{"id":1355,"date":"2018-03-28T16:52:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wensmedia.com\/ens-on-sales\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2018-03-28T16:52:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:52:35","slug":"how-did-you-do-it-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ensmediausa.com\/ens-on-sales\/uncategorized\/how-did-you-do-it-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Did You Do It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>If you are a sales manager, you probably started in this business as a sales rep, and it was all about the math of selling. The number of cold calls and the number of &#8220;packages&#8221; you presented became part of your success formula.<\/h4>\n<h4>Now as a sales manager, with probably very little management training, you&#8217;re expected to train the troops. Your idea of &#8220;training&#8221; might go something like this; &#8220;When I was on the street I &#8230;&#8221;.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stop it! \u00a0 No one cares how you did it &#8220;in the old days&#8221;.<\/h4>\n<h4>You know there have been dramatic changes in the world; changing technologies, changing station ownership, changing economies, changing, changing, changing.<\/h4>\n<h4>What is it that makes you think the marketing and sales arena is the only thing that hasn&#8217;t changed from &#8220;When I was on the street&#8221;? Let&#8217;s look at old world cold calling as an example.<\/h4>\n<h4>How do you feel when a telemarketer interrupts your dinner to sell you something you haven&#8217;t felt a need for? How do you think your prospects feel when your reps embark upon a door to door cold-call campaign to sell them a one-size-fits-all package of the week? Most salespeople don&#8217;t like making cold calls, and certainly, most clients view these interruptions to doing business as rude! So why do we do it?<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0We&#8217;ve focused on cold calls because traditionally, that&#8217;s the beginning of the sales process.\u00a0 Every step in modern strategic selling has changed today, and sales training has changed as well. Training is no longer a manager&#8217;s &#8220;show and tell&#8221;.<\/h4>\n<h4>Like with all other aspects of your business, you can either embrace the changing world of sales and sales training or continue doing the same thing over and over. I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve heard what Einstein has called doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result&#8230;that was his definition of insanity.<\/h4>\n<h4>In the new media world, there is a better way of training and selling. It involves creating warm calls rather than cold calls, using technology to build stronger customer relationships, and it&#8217;s been proven to grow your long-term revenues.<\/h4>\n<h4>Business guru Jack Welch says, &#8220;There is always a better way. Find it!&#8221;<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:belinda@wensmedia.com;angela@wensmedia.com?subject=Please%20contact%20me%20to%20discuss%20building%20stronger%20customer%20relationships%20to%20grow%20long-term%20revenues&amp;body=Please%20include%20the%20following%3A%0A%0AName%3A%0APosition%3A%0AMarket%3A%0APhone%20%23%3A%0ABest%20day%20%26%20time%20to%20contact%20you%3A\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Click here<\/a> if you would like to discuss implementing our &#8220;better way&#8221; for 2018 and 2019.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a sales manager, you probably started in this business as a sales rep, and it was all about the math of selling. 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