[CLASSICS] 088: Liz Cain Generating Interest: The Missing Piece of Outbound Sales

Takeaways Be Responsive and Get Shit Done: When you're working at a company that is really going somewhere, everybody has a hundred things on their plate and constantly shifting priorities. If you want to stand out, be the person that volunteers for new projects and make sure to follow through. Once you say you've got it, don't be the person that someone else has to follow-up with or check-in on. This exposure is what will make you great in the future. Hone in on Your Top Segments: The simplest definition of a segment is a group of people who can be reached with the same go-to-market strategy combined with the same product. This will not only help define territories by way of geography, industry, or company size but really it will help create repeatability in your messaging — making your product easier to sell at a lower cost-per-acquisition. This focus doesn't mean you can't go after other segments later, it just keeps you on target with your limited resources. Generate Interest First: When you're doing outbound sales, realize you're connecting with suspects — not leads. This should start to change your thinking a bit about how you talk to them. Starting with the right market segment, your first job is to find out whether or not they even have a problem you can solve or if there is an opportunity to improve something in their business. Then, and only then, are you able to generate interest and deliver your pitch. Full Notes Book Recommendation Who: The A Method for Hiring by Geoff Smart and Randy Street Sponsor Costello – What if every sales rep inherited the habits of your best rep? With Costello, they do.

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[CLASSICS] 088: Liz Cain Generating Interest: The Missing Piece of Outbound Sales is an episode from Sales Tuners by Jim Brown.

This episode is 37:14 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2019.

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