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Converting Sales Leads into Ad Space Bookings

All the leads in the world are of no use if your sales people can't convert their leads to sales.

And because sales people have different abilities and work rates .... to be consistent ... you need to have a sales conversion system. One that works for all your sales people.

Perhaps most important of all ... you're sales people will learn how to contact a prospect again and again, without offending them.

This is the area where you will see the most immediate results. Because most ad sales people don't know how to keep in touch with a prospect with finesse ... they either annoy the prospect, or give up making contact too soon -- before the prospect is ready to book an ad.

This is one of the major secrets of ad sales -- you need to be able to contact each prospect at least SEVEN times ... and it's often on the seventh time that they finally have a meaningful conversation .... and book ad space with you.

Most ad sales people give up after 4 or 5 tries. So they don't make their sales talk. So they fail to sell.

This is where the second part of your Sales Conversion System kicks in. Your ad sales person needs some Tools to stay in the forefront of your prospect's mind.

Once they know how to use our combination of letters, phone calls, faxes and emails and spreadsheets -- they'll be in the top 10% of ad sales people on the planet.

The articles here can give you some ideas and help, but for the details of a complete Sales Conversion System which works .... Click Here.

The 'Start' Cheque
Some adsales people are ALWAYS able to secure a large percentage of the invoice from their client BEFORE they start processing the copy. Others struggle. What are the magic words you use to get your client to part with his money before you proceedFurther Advice
How to use 'Yes Sets'
You may have heard about making sales by using a 'Yes Set'. Unfortunately, most ad sales people use them badly. Done right, it works. Done wrong, it works AGAINST you. Here's how to use them properly .... . . . Further Advice
How much is a Customer WORTH?
Use this question to sell a LOT of ad space: "Imagine you could go down to the Customer Store and PURCHASE all the customers that you'd like -- right off the shelf. Who would they be? How much would you be willing to pay for them?" . . . Further Advice
The PURPOSE of a Business
Here is a story to take your client's mind to a 'future place' where you want them to go. It begins with a question. What is the PURPOSE of a business? But here's an answer which can help you to sell more space: 'The PURPOSE of a business is to BUY a PROFIT' . . . Further Advice
How to Control your Client's State of Mind
As an ad space sales expert you want to be able to DIRECT your client's 'State of Mind' to experience some positive states and some negative states, before arriving at a 'buying' state. You do this with questions and stories. Here's how: . . . Further Advice
Offer BONUSES to PROSPER in this market
When times get hard, and sales begin to slow, you need to pull some new ideas out of your adsales toolbag to generate some enthusiasm among your clients. The first idea you'll find in most competent direct mail offers is the BONUS or SERIES OF BONUSES. Here's how to steal this idea for your sales. . . . Further Advice
LET SOMEONE ELSE BE THE PIONEER
Pioneers end up with arrows in their back .... If you've been with us a while, you'll have read before that every client must make TWO decisions: Decision One: To do some kind of adver . . . Further Advice
The Best Referral Gathering Technique
As we all know, the ideal referral is one that has been pre-sold before you call. They are hot and to buy from you because your 'referrer' has already done your selling job for you. Yes, . . . Further Advice
Two Step Marketing
How to Get MORE Business from your Advertising WITHOUT Spending any more Money . . . Further Advice
The Customer Store
The Customer Store PROBLEM . . . Further Advice
What to put in your Information Pack
These are the contents of a 'standard' info pack which we send out when asked for a media kit. It is very different from the usual package which most publishers send . . . Further Advice
How to Create a Persuasive Sales Story
This is How to Create a Selling Story . . . Further Advice
BECAUSE: A Special Word for making ad sales
When times get hard, and sales begin to slow, you need to pull some ideas out of your adsales toolbag which amateur and untrained sales people don't know about. Let's look at the word BECAUSE. . . . Further Advice
Telling Stories
We talk a lot about using STORIES to sell ad space. But how do you create your own stories? Let's start with the structure. It's close to the DIPADA structure .... except that this formula is almost 2,500 years old! . . . Further Advice
Sowing Seeds for your Future
You are reaping today the results of what you have sown in the past. If, for any reason, you are not happy with what you are REAPING, it is up to you to begin immediately to change what you are SOWING.
Especially in ad sales. . . .
Further Advice
Positive People
Recent research has shown that the wealth of most people is close to the AVERAGE of the wealth of the FIVE people they spend most time with. . . . Further Advice
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