The key to your success in the world of media sales is increasing the number of meetings you are granted by prospective advertisers. Developing an effective prospecting process can make or break your media sales career. The absolute goal of prospecting is to Read More
Connect with your advertisers outside the contract push to build long-term relationships!
Don’t you want to put a stop to that endless, meandering, boring sales call that results in little more than a request for a blind proposal that often goes nowhere? Some sales reps want to go with the flow on a sales Read More
Every January many people tend to make resolutions, both personal and professional. By the end of the first month, the majority of those people fail. Why do some people fail where others succeed? According to Statistic Brain, a site that compiles data from academic sources, “People Read More
As a sales coach, I see some salespeople drift aimlessly from day to day and year to year. There is no focus on a long-term plan for their life, let alone for their ad sales life. And then there are those other sales Read More
Last week I shared with you what top media sales pros should be doing this time of year. You know, when everyone (including clients) are distracted with year-end deadlines, holidays, vacations, etc. Year-End Tips for Ad Sales Pros! Part 1 Here are Read More
For most media ad sales professionals, the fiscal year does not follow the calendar year. By late fall you are pretty much done with 2016. When you add the holiday season and new year celebrations to the mix, you have a double whammy Read More
Last week I wrote about my Top Tips for Successful Email Subject Lines and shared 5 examples of subject lines along with suggestions for the body of the email with you. Did you try them out? Are you measuring the results? Sending relevant Read More
So much of sales is about building relationships. Has faceless email has ruined the sales process? I could NOT disagree more. In my ad sales training workshops I teach that email is an amazing sales tool. If used in the right way it can truly help Read More
Just imagine if a top athlete never practiced. Would he or she be as successful? Probably not. So it always surprises me to learn that so many ad sales reps that never, ever role-play in an effort to improve. Every salesperson needs regular role play sessions and trainings Read More
