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		<title>Cold Calling Zealots and Fear of Change</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got an email yesterday that read: “Cold Calling works and is one of the fundamentals of selling. If you have the resources to generate leads without cold calling or telemarketing, direct mail, or some other form of advertising, Cold Calling is the most cost effective and efficient for those disciplined enough to follow a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got an email yesterday that read: “Cold Calling works and is one of the fundamentals of selling. If you have the resources to generate leads without cold calling or telemarketing, direct mail, or some other form of advertising, Cold Calling is the most cost effective and efficient for those disciplined enough to follow a routine.” (Spelling corrected)</p>
<p>I get emails like this all the time.</p>
<p>Instead of going into a huge rant about why cold calling doesn’t work (cold calling is like taking a model T car and trying to race at the Indy 500) I want to dissect what this person believes selling is. And why you shouldn’t think like him if you crave success.</p>
<p>First off he used the word “fundamental.” Really? Cold calling is fundamental to selling? That’s weird because I make a very nice income in selling and I don’t cold call…EVER! In fact all very successful salespeople I know don’t cold call. It’s not a good use of their time. So it’s not fundamental at all.</p>
<p>Secondly he says “…for those disciplined enough to follow a routine.” Yikes, <em>disciplined</em> and <em>routine</em> in the same sentence. It makes me shudder! Although I think you need a little bit of both I don’t think any salesperson wants a <em>routine</em> that they need to be <em>disciplined</em> enough to follow. In fact that’s what I think attracts people to selling; there’s no routine and every day brings something new.</p>
<p>This email probably came from some cold calling zealot that doesn’t make an income from his commissions. He probably got promoted to some middle management job and makes the new salespeople’s jobs pure hell by teaching them tactics that are about 20 years old.</p>
<p>No wonder salespeople have such a hard time! All the managers are so disconnected with the world that they are no longer relevant. In fact I predict that in the next 5-10 years sales training will be completely different and they will finally start to teach the techniques that I and hundreds of others use everyday.</p>
<p>Of course if I were you I wouldn’t wait. It’s time to evolve or die. If what you are doing doesn’t work, then find something else.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
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		<title>Be Persistent in Selling, Not Stupid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being persistent in selling, as you may know, is vital to success.
You have to keep going until things work out.
For example; if you try to close your prospect and you get a “no” you don’t just walk away, you keep going and overcome their objections. Then you try to close again. Rinse and repeat.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Being persistent in selling, as you may know, is vital to success.</p>
<p>You have to keep going until things work out.</p>
<p>For example; if you try to close your prospect and you get a “no” you don’t just walk away, you keep going and overcome their objections. Then you try to close again. Rinse and repeat.</p>
<p>Persistence, also known as determination, is equally important when you encounter road blocks to your success.</p>
<p>The last 100 people didn’t buy from you? Well keep on going until someone does. Keep on tweaking your approach until you discover what works.</p>
<p>I’ve noticed that the mindset of persistence is common to all successful people.</p>
<p>But I’ve also noticed another common trait; they know when to cash in their chips.</p>
<p>They know when to be persistent and they know when it’s time to find another way.</p>
<p>Most people will only tell you to be persistent but what they often don’t mention is that you have to be persistent with things that are likely to pay off.</p>
<p>For example; if I’m trying to sell my new widget and have been turned down thousands of times with no one showing the least bit of interest…I might want to find something else to sell. All I have to do is cut my losses and move on before I waste even more time and money trying to sell something nobody wants. This leads me to my next point.</p>
<p>I believe you can be successful in just about any selling environment; however some are much easier than others. And I know this all too well. For instance in a cold calling environment you CAN be “successful” if you’re persistent enough…but you have to work your butt off and the rewards aren’t so great.</p>
<p>The nice thing is you can CHANGE your environment. I have been in cold calling environments and have struggled to put food on the table, then I make one small change, stop cold calling, and then I have more sales than I know what to do with.</p>
<p>So when people come to me and say cold calling works I just have to laugh. It may indeed “work” (as in you see some results) but you’ll never get the great results you want. It’s like trying to ride a scooter across the United States. You may complete your journey on the scooter but wouldn’t it be a lot better to take your private jet?</p>
<p>You have to think about selling like you think of technology. And some technology is so outdated that you need to upgrade. An analogy to technology would be to stop being persistently stupid using your typewriter and move on to a computer already. The typewriter may work but the computer has so many advantages that it’s not even up for discussion, and you should upgrade immediately!</p>
<p>So take a look at your selling. Are you using a typewriter and a scooter, or a jet and a computer?</p>
<p>Remember to always be persistent, but not persistently stupid.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
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		<title>Learn From Salespeople Who Do It Wrong</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I find that in order to get better at sales, you must allow yourself to experience the sales processes of others.
What I’m trying to say is in order to get good in sales you have to constantly let salespeople try to sell to you.
Yeah it’s not always pleasant, but by constantly gauging your reactions to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find that in order to get better at sales, you must allow yourself to experience the sales processes of others.</p>
<p>What I’m trying to say is in order to get good in sales you have to constantly let salespeople try to sell to you.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s not always pleasant, but by constantly gauging your reactions to what other salespeople do while they are selling to you, you will improve faster than most people.</p>
<p>For example: Yesterday my wife and I went on an adventure to find a new car for her. Her car is on its last days and we decided to look at what was out there. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that although we have been thinking about getting a new car for sometime, we decided, on a whim, that we would drop by a couple car lots to see what was out there.</p>
<p>We had no idea what we wanted, we had no idea what we wanted to pay, and we were really “just looking.”</p>
<p>It was also late at night (9pm which is late for car lots) and most places were closed (which was nice).</p>
<p>However we happened upon a used car lot that was open and decided to take a look.</p>
<p>Now this car lot is a chain and sells more used cars in our state than anybody else. They have more advertising than just about anybody else on the radio/TV and they are not a small company by any means. So I would’ve expected that their salespeople were well trained and knew what they were doing. I was wrong though.</p>
<p>So we pull in and get out of our car.</p>
<p>Less than 1 minute on the lot and we already had a salesman on our heels. Note: That by the time we got to this car lot we had been to a couple others and decided that we might be interested in a certain model.</p>
<p>The salesman greeted us and asked what we were looking for. We asked him if he had any of the particular models we were thinking of on the lot. He said they had one but they just sold it, but he quickly got us inside to see if he had anymore of that model on any other lots.</p>
<p>Up to this point the salesman was very kind and I felt pretty good about him. Even the manager who was brought over to help find us the model we wanted on another lot was very nice and helpful.</p>
<p>We learned that the salesman we were dealing with was one of the top performers there. He had plaques all over the wall and even had a ring that indicated that he sold 20 cars a month for more than three months in a row. Now I don’t know a lot about the car business but that sounds like a good number of cars to sell in a month. I mean, if they have a special ring for that accomplishment it must be somewhat significant.</p>
<p>So I would’ve expected this guy to know how to sell a car.</p>
<p>So eventually after some checking the salesman and manager realized they had a car similar to what we were looking for in the back that was currently being washed. The car was just in and they were cleaning it before putting it out on the lot.</p>
<p>So we took a quick walk to the back to take a look at the car while it was being cleaned. And although we didn’t get a great look at it we thought it looked like a possibility. So we asked to test drive it.</p>
<p>They happily agreed.</p>
<p>After it was cleaned they brought it around front and they gave us the keys to take it on a quick spin (alone, which I liked). </p>
<p>My wife took the wheel. </p>
<p>She liked how it handled and was pleased with the interior. After a couple minutes I made her pull over at a parking lot that had big bright lights so we could get a better look at the exterior.</p>
<p>After getting out we noticed a couple things we didn’t like. First off there was no sun roof which we didn’t notice the first time we looked at it. And we wanted a sun roof. </p>
<p>Second, there were some major cosmetic damages to the front of the car which we couldn’t see when the car was wet. In particular there was a horizontal dent on the hood that was starting to show the paint chipping. This was not good considering it was an ’06 and was not priced to reflect these damages.</p>
<p>This was an easy decision since we keep our cars looking nice. It just wasn’t the car for us, plain and simple. That’s ok because we weren’t in any hurry anyway and didn’t expect to buy anything that night (which they knew).</p>
<p>So we took the car back and told the salesman what we didn’t like about it and that it was a “no go.”</p>
<p>So at this point you would expect him to try and convince us otherwise or to say something like “OK, well lets figure out if we have anything else, and if not I’ll get your information and let you know when we get something in that you may like.”</p>
<p>Really all he had to do was find the same car with a sun roof with no major dents and he would have sold a car.</p>
<p>But no, nothing of the sort occurred. </p>
<p>When we got back he acted shocked that we didn’t like the car and immediately changed into another person. </p>
<p>Now of course this was all an act and he was (incorrectly) trying to exert his non-existent power and try to do a takeaway. He turned to his manager and rudely said, “They didn’t like the car.” like we were crazy or something. The manager replied, “They didn’t like the car!?” again, like we were nutcases.</p>
<p>So what was wrong with that? Well first, they are placing blame on us and actually trying to make us feel bad for not liking their car. It’s a pretty stupid thing to do when you have a whole lot of other cars to sell us. Do they think we’ll just feel bad and say, “Well ok, since you sales guys think this car is so great…we’ll take it, where do we sign?!” No.</p>
<p>And to top it off that was the end of our conversation. The salesman said, “OK, thanks for coming in.” That’s it. Didn’t want to give us his card, didn’t want us to give him our info if he got another car in (keep in mind this is the biggest used car dealer in the state and they get many cars in every day), he didn’t want anything. </p>
<p>And of course my wife and I are savvy customers and don’t play games so we just shrugged our shoulders and left. In fact we laughed all the way back to our car and discussed how weird the whole situation was. We even told our friends how ridiculous the whole situation was and to steer clear of that business. </p>
<p>Now you may not think that’s such a big deal but for a salesperson like this it should be. Why? Well first because we are looking to buy a car, and soon. Also, we were great customers. We didn’t dodge any questions, we told them what we wanted, we told them what we wanted to pay, we told them our time frame, etc. All they had to do was find us the right car. Done deal!</p>
<p>But I guess not. Apparently if you don’t like the first option they show you it’s over at that dealership. And what’s funny is that it really is over for them. We will buy a car within a week or two and it won’t be from them. It’s sad because they started out the relationship so well and could have made a huge commission on us. Oh well, we’ll take our money elsewhere.</p>
<p>So, lessons I took away from this experience: Don’t be offended if somebody doesn’t immediately fall in love with what you recommend or try to sell to them. Ask them why they have their objections and then try to overcome them. Don’t just throw a fit like a child and quit. </p>
<p>Also, if something doesn’t work out the first time it’s nice to leave the relationship you just built with your prospect on a good note. If this salesman had done this we would have been back and he probably would have made a sale without any extra work. Or we might have referred someone to him. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to close people the first time but sometimes you just can’t. Prospects tend to go back to salespeople they’ve already built a relationship with. So if the buying time isn’t right right now, it may be in the future for your prospect and he may be back.</p>
<p>So anyway, that’s the story how I didn’t get sold a car.</p>
<p>Do you have any stories about salespeople who did or didn’t do something right? Send them in and I’ll publish them on this blog.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
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		<title>Tell Them They Can&#8217;t Buy From You</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve got a little tip for you that I absolutely love and that makes me a lot of money. But it is kinda hard to communicate sometimes, so I’ll do my best.
To start off let me ask you a question: Do you ever tell people they CAN’T buy from you??
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ve got a little tip for you that I absolutely love and that makes me a lot of money. But it is kinda hard to communicate sometimes, so I’ll do my best.</p>
<p>To start off let me ask you a question: Do you ever tell people they CAN’T buy from you??</p>
<p>And I don’t mean that you turn them down because you are all out of your product or your boss told you that you can’t sell to a particular area or something. I’m talking about a person who is ready to hand you money and you could easily take it in exchange for what you’re selling…but for one reason or another, YOU REFUSE to sell to them.</p>
<p>Do you ever do that?</p>
<p>I do it all the time. And no I’m not talking about “take-away selling” (which is very powerful but that’s another topic). I’m talking about refusing their money…forever.</p>
<p>Now this may seem a little strange because as salespeople and businesses that’s how we make a living; giving people what they want in exchange for money.</p>
<p>And don’t get me wrong I love to make sales but I also know the signs of a troubled prospect. I know that taking money from a troubled prospect that will turn into a troubled client is costing me more money than it’s worth. Their endless problems and extra favors they ask for is NOT worth it.</p>
<p>For every troubled client I have to deal with I lose out on getting to serve three great clients.</p>
<p>There are several other benefits to turning down these types of clients.</p>
<p>For starters you will feel much more abundant because you can easily turn down money. And when you come from a place of abundance and not scarcity you seem to attract much more abundance.</p>
<p>Another good reason for turning down clients is exclusivity. You and your company are coming off as a business that is exclusive, and it’s a privilege (not a right), to do business with you. People flock to organizations and salespeople who are exclusive and who won’t do business with everybody.</p>
<p>The last very important reason why it’s important to turn some people down is that it trains you to hold the power in your selling relationships. You won’t come off as a whiny, wimpy salesperson or business that is begging for the sale. Rather, you come off as if you don’t really need the sale and the client must in some way prove themselves as worthy buyers.</p>
<p>If your clients feel like they have to prove themselves to you in order to buy, do you think they’ll have much resistance when you try to close the sale? NO WAY!</p>
<p>A favorite quote from the movie Boiler Room sums it up best, “I don’t need your business, I value it.”</p>
<p>A couple things to watch out for:</p>
<p>1. Don’t come off as cocky! People detest cocky salespeople and won’t do business with you no matter how much they want what you have. Remember, you are coming from a place of POWER not arrogance or cockiness.</p>
<p>2. This technique is not to be used to make people mad. If you have to refuse a potential customer, do it in a nice way. Telling them that it’s not a good fit for both of you is a good start. But don’t insult them.</p>
<p>3. Don’t make exceptions or rationalize when you know you shouldn’t do business with a particular prospect. “Just this once” will leave you in a whole lotta pain and leave you worse off than when you started.</p>
<p>So there you go. Don’t be afraid to lose sales and don’t be afraid to refuse problematic customers and you will see your results increase to a level you never thought possible.</p>
<p>Till next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
<p>P.S. If you still haven’t figured out to use power and leverage to generate tons of leads and sales than you need to grab the Cold Call Crusher training course right now. You only pay shipping for the first 30 days and it’s guaranteed for over 120 days from the day you buy. You also get hundreds of dollars in bonuses but hurry before they are gone!<br />
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		<title>Why Did You Get Into Sales?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember why you got into sales?
If you’re anything like most salespeople it was because you wanted to make some of that “green stuff.”
And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! Isn’t it funny that some people will look down on salespeople and businesses and criticize them for being too focused on money?
What these [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you remember why you got into sales?</p>
<p>If you’re anything like most salespeople it was because you wanted to make some of that “green stuff.”</p>
<p>And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that! Isn’t it funny that some people will look down on salespeople and businesses and criticize them for being too focused on money?</p>
<p>What these people don’t realize is that there is nothing wrong with wanting to have more “moola.” So don’t let these people phase you, they have their own inner demons and insecurities to deal with.</p>
<p>Aaaaanyway…</p>
<p>A more important question that I’d like to propose to you is…what do you NOT want to do in sales?</p>
<p>It’s VERY important to be completely honest here because once you STOP doing what you hate at work, and START doing what brings you more money, guess what…you will be happier and much more wealthier.</p>
<p>So here’s what you need to do:</p>
<p>1.    Make a list of the top things that bring in more money to you.</p>
<p>And then…</p>
<p>2.    Make a list of all the things you hate doing and you refuse to do.</p>
<p>Keep these lists above your desk or in your pocket and constantly review them. You will be SHOCKED at how often you go off course and continue to do the things that keep you poor and miserable.</p>
<p>Keeping these two lists around you will allow you to reflect and keep yourself on the right path. Just imagine how much more effective you will be if you only focus on tasks that get you results and that you like to do.</p>
<p>Salespeople are infamous for wasting time, so don’t be one of them!</p>
<p>Do what makes you the most money and stop doing the things you hate that take all your precious time up.</p>
<p>And that leads me my last point I want to make: Savor your time!</p>
<p>Your time is probably the most important thing you have, so don’t let people still it from you. You can always replace possessions, and money is probably the most easily replaceable thing in the world…there’s a lot of money out there.</p>
<p>So if you’re cold calling (wasting time) realize there’s a better way! If you have troublesome clients that are time VAMPIRES, dump them! If you’re selling system isn’t effective, find a new way!</p>
<p>But don’t you dare waste time because you can never get it back.</p>
<p>Remember, just because you’re busy doesn’t mean you&#8217;re being productive.</p>
<p>That’s a statement you should probably plaster over your desk.</p>
<p>It’ll change your life.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
<p>P.S. If you want to quit wasting time and start bringing in leads on autopilot then check out the Cold Call Crusher course and regain your most valuable resource…TIME!<br />
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		<title>Use Stories to Sell More Effectively</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stories are a proven way to help increase sales.
What do I mean by stories? Here’s an example:
On a beautiful late spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two young men graduated from the same college. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had been better than average students, both were personable and both&#8211;as young [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stories are a proven way to help increase sales.</p>
<p>What do I mean by stories? Here’s an example:</p>
<p>On a beautiful late spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two young men graduated from the same college. They were very much alike, these two young men. Both had been better than average students, both were personable and both&#8211;as young college graduates are&#8211;were filled with ambitious dreams for the future.</p>
<p>Recently, these men returned to their college for their 25th reunion.</p>
<p>They were still very much alike. Both were happily married. Both had three children. And both, it turned out, had gone to work for the same company as salespeople, and were still there.</p>
<p>But there was a difference. One of the men was only an average salesperson and lived almost paycheck to paycheck. The other drove expensive cars, enjoyed being the company’s highest producer, and was set to retire whenever he desired.</p>
<p>What made the difference?</p>
<p>Have you ever wondered, as I have, what makes this kind of difference in people’s lives? It isn’t always a native intelligence or talent or dedication. It isn’t that one person wants success and the other doesn’t.</p>
<p>The difference lies in what each person knows and how he or she makes use of that knowledge.</p>
<p>And that is why I’m telling you this story and revealing to you the Cold Call Crusher training course. Because the sole purpose of the Cold Call Crusher training course is to give you the right knowledge to eliminate cold calling and to give you a step-by-step system to put into place so you can start to bring in massive amounts of hot, qualified leads with virtually zero effort.</p>
<p>Each and every day salespeople who have implemented the Cold Call Crusher system wake up to a flood of new leads and prospects chasing them.</p>
<p>And what’s great about this system is that you can immediately learn the secrets of successful salespeople by only paying the shipping to bring this highly acclaimed course to your door. The small course investment of just 97 dollars will be charged after the 30 days. But don’t worry, you still have a full 120 days from your date of purchase to return the course for a full refund of the course price.<br />
Simply visit us here: <a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a> and get a head start on success in selling.</p>
<p>If you feel as I do that this is a fair and reasonable proposition, then you will want to find out without delay what the Cold Call Crusher training course can do for you what it is doing for hundreds of other salespeople. So please visit the link above and we’ll rush your course to your door.</p>
<p>About those two college classmates I mention at the beginning of this post: They were graduated from college together and together got started in the selling profession. So what made their RESULTS in selling different?</p>
<p>Knowledge. A system. And putting them to use.</p>
<p>END STORY</p>
<p>I used a story about my system but I did it only to show you an example. Can you see how stories may help you sell? If not maybe you should look around at how stories influence the world around you.</p>
<p>The story above is a classic and was not written by me, although I used the basic outline and used it to make a point of my own.</p>
<p>Stories are often like a parable in nature and don’t have to be an actual account. Stories just help you make lasting impressions by putting your ideas into the real world.</p>
<p>Start collecting stories and then tell them during your presentations. I guarantee you’ll see huge results.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler</p>
<p>P.S. I truly believe the moral of the story I just told you. If you want to be one of the successful people you need to take the right action and have the right tools. So visit my website: <a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a> to get on the right track today.</p>
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		<title>What &#8220;They&#8221; Aren&#8217;t Telling You</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever thought about what “they” aren’t telling you?
What do I mean by “they” anyway?
Well just other day I had a very interesting conversation with a salesperson/sales trainer who recently bought my Cold Call Crusher course.
He told me about how well he was doing and thanked me for showing him the true secrets to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever thought about what “they” aren’t telling you?</p>
<p>What do I mean by “they” anyway?</p>
<p>Well just other day I had a very interesting conversation with a salesperson/sales trainer who recently bought my Cold Call Crusher course.</p>
<p>He told me about how well he was doing and thanked me for showing him the true secrets to bringing in highly qualified hot leads. Nothing new there but what he said next was interesting. I asked him if he was going to share his new found success with his company and the fellow salespeople he trains. To which he replied, “No way.”</p>
<p>“No way? How come?” I asked.</p>
<p>“Well for several reasons: First off, the company doesn’t want me to implement anything new. They have repeatedly told me to stick with the cold calling training despite what I’ve shown them. And secondly, I don’t really want to try and teach your techniques because I know most people won’t listen and they’ll just keep cold calling like everyone else. But that’s fine with me because I’m getting great results.”</p>
<p>Interesting isn’t it?</p>
<p>While somewhat disheartening, I’m not that surprised because that how most business work.</p>
<p>They teach you the old school sales method and that’s it. They don’t really care if you are successful. Sure they make money if you make more sales but they pay you on commission and if you can’t “hack it” then they will just replace you with another salesperson willing to dial for dollars ten hours a day.</p>
<p>They know there are better ways to do things but they also know that they can always find new people to cold call. And when they are paying you only on commission they don’t care very much how well you do as long as you are working and making quota. Even the sales trainer doesn’t care very much about your success.</p>
<p>Your company and your sales trainers in your company will NEVER get you to where you want to go. Sure there are a few exceptions and some really great companies out there but most are exactly what I just described.</p>
<p>So in order for you to be successful you need to take responsibility for yourself and…</p>
<p>FIND A BETTER WAY!</p>
<p>And really you’ve already found it you just need to take action. The question is will you let “them” decide how successful you are or will YOU decide how successful you will become?</p>
<p>The choice is yours.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler</p>
<p>P.S. Next week I have some REALLY great tips that you don’t want to miss so stay tuned!</p>
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		<title>Improving Cold Calling is Still Failure</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder what your thought process was when you first got into selling. I specifically mean about how you thought you would improve your selling.
Most salespeople (including myself) when they got into selling thought they would just take what was given to them and try harder.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder what your thought process was when you first got into selling. I specifically mean about how you thought you would improve your selling.</p>
<p>Most salespeople (including myself) when they got into selling thought they would just take what was given to them and try harder.</p>
<p>They take the processes that are given to them and then they try to do it better than everyone else. I know I did this when I first got into selling. And it got me nowhere FAST!</p>
<p>Let me explain: Say a new Realtor joins a company and is trained on how to give a listing presentation to their prospects. Typically that new Realtor will try to do everything that is taught to them, and when they want to earn more money or become a superstar, they try to do things incrementally better than everyone else.</p>
<p>So during their listing (sales) presentation they try and use a better power point presentation, better brochures, better closing techniques, etc.</p>
<p>And that’s what most people do and that’s fine.</p>
<p>But here’s the PROBLEM with that. You are trying to succeed and get better results with the SAME process that was given to you. The process that was given to you is for the AVERAGE salesperson, not a superstar or a high-income earner.</p>
<p>So all you’re going to get is a little better than the average results…maybe. And I don’t know about you but I didn’t get into sales to be average.</p>
<p>And one more important thing to realize is that when you are doing the same things that everyone else is doing, even if you are doing it better, you will still be treated like all the others.</p>
<p>In short; you will be treated as an average SALESPERSON.</p>
<p>And if you’ve been paying attention at all you know that this is the worst thing you can do. If you sell insurance the last thing you want is to be seen as just another insurance salesperson.</p>
<p>Rule of thumb: If you sell X, you don’t want to be seen as an X salesperson.</p>
<p>Because if you do appear like everyone else you will be treated like everyone else and you give away all your POWER. And power is one of THE biggest keys to selling anything.</p>
<p>So I am often asked by salespeople to give them better cold calling scripts and tips. But I won’t do that because you will still be seen as a cold caller and an annoying salesperson.</p>
<p>I don’t care what you say on the phone, I don’t care how you get past gatekeepers, I don’t care how you try and close a sale. If you are cold calling and not having your prospects come to you, you will always be average.</p>
<p>You might be able to be a little better than average if you work your tail off but you will never get to a point to where you are working the hours you want making the money you need and desire.</p>
<p>It won’t happen!</p>
<p>So what should you do? Well, the first step is to take everything that everyone else is doing in your field and get rid of it.</p>
<p>Some good questions to ask yourself, “Is this is what everyone else is doing? Is this what an average salesperson would do? What could I do different that would set me apart from all my competition and coworkers?”</p>
<p>Then you will start off on the right track and be on your way to being the sales superstar that everyone strives to be.</p>
<p>Till next time…<br />
Tyler</p>
<p>P.S. Do you need to find that “something different” that no one else is doing in your field? Do you want to be a superstar and leave all those AVERAGE salespeople in the dust? Imagine having a tested and proven system already laid out for you so you can do just that! Go to <a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a> right now to get the groundbreaking new system to stop cold calling and start making sales. You only pay shipping for 30 days! So check it out now before it’s gone!</p>
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		<title>Cold Calling Destroyer: Do You Use These to Help You Sell?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Working with hundreds of salespeople I consistently see a major mistake made by almost all of them.
It’s a mistake that they don’t even know they are making but it’s costing them hundreds and maybe even thousands of dollars every month in commissions.
And that mistake is…
Not Using Any Testimonials!
Testimonials are amazingly powerful and take almost zero [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Working with hundreds of salespeople I consistently see a major mistake made by almost all of them.</p>
<p>It’s a mistake that they don’t even know they are making but it’s costing them hundreds and maybe even thousands of dollars every month in commissions.</p>
<p>And that mistake is…</p>
<h3>Not Using Any Testimonials!</h3>
<p>Testimonials are amazingly powerful and take almost zero effort to use.</p>
<p>So why are testimonials so powerful? Well because instead of you boasting about your product or service you have a third party doing it. It’s like your prospect has a friend recommending you to them.</p>
<p>And that’s POWERFUL!</p>
<p>Let me show you what I mean. Here are a couple testimonials for the Cold Call Crusher training course:</p>
<p>&#8220;Before the Cold Call Crusher course I was absolutely broke and wasn&#8217;t making any sales. Cold calling was doing nothing but wearing me out and I was literally days from being fired or giving up. But after just 1 week of putting just a small portion of these techniques to use I now get more leads than I know what to do with and I&#8217;m making more sales than I thought possible. Thank you!&#8221; &#8212; Kalli T. - Financial Advisor</p>
<p>&#8220;The techniques found in the Cold Call Crusher course have attracted to me literally hundreds of leads and sales. If I never found out how to use a system like this one I don&#8217;t know how I would operate my business and make the kind of sales I do today. Cold calling definitely couldn&#8217;t have given me the results that I get with these techniques.&#8221;<br />
B. Warrren, Massachusetts</p>
<p>&#8220;I ordered the cold call crusher course with some hesitation but since it was guaranteed I figured &#8216;what the heck I&#8217;ll give it a try.&#8217; I am truly impressed with the course and I believe this information will put my business on the fast track.&#8221;<br />
Randall Weekes – Utah</p>
<p>See what I mean? Real people are talking to my prospects about their experiences with the training course. If I would have tried to say the things they said nobody would take me very seriously. But when a third party says it to them, it is very powerful because they have nothing to gain by saying those things.</p>
<p>So can you see that testimonials are amazingly powerful?</p>
<p>You really do need to start using them in your selling. And I don’t care what you sell. You need them.</p>
<p>In fact I recommend making a testimonial book with a large collection of them to take on your sales appointments.</p>
<p>Just try it for a month and see how your sales improve.</p>
<p>But how do you get these testimonials?</p>
<p>It’s as easy as pie actually. In fact I have a system that gets me a testimonial from every person I sell my service to. And I sell a VERY expensive service so it’s important that I have them. The nice thing about my testimonial system is that I almost always get a referral too.</p>
<p>So that’s even better!</p>
<p>A testimonial AND a referral. And the nice thing is I don’t even have to ask them. I have it all automated.</p>
<p>So if you’re not using testimonials in every place you can, start! And you will immediately see huge results.</p>
<p>Till next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
<p>P.S. If you want the system I use to automatically generate testimonials AND referrals for you, then go immediately to <a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a> and try out the course for only the price of shipping for a full 30 days!<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">Cold Calling</a></p>
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		<title>Another Cold Calling (and selling) Mistake: You Must Get Permission to Sell!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To really be effective and to make a lot of sales there is something you MUST have before you do anything else.
You need this one thing before you start selling, and if you start selling before you have it, you are DEAD in the water.
And that one thing is…
PERMISSION!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To really be effective and to make a lot of sales there is something you MUST have before you do anything else.</p>
<p>You need this one thing before you start selling, and if you start selling before you have it, you are DEAD in the water.</p>
<p>And that one thing is…</p>
<h3>PERMISSION!</h3>
<p>That’s right. You need permission first in order to be able to sell to your prospects.</p>
<p>That doesn’t mean you simply ask them “may I sell to you?” That would be ridiculous. But it would probably be more productive than cold calling.</p>
<p>In fact that’s a big reason why a lot of cold calling doesn’t work. You don’t have permission! You are a stranger.</p>
<p>So how do you get permission?</p>
<p>Well, if you have prospects COMING TO YOU then they have already given you permission. In fact they are BEGGING for you to sell to them! So do so without haste.</p>
<p>But to get even more permission from your prospects whether they come to you or not, you should ask a question like this:</p>
<p>“If I could show you how to __________ would you be interested in learning more about it?”</p>
<p>Or if you want to be a little more assumptive you could ask…</p>
<p>“If I could show you how to __________ you would be interested in learning more about it, isn’t that right?”</p>
<p>The prospect who responds positively to these statements gives you full permission to sell to them.</p>
<p>After you do that the rest is pretty simple.</p>
<p>Now all you have to do is fulfill your promise of “if I could show you how to ______” and then show them that you have done so, and then ask for the order. BINGO, a sale is made.</p>
<p>This technique is very powerful because it sets the stage upfront and they are agreeing to listen to you. They have given permission for you to sell to them.</p>
<p>Here’s a real life example:</p>
<p>“If I could show you how to stop cold calling forever while increasing your sales to a level you never thought possible, you would be interested in learning more about it, wouldn’t you?”</p>
<p>See? Easy.</p>
<p>So remember, get permission to sell before you actually start selling.</p>
<p>Until next time…<br />
Tyler<br />
<a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">Cold Calling Solution: Cold Call Crusher Training Course</a></p>
<p>P.S. If you would actually like to stop cold calling while increasing your sales to a level you never thought possible then all you have to do is visit <a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a> right now to get the Cold Call Crusher training course for just the shipping costs for a full 30 days! This won’t be around for long so go there now: </a><a href="http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html">http://www.coldcallcrusher.com/thesystem.html</a></p>
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