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 who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly […]
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 that often brings ad sales to a slow crawl across the December finish line. Here are 5 key […]
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 to be successful. Here are my top 5 tips to improve your role-playing practice:
Are advertisers not all that excited lately about buying ads? Are you spending a lot of time trying to convince them of the ROI? That’s unfortunate, because there is a HUGE advertising opportunity they are missing out on: advertiser-sponsored content for YOUR hyper-targeted, super-niched audience. We recently interviewed Ryan Dohrn, Founder and CEO of 360 Ad Sales, on ways publishers can help […]
As a magazine ad sales professional, do you encounter prospects that only want to devote their ad dollars to digital? We know it’s not an either-or ad buy these days, it’s the full, integrated package! So here’s some handy links with stats and survey results (from the digital realm) on why print still matters. Start sharing with your prospects and clients […]
Are you tired of hearing that print ads or offline marketing is not trackable? Me too. In nearly all of my ad sales training workshops I hear sales reps say that is one of the most common objections from advertisers. So, here is the answer. Please feel free to create a one sheet from this information to use with your advertising clients. […]
Being the best salesperson you can be requires practice. I’m talking about the importance of ad sales role-play. There are always new ways to learn to ask the right probing questions! It is also a great way to find some new approach to overcoming to advertiser objections. The point is role-play is an opportunity to hone your sales game. Ready to play? […]
We have all been there before…. an advertiser cancels for no apparent reason. You call them back and get no return call. You email them and no return email. You speculate. You wonder. You lost. So, what now? Here’s a better question: How much time do you dedicate to your advertiser retention plan? We know it is easier to retain a advertiser than find […]
What better time than President’s Day to take some time to think about the big questions? For example, is there something that is preventing you from exceeding your ad sales goals, but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is? One of the biggest problems I see in my ad sales training workshops is salespeople passing off their arbitrary patterns […]
Each New Year we set resolutions or goals for the upcoming year. About 90% of people set goals on January 1st. In reality, fewer than 10% achieve those goals. What can you do as an ad salesperson to get it right? I have identified 6 keys to achieving your sales goals for the New Year:
