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.
How to Bounce Back After Getting Rejected on Prospecting Calls It’s a fact of life in sales. You are going to get rejected on prospecting calls. How you bounce back after getting rejected is
Webinars are an excellent channel for sales lead generation. Done well, webinars allow you to engage more prospects, improve the data in your CRM, and open up more pipeline opportunities.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been more than guilty of falling in love with the tallies on the sales report. I’ll read the report and assume that those whose names line up
Forget About Win-Win in Sales Negotiations and Start Playing to Win For far too many salespeople, win-win negotiation is a convenient excuse to justify why they gave the other side their maximum discount without
Shifting Initial Sales Meetings From Face to Face to Video Calls One of the most effective points in the sales process to leverage video sales calls and virtual selling skills is the initial meeting.
On This Podcast Jeb Blount Discusses Fanatical Prospecting for Real Estate Agents Estate Agents Podcast hosts Stephen Brown and Andrew Overman discuss the value of prospecting activity for real estate agents with Fanatical
These self-evaluations for success will give you an understanding of the NOW position of your attitude, and how to challenge yourself to get to YES! To make it easier for you to understand where
If you’re not in sales to grow sales, then get out! Don’t overcomplicate what you are doing. The simpler you keep your message to yourself, the easier everything else becomes. Do you like simplicity?
Everyone agrees that sales meetings can be excruciating. But, what if you turned your weekly sales meetings into rock star sales rallies? You can make just a few changes to make the meeting motivational,
The key to opening cold calls is crafting messaging that compels prospects to engage in meaningful conversations. In the 10 years that my book, Smart Calling™ has been out, it has helped prevent countless
What does average mean, especially in today’s workplace where the lack of employee engagement drains profits? Where it drains the performance of hard working employees who go beyond expectations? Years ago, a wise mentor
Think about everywhere you go each day, and ask yourself how many missed engagements and connections are all around you? Then ask yourself, if a connection opportunity presented itself, how ready would you be?
