The Art of Sales with Art Sobczak
Art Sobczak, cold calling and sales trainer
Everyone sells, regardless of what your job title is, and this is your place for authentic, conversational sales and prospecting tips without the sleaze factor. Art Sobczak shares proven sales and cold calling (without the cold) tips that you'll feel comfortable using, and that get the results you want. You'll help people buy, instead of pushing them into being sold. Over the past 30 years Art has helped hundreds of thousands through his books, newsletters, audios, videos, online courses, public seminars, customized company training and keynotes, and now, this podcast.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Apr 9, 2020 • 41min
136 GUEST: How to Use Personal Video to Rehumanize Your Sales, with Ethan Beute
Video is here to stay, and it is revolutionizing the way salespeople connect, prospect, sell, and service. Ethan Beute, author of "Rehumanize Your Business- How Personal Videos Accelerate Sales Improve Customer Experience" shares how video is being used in all parts of the prospecting and sales process, and how you can easily and quickly do it too. And he has provided several valuable free guides for getting started, and getting comfortable on camera.
Apr 2, 2020 • 33min
135 GUEST: How to find Positives and Opportunities in Adversity, with Scott Love
With adversity comes change, and with that, opportunities. It is always a matter of our thinking, and resultant actions. Scott Love, one of the top recruiters in the legal field, shares what has helped him survive and thrive in times of adversity, starting with his time in the US Naval Academy, all the way to today, where he just had one of his best weeks ever. He shares what we all can do right now, to look for positives, and find opportunities.
Mar 25, 2020 • 17min
134 What to Say When Calling Existing Customers to Add Value
We should be calling our existing customers during this challenging time. But, it should NOT be the lazy "Just checking in," or "Just touching base" call. We need to bring value. In this special video training, you'll hear exactly what to say, and see word-for-word script examples you can use to bring value, set the stage for future business, and perhaps even make a sale today.
Mar 19, 2020 • 28min
133 GUEST: How to Have a Mind for Sales, with Mark Hunter
What is much more important than techniques and processes as it relates to our sales success, is our mind and our thoughts. Mark Hunter, "The Sales Hunter," has written a new book addressing this, "A Mind for Sales." In this episode he shares a number of tips and strategies for staying positive, not feeling rejected, overcoming a fear of "no," and more to keep your attitude, and resulting performance, at peak levels.
Mar 16, 2020 • 16min
132 How to Sell and Service in a Coronavirus-Infected Business Environment
We have experienced more and different changes in our world in the past week than probably at any point in history. What's important, is that business is still going on. Which means there are tremendous opportunities to be of service and sell. Art shares a number of specific tips and strategies for how to weather the storm, and even thrive during these times, AND be of greater service to our customers and future customers.
Mar 9, 2020 • 7min
131 Six Tips for Getting Prospects--and Kids--to Open Up
How we effectively communicate with kids is similar to what we should do with prospects and customers to get them to share more and better information with us. You'll hear six brief tips that you can use in business, and at home to have better, more productive conversations.
Mar 5, 2020 • 9min
130 How to Smile Your Way to Sales--and Life--Success
It's one of the simplest things we do every day, yet most people don't do it often enough. Smiling has numerous emotional and physical benefits, both for the sender and receiver. You'll hear a number of those, and you are guaranteed to smile during this episode!
Mar 2, 2020 • 8min
129 A Recording of a Failed Prospecting Call, and Art's Review
You'll hear a recording of an actual prospecting call Art received. There was one fatal mistake that caused the call to fail, and a few other errors Art points out. To his credit, the caller did do a couple of things right, and you'll hear those as well. To ensure your prospecting calls don't contain these mistakes, get Art's free Cold Calling (without the cold) Fill-in-the-Blanks Template and free video training at http://SalesByPhone.com
Feb 27, 2020 • 7min
128 Two Myths and a Truth from the Movie, "Boiler Room"
In the movie "Boiler Room," about an unscrupulous stock brokerage firm and its managers and brokers, there are the typical stereotypes of salespeople. Art points out two of the myths perpetuated in the film, and the one good piece of sales advice they suggest.
Feb 24, 2020 • 44min
127 GUEST: How to Be Relevant to Your Prospects and Customers, with Bill Cates
Our prospects and customers receive thousands of marketing messages every day, and ignore most of them. The ONLY chance we have of getting attention is by being relevant. Today's guest, Bill Cates, is an expert at the messaging to use to help you grab attention by personalizing your messaging so that prospects feel it is all about them and has value. You'll hear a simple process to use right now to create messaging you can use in your voice mails, emails, and call openings.
