I used to suck at sales. In fact, I got
sacked from my very first sales job. It was embarrassing and it was at that
moment I decided that I needed to learn how to become great at sales fast.
And getting great at sales fast is exactly
what we are going to talk about in this video.
Because when you can sell at a high level,
your skill set is in high demand. You will always have a job, no matter what
crisis were going through at that moment in time, because businesses always
value people who can reliably generate revenue.
On the other hand, if you’re not a
high-performing salesperson right now, your job is on the line and so listen
up! You might not have that much time to improve your skills and show your
worth to the organization that you work for.
Right now is a scary time to be a
salesperson who isn’t hitting quota.
We’re living in some uncharted times for
salespeople and only the strongest will survive but there is hope, you can
improve fast! So hit that thumbs up button and let’s get into it.
Solution (step by step process):
Getting good at sales fast requires these 4 things
* Getting your sales code sorted. And I’m going to share exactly what this means in a second.* Learning how to use a systematic selling process* Having the ability to practice your sales knowledge* and finally, having access to mentoring which holds everything else together.
So let’s start off with what we call, over
at Salesman.org, your sales code.
Your SalesCode
So from over five years of research and
access to over 100,000 salespeople, we now understand the 12 specific traits
that natural born salespeople have.
Interestingly, the traits that natural born
salespeople have right now, are not the same as the traits of a natural born
salesperson 10 years ago. That is because sales has changed considerably
already and so the individual who had success then, is not going to have
success now.
The 12, proven, research backed traits of natural born salespeople that make up their sales code are –
These are the
underlying traits that make it easy to have sales success. If you are missing
any of these traits, it’s likely you spend your time in your sales job moving
two steps forward and then moving one step back. Always feeling like there is
something pulling at your heels and stopping you from living
up to your potential.
Additionally if you want to take things
further, we have built an industry leading sales assessment that will assess
whether you have each of these traits and then give you a personalized training
plan to implement them over at salesman.org so check that out if you’re
interested.
Systematic Selling process
The next layer on the sales success
triangle is what we call systematic selling.
Gone are the days where you could blag your
way to your sales quota without leveraging a sales process. That worked in the
past as salespeople were the gatekeepers to the prospect solving their
problems. If they wanted pricing, they had to come to you. If they wanted to
understand your product, they had to come to you. Nowadays though that
information is all online and so they don’t need you to get access to it.
What they do need from you is guidance on