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Are You Making These Five Big Sales Mistakes?. The BIG mistakes. No vertical No clear goals Your sales process is not consistent Wasting time Selling tactically and not strategically. Mistake 1: No Vertical. Your message to market won’t match. Mistake 1: No Vertical.
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The BIG mistakes • No vertical • No clear goals • Your sales process is not consistent • Wasting time • Selling tactically and not strategically
Mistake 1: No Vertical • Your message to market won’t match
Mistake 1: No Vertical • Your message to market won’t match • Your service to market won’t match
Mistake 1: No Vertical • Your message to market won’t match • Your service to market won’t match • You’ll have operational inefficiencies
Mistake 1: No Vertical • Your message to market won’t match • Your service to market won’t match • You’ll have operational inefficiencies • No access to channels & aggregators
Mistake 2: No clear goals Goals motivate you to take consistent action.
Goals: we all have them but … They aren’t as effective as they could be because: • You aren’t clear about why we have them • You don’t get specific with them • You don’t detail out a plan for accomplishing them • You get less than stellar results because of it!!!
The fact is … If you aren’t setting clear goals for you and your business, you are NOT getting your best results. Period.
Mistake 3: Your Sales Process is Not Consistent • This is a (THE!) critical activity of your business! • Should be made a priority -- not something you fit in “when you have time” • Need to establish a prospecting system that gets worked EVERY DAY
If it’s not consistent… You’ll be missing your sales numbers!
It has to be “EVERY DAY” • Sales activities MUST be executed on a daily basis • You MUST get into the routine of making your prospecting part of your everyday routine
Mistake 4: Wasting time Selling time is Sacred!
Wasting Time • You’re meeting with unqualified prospects • You’re not using CRM Tools • You’re not automating your processes
Mistake #5 Selling Tactically and not Strategically Selling services INSTEAD of trying tohelp their business.
Mistake #5 Selling Tactically and not Strategically • EX: SMS • Creates a Yes or No question for the prospect • You become just another salesman • You need to match the client’s needs with a solution you can deliver to grow their business
Conclusion: • These 5 big sales mistakes will drain your time, sales funnel and resources • To eliminate these sales mistakes you must first be conscious of their existence