The Art of Sales with Art Sobczak

This was a situation I encountered the other day. A waitress made several sales mistakes in asking for what she wanted, and they are the same mistakes many salespeople make every day. You'll hear what she did, how salespeople do the same things, and what she, and salespeople should do instead to create a win-win for everyone.

Ben Gay's accomplishments as a sales pro, speaker, author, and trainer are unmatched. Today Ben shares several interesting stories about just a few of the many sales and motivational celebrities he has worked with, including how Zig Ziglar actually worked for him. And how he spent nine hours in a San Quentin jail cell with Charles Manson. Ben reveals his favorite close, and the concept of Sales In...

There are hundreds of millions of dollars left on the table every day simple because people do not use this simple technique. Regardless of what you do in life, sales or not, this will help you get more of what you want.

Too many sales calls start out with "I'm just touching base to see how it's going."   That is horrible, and provides no value to the listener.   Hear what you should say instead to create interest and engage a prospect or customer.  

An article in Men's Health magazine discussed how "Words, wielded wisely, can be a powerful instrument of seduction." It gave five romantic scenarios with what not to say, a better alternative, and why it worked. Art takes each of those scenarios and adapts them to sales. You'll be able to use them in your own sales situations as well.

Brandon Bornancin--still in his 30's--has made millions in his sales career, lost it, and made it back again. He is CEO of Seamless.ai, "providing the best sales leads on the planet." Sign up free at http://SeamlessSmartCalling.com He shares his stories of rapid growth and sales success, and what you can do to skyrocket your results as well.

When a prospect or customer raises a concern, and then they hear a tired, old objection "rebuttal," they typically become even more defensive and adversarial. However, when the next response is unexpected, more like a real conversation, that is when they open up. Here is a very simple technique you can adapt to your own situations and use with the very next objection you hear.

Objections are inevitable in sales. A great way to handle some is to address them before they even are said by the prospect. You'll hear how to do this, and get several word-for-word examples you can use right now.

Oren Klaff, author of the million-copy-selling book, "Pitch Anything" shares fascinating insight from his brand new book, "Flip the Script---Getting People to think Your Idea is Their Idea."   The ideal sale occurs when a buyer tells you "Let's do this," instead of having to use techniques to close him or her. Oren discusses using "Inception," and several of its components, that we all can use to...

A type of approach that gives sales a bad name in general is misrepresenting the purpose of a call or outreach. Hear examples of what these are, and what TO do instead to be totally upfront, AND successful with your efforts.

For many salespeople, their lack of production is not for a lack of being busy. It's because that "busyness" is typically "avoidance behavior." Avoidance behavior means we engage in things that cause us to NOT do the productive things we should be doing in sales: prospecting, following up, and speaking with prospects and customers. See examples of this avoidance behavior, and seven tips for gettin...

Trial attorneys need to be master influencers, and "sell" in many different ways and situations. Today's guest is a prominent, experienced litigator who shares some of his sales success secrets as they relate to interacting with clients, jurors, opposing attorneys, and judges. You'll be able to adapt these ideas and methods to your own interactions and sales situations.

We can learn how to be better at sales by observing and studying other professions. Police detectives are very skilled questioners. A fictitious one from an old TV series, who used several great techniques was Columbo. Hear the techniques he used to get people to really open up, and how you can easily use them too.

One of the biggest fears of salespeople--or anyone--is hearing NO. Our guest today, Leo Quinn, is embracing the "Go for No" philosophy and is on a mission to hear 1000 NO's in the summer of 2019. You'll hear what is he doing, why, what he has experienced and learned, and how he has changed. And, you will be more motivated to put yourself out there more, laugh at no's, and get more success as a res...

Here's a question that is proven to unlock creativity and possibilities in the minds of people who hear it. And we should be asking it more of everyone, especially our prospects and customers.

Over the years Art has attended hundreds of sporting events while on the road doing training. Many of those events were popular and sold out. But he scored tickets at, or below face value. Hear his techniques, and the sales lessons learned, that you can use too.

Picking up on the theme from the previous episode, there are indeed dumb questions in sales. They give us useless answers. You'll hear examples of these dumb questions--many of which you have heard, and possibly use. And you'll get what to say instead to get valuable information to help you help the customer buy.

Perhaps you've heard the old saying, "There's no such thing as a dumb question." That's not true in sales. There are actually stupid questions that you should avoid. These are the ones that actually cause people to resent and resist the questioner. Hear what to avoid, and what to ask to get people to open up.

Art was at a concert where Billy Joel and Elton John performed together. They both did an amazing job with their music, but one was clearly the better salesperson regarding how he connected with the audience. Hear who that was, exactly what he did, and how you can model it in your own sales.

We plan the things that are important to us. Like what we'll do on the weekend. Do you put that much prep, or more into your sales and prospecting calls? Here are some specific tips for the parts of your calls that need to be planned to get optimal success.

An objection that is ALWAYS caused by a salesperson is "I don't need that." And it's actually pretty easy to avoid ever hearing it again. You'll hear exactly what to say, and what NOT to say, so that you don't get this objection in any of your sales or or prospecting situations.

Your opening is THE most important part of any sales or prospecting call. Yet most openings actually cause rejection by committing one of the many sales and prospecting mistakes. There is one question that falls into the mistake category that screams out, "I am trying to sell you something!" And that almost always causes resistance. Hear what it is so you can avoid it, and then exactly what you ca...

Many salespeople think that they need to drop their price, or have the lowest prices to win business.  And when they do drop prices, if they do get the deal, they are giving away profit, many time unnecessarily. To win deals at the prices you want, the needed strategy is differentiation. Lee Salz shows us how to create meaningful value and stand out from the competition so we can deliver value, an...

Art shares a cold calling opening suggestion he found in a post online. As is, it would likely get a user rejected. Can you spot what is wrong? You'll hear what it is, AND what could have been added to make it effective. Plus, you can model it for your own successful prospecting openings and voice mail messages.

Here's a sales question, that according to people in the car business, causes accidents during test drives. Hear what it is, why it works, and how you can adapt it to your own sales situations.