Welcome to the Sales Gravy blog, where salespeople and sales leaders get better every week. We publish new sales training articles and podcast episodes three times a week, covering prospecting, cold calling, objections, negotiation, and leadership, written by Jeb Blount and the Sales Gravy trainer team.
To a sales leader, it’s a familiar story.Month one: Your new SDR is on fire. Energy through the roof. They’re excited about cold calling.Month two: Still strong. Meetings are getting booked. Dashboard looks good.Month
Here’s a truth most car dealerships don’t want to admit: people don’t hate buying cars. They hate buying cars from salespeople who make the customer experience painful. That’s the challenge Brendan Carlington from Mount
We are moving into the most dangerous time of year for sales professionals… the holidays. From now until the first week of January, you’re going to face a perfect storm of distractions, excuses, and
You’ve had great discovery calls, delivered compelling presentations, and built solid rapport with your prospect. Then comes the objection that stops your deal dead in its tracks. “We need to think about it.” “The
Every salesperson knows that feeling, the one right before the big meeting when confidence wavers and doubt creeps in. Alex Weber knows it, too. He’s one of the few people to go from hosting
Here’s a question that’ll mess with your head: What do you do when you’re making seven figures in sales, crushing every goal, and suddenly … you just don’t feel the same motivation anymore? That’s
This time of year is critical. As sales leaders map out their budgets for the new year, the conversation always centers on a core conflict: How to cut expenses and, simultaneously, motivate teams to
It isn’t everyone who can say they got an education in sales at the dinner table, but for my brother and I, that’s exactly where our education—and our love of sales—began. My father was
Every sales professional has a horror story that still makes them break out in a cold sweat years later. The deal that imploded spectacularly. The customer interaction that went sideways in ways you couldn’t
Here’s a problem that’ll tie you in knots: You’ve got a killer software solution that saves companies massive amounts of money on employee benefits. You know exactly who needs it: Fortune 1000 companies with
The year was 1938. Families across America gathered, listening during the golden age of radio. On the eve of Halloween, a broadcast interrupted their evening: A live report claimed Martian cylinders had landed in
The sales landscape has fundamentally shifted. While your competitors are still dialing for dollars the old-fashioned way, elite sales professionals are leveraging AI as their secret weapon to prospect faster, personalize deeper, and close
Time Is Money… Act Like It! How effectively do you manage your time? Do you spend your time as you would any other precious, nonrenewable asset, or are you the type of salesperson who
Hot Leads In 10 Minutes… Seriously! If you find yourself either abstaining from social media or spending excessive time on it (we’ve all been guilty of that!), here are 10 practical and effective ways
Improve Your Prospecting Effectiveness With Exercise Embracing fitness not only improves your overall wellness but also enhances your mental resilience, time management, confidence, and communication skills, ultimately leading to a more prosperous sales career.
When They Say No: Overcoming Rejection And Shifting Your Mindset Introduces Andrea and Richard’s new book, When They Say No, and provides valuable insights on overcoming rejection in sales. The fear of rejection has evolutionary
Don’t Waste Time On Over-Customization Creating custom proposals for every single prospect you meet with can result in time delays, risking the chances of you closing the deal. While you’re building a custom proposal,
Human Connection Is Irreplaceable Dress appropriately for the situation and audience— it’s the little things that close the sale. Do research on who you’re trying to sell to and a personalized follow-up email after
Want To Be More Successful in 60 seconds? Maximize your sales success potential by making your minutes matter. A minute isn’t a lot of time…just 60 seconds. What you do with those minutes can make
On this fun episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount is joined by the incredible social media influencer and successful real estate agent, Alexander Zakharin. Jeb and Alexander discuss that when the going
What Are You Waiting For? Just Send The Text Text messaging is a largely undiscovered gold mine where prospecting is concerned. Follow these tips for leveraging text as a prospecting channel and you will
Want To Be More Successful in 60 seconds? Maximize your sales success potential by making your minutes matter. A minute isn’t a lot of time…just 60 seconds. What you do with those minutes can make
How NOT To Respond to ‘No’ There are six common mistakes salespeople make when they hear “no” from a prospect. They might take it personally, not understand the reasons for the rejection, and give
Pain Motivates Buyers to Act A universal and timeless truth is that pain is a greater motivator than pleasure. Therefore, to compel prospects to buy from you, sell the pain. “So, what exactly is
The Six-Figure Secret While being a top 20% producer and income earner is obviously a nice place to be, the next question I get is, “How do I get there?” The answer to that
Closing the Sale Meets the Modern Buying Journey When your sole focus is on closing the sale rather than helping your buyer, they sniff this out, it turns them off, and you are more
Sales Closing Rock Stars Focus on Customers Not Quotas Start paying more attention to your customer needs, pains and problems and start solving their issues and challenges you’ll find you no longer have a
Closing the Sale Should Not Be Hard Closing the sale is easy if you follow your sales process and gain commitments along the way. Sales managers are always asking me for help teaching their
Struggling To Build A Connection? Try This! Sometimes you just won’t click with a buyer right away. This doesn’t mean you’ve hit a dead end! Try out these two suggestions for enhancing engagement and
Be Right Now When the economy turns sour, fear is palpable. In vain, amid the relentless stream of bad news, people search for certainty where there is none. All You Have Is The Present
A Sales Leader’s Focus: Meetings Or Management? A manager’s job is to train, educate and develop their people, and to make them as successful as possible. To be effective, managers should be buried in
Giving critical feedback to your salespeople is a key element of coaching and improving sales behaviors. It’s also challenging for sales leaders to do it the right way. Giving salespeople feedback is hard to
Are You Facing Sales Fatigue? These team building techniques will ensure that your organization will exceed your goals this year and create a culture of high performance. Holding frequent success meetings and instilling passion
There are Two Fundamental Classifications of Salesperson The difference between Sales Pros and Sales Reps is important for business owners, executives, and sales managers who want to accelerate revenue growth by acquiring new accounts.
On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast Jeb Blount (People Follow You) and Kristie Jones discuss the trials and tribulations of building and sustaining a sales accountability culture. You’ll learn that without accountability
The Case for Virtual Training Virtual Instructor-Led training blends the social benefits of classroom training with the speed, agility, and cost effectiveness of e-learning. These are the seven ways that virtual training has become
How Digital Transformation Drives the Customer Experience Digital transformation refers to the changes companies must undergo in order to adapt their business to new technologies, consumer preferences, and behaviors. This change is unavoidable. Here’s
Keep Burnout At Bay Especially now, burnout threatens the best of sales teams. Fight it by focusing on recovery, not on hours worked. How can team leaders keep burnout from closing in? Of all
Great Ideas for Sales Contests It is a sales leader’s objective to make sales contests a fun experience. Creating fun in your sales culture with different types of contests will help you achieve different
