By Ted Stevenot, on August 16th, 2010%
I formed my list by identifying one critical item first, and that item was, “making calls.” I knew I needed to make a certain number of calls every week to find enough new prospects to sustain and grow my business. . . . → Read More: A Half Dozen Things Make All the Difference
By Ted Stevenot, on August 16th, 2010%
Email can feel extremely personal. It’s not just that you can merge data fields with email so easily with, Dear “first name,” etc. But, email can have an incredibly personal voice. There are a handful of folks I “know” in business whom I have never met, but it’s like we talk all the time. These folks have my permission to send me timely, pertinent information that I am interested in on a regular basis. They call me by my first name, and they communicate with me through my email box.
. . . → Read More: Email Marketing – Don’t Miss Out!
By Ted Stevenot, on August 15th, 2010%
It’s the mix of marketing that tends to generate the greatest marketing power. . . . → Read More: Mixing Marketing Media and Local Store Marketing
By Ted Stevenot, on August 15th, 2010%
Instead of taking such a short term approach, try a longer term approach that keeps track of unsold prospects and seeks to build relationships with those prospects over time. . . . → Read More: Staying In Touch
By Ted Stevenot, on August 14th, 2010%
When I first started identifying the steps I was going through in order to prospect, my prospecting “system” came to life. . . . → Read More: Create a Process for Prospecting
By Ted Stevenot, on August 14th, 2010%
Many blog websites are very well established and include excellent and varied content. Many are substituting blog sites for static websites. . . . → Read More: Creating a Website That Works
By Ted Stevenot, on August 13th, 2010%
In general, he or she who develops the best contacts over time, will have the most success. . . . → Read More: Pick and Choose Your Way to Sales Prospecting Success
By Ted Stevenot, on August 13th, 2010%
A minimum qualification standard is simply a definition or description of the minimum quality prospect you are willing to work with and yet still make a reasonable profit. . . . → Read More: Who Qualifies to Be On Your Prospecting List?
By Ted Stevenot, on August 12th, 2010%
Most data collected by salespeople is only used in the short term context of either closing or not closing an immediate sale. If the sale is not closed, qualifying information is discarded. You must, however, make it an ongoing priority to collect pertinent, qualifying facts about potential prospects in your market. . . . → Read More: Sales Prospecting Lesson Three: Collecting Useful Information
By Ted Stevenot, on August 12th, 2010%
Most finished leads are derived from two places. The first is as a result of personal interaction. In Prospect Factory, this is mostly over the phone, but it encompasses all areas of personal interaction alluded to in our lessons. The second source of finished leads is through One-Pagers that have been completed and returned by prospects. The two numbers are combined into a total that equals a substantial number of prospects. . . . → Read More: Sales Prospecting Lesson Five: Putting It All Together