Handling the Question 'Is This a Sales Call?' and Tips for Outbound Calls

"Is this a sales call"?
☎️ If you’re making outbound sales calls, you’ve no doubt heard this from your prospects at one point or another.

It can often be a really curly one to answer for a lot of people. 

The first thing you think of is…

Do you lie or tell the truth?

You might be tempted to try and rationalise a lie... 

If you’re a B2B seller, you can’t actually take their money on the phone, so it’s not like you can sell them something. 

So you might be tempted to say ‘No’ I can’t sell you anything it’s not a sales call.

…but then you’d be kind of lying, wouldn’t you? Because it is a sales call, really isn’t it? 

It’s a call about starting the sales process. – so yeah, it’s a sales call.

What would likely happen if you said – “Well yeah it’s a sales call”?

They’re just going to say – “Get off the phone”, …Or “I don’t take cold calls and hang up.

Like many things in sales the real answer is 'it depends'

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