and "Social Media Mastery," Drewbie shares insights on overcoming limiting beliefs, implementing effective sales systems, and mastering marketing techniques. Check out the latest episode of our Conversational Selling podcast to learn more about Drewbie.In this episode, Nancy and Drewbie discuss the following:Description of the "call the damn leads" approachWhy people avoid picking up the phone and calling the leads How to crush the day by calling the damn leads and create a version of success that makes them happy The number of leads that should be called daily and the importance of tracking metricsThe importance of understanding the value of your time and using it wiselyDrewbie's advice to someone just starting in sales to overcome their fearsKey Takeaways: Everything in life has always come back to sales, for me personally.The one thing that I can always count on to get me a result in sales is to pick up the phone and call the damn leads.Sales is not always the most fun job, as there are many rejections and a lot of work.People want to do business with people. They don't want to deal with robots.You have to keep filling the pipeline because if you go and harvest everything without putting anything new in the dirt, there will be nothing to harvest a little bit later. "I like to take it one step further and look at it as I'm a servant first. We don't have to get too into the religion or spiritual side of things. But ultimately, I look at myself on this planet as a servant first. And so, I'm going into every conversation looking at how I can serve this individual and leave them better off than when I entered this situation, whether helping them with a product or service or sharing some wisdom or knowledge. And to me, I think that's a big differentiator; when you can get into a service-first mindset, you're not calling to sell someone. You're just calling to help. And it feels less transactional. And that's where you can build relationships. And I'm sure you've talked about this before, but people buy from people they know, like, and trust. And I think that trust comes from the ability to communicate, "Hey, I understand you, and I want to help you," because that's why people do business with anyone. They want to get out of pain or get into pleasure. And so, if you can help to be the conduit for that situation, then the transaction is easy to occur." – DREWBIE"So, I started thinking about time, where I'm spending it, and what I'm spending it on, which led me to understand that I get to choose my own work. I get to pick how much my time is worth, where I spend it, and where I invest it. The difference is I must have the skillset and the confidence to show up and deliver that to someone else who's going to be willing to pay me for my skillset, for my time, because time is our one true resource. You cannot buy it. You cannot win it in a poker tournament, as much as we'd love to get a box on Christmas or a card on our birthday. It never goes that way. So, that conversation sent me down a path of realizing that I get to decide what I do daily. And I get to decide where I spend my time, who I spend it with, and what I spend it on to know the kind of return I will get on that investment. As a sales professional, we aim to help prospects understand that the value of what they will receive far exceeds the price they will pay. So, when you can have that conversation with yourself about your time, it's amazing what you can truly start to accomplish." – DREWBIE"Know what your time is truly worth. At the end of the day, that is the one thing I can encourage anyone to take stock of. What is your time worth now? And what would you need it to be worth to live the life that you want to live? It's a matter of increasing your skill set or spending more time working doing what you do great. That's it. It's always a matter of what your time is worth. Where are you spending it? What are you spending it on? And who are you spending it with? Because that's what's going to end up being the recipe for the life that you get to live." – DREWBIEConnect with Drewbie Wilson:LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbiewilson/Call The Damn Leads: https://callthedamnleads.com/Try Our Proven, 3-Step System, Guaranteeing Accountability and Transparency that Drives RESULTS by clicking on this link: https://oneofakindsales.com/call-center-in-a-box/ Connect with Nancy Calabrese: Twitter:https://twitter.com/...
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    24 分

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