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GRATEFUL FOLLOW-UP
GRATEFUL THINKING
In the season of Thanksgiving, I thought it might be helpful to bring gratitude to every element of the sales process and to see where we can expand our effectiveness. And since thoughts impact words and words impact deeds, it’s a great place to start.
Grateful thinking is a process and a practice that starts with prompts and reminders to begin building the practice. Personally, I notice that when I let my practice and structure lapse, my thinking follows, and I am not ‘operating’ from a place of…
Practice – the rewards
Follow Up…enough to get a result?
Asking Summarizing Questions
Cold call, warm call, hot call…what is it? Go with the easy ones first
Who you gonna call?
Do you have your customers and prospects in a CRM or accessible and organized format?
Are your contacts stored somewhere that you can get to easily?
If you aren’t using a CRM program, you can get by with putting your contacts in Outlook or in an Excel or Google spreadsheet. You probably have systems in your computer (or the company does) that you can use to get started, so ask before you take on building something that might already be in existence.
For trade showrooms, begin to organize your…
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