Overview
The two-lesson Outside Calling School will deliver the most up-to-date selling techniques to help you and your company deliver loan and deposit results even during this “new-normal” economy. Participants will go through the selling process to identify how to gain the trust of your client, gain a larger share of wallet and sell what your client truly needs. We also will address how to effectively manage the pricing discussion, how to overcome objections and how research and profiling the client/prospect will improve targeting, prospecting and presentations.
Topics
- Outside Calling
- Negotiation Skills and Selling at Higher Margins
- Researching and Profiling Your Clients and Prospects
Step 1: Pre-call Planning
- calling successes and challenges
- getting out of the office, both virtually and in person
- call planning on top clients & prospects
- gaining the virtual or in person appointment
- the initial meeting
- more, better, different, less clinic
- Do we use technology or meet in person?
- plan what to bring on the call
- plan bridging and introductory comments
Step 2: Virtual or In-person Encounter
- get them talking
- listening and communicating how you can help
- making a recommendation and asking for the business
- earning referrals
- premium pricing
- negotiating techniques
- war games – handling objections
Step 3: Post-Call Follow-up
- expanding your notes to capture the call
- calendaring follow up activities
- drafting a thank you note
- assessing the call
- compete on anything other than price
- the value proposition
- draft an action plan for skills transfer
Presenter
Jennie Mitchell is the owner and CEO of Focused Results, a sales and marketing strategy, consulting and training firm concentrating on results-driven process consulting and training experience in community banks and other financial institutions. An expert in designing and implementing sales efforts and processes, Jennie designs solutions to drive top line growth through better utilization and training of existing sales forces, including sales management.
Jennie is a graduate of Indiana University and has a certificate in consulting services from Ball State University. Before joining Focused Results, Jennie was director of sales and marketing for a $3 billion bank holding company, sales manager for a high-performing mid-level Indianapolis bank, and director of corporate training for a large Midwest insurance company. A charismatic speaker and consultant, Jennie consults with numerous financial service organizations on revenue, sales, sales leadership and organizational performance.