20 Timeless Tips to Help You & Your Sales Team Tackle 2024
Jan 10, 2024
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In this podcast, the host shares 20 powerful sales tips to help you crush 2024. They discuss the importance of sales talent acquisition and share personal stories. They reflect on the previous episode and provide valuable insights on setting goals and allocating time for productivity. They emphasize the importance of focusing on high-value activities for sales success and advise against relying solely on LinkedIn. They stress the mindset shift needed to view yourself as a value creator, problem solver, and trusted advisor when pursuing prospects.
Setting big measurable goals and tying big rewards to those goals can keep individuals focused, driven, and motivated in their sales efforts.
Allocating more time to high-value activities and eliminating lower-value tasks can maximize productivity and drive better sales results.
Deep dives
Setting Goals and Rewards
One of the key tips shared in the podcast episode is the importance of setting big measurable goals and tying big rewards to those goals. The speaker emphasizes the need to write down these goals and commit to achieving them, as well as the importance of keeping oneself motivated by having enticing rewards attached to the goals. By doing this, individuals can stay focused, driven, and have a clear direction for their efforts.
Focus on High-Value Activities
The episode highlights the significance of allocating more time to high-value activities and eliminating lower-value tasks that act as distractions. This applies both to individual salespeople and sales leaders. The speaker suggests spending at least 80% of work time on activities that involve creating new opportunities, advancing existing opportunities, and closing sales. By prioritizing these activities and trimming away the less impactful tasks, individuals can maximize their productivity and drive better sales results.
Crafting a Compelling Sales Story
A key insight discussed in the podcast centers around the importance of developing a compelling sales story. The speaker advises salespeople to shift their focus from leading with company information and instead focus on customer issues and desired outcomes. By effectively communicating how their product or service addresses customer challenges, solves problems, and delivers positive results, salespeople can create a more impactful and engaging message that resonates with potential buyers.
Sales Call Best Practices
The episode emphasizes the importance of running effective sales calls. The speaker provides several tips, such as proactively structuring meetings with a clear agenda, ensuring a balanced conversation where the salesperson speaks for only one-third of the time, confirming customer understanding and addressing objections in real time, and always striving to secure commitments for next steps. By following these best practices, salespeople can increase their effectiveness and build stronger relationships with potential customers.
Mike kicks off the year with 20 powerful sales tips to help you (and your salespeople) absolutely crush 2024! He initially shared this list with his email subscribers and the feedback was so positive that he felt obligated to turn these tips into Episode 67. Take a listen, share this episode with your sales team, and make sure to grab the free PDF with Mike’s 20 tips from HERE. This episode is brought to you by Mike’s friends at Pursuit Sales Solutions. If you’re looking to acquire A-player sales talent for your team, Pursuit can help! RESOURCE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: The Supercharge Your Sales Leadership elite one-day intensive (8 spots remain for February 21 and there are 24 spots open for the May 1 session in Atlanta) Mike’s book Sales Truth Mike’s book New Sales. Simplified. Article: Lessons for Managers and Salespeople from Jordan Spieth’s Caddie
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