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Do you feel like you’ve been trying and trying and trying… but you’re just not getting the results?

This is pretty much something most of us have come across at some point in our sales career. In fact, about 80-90% of salespeople give up on the fourth “no.” But you definitely won’t achieve success by giving up.

So what do you do?

1. Give yourself some time.

Give some time to understand your prospects, their needs, the industry, the company, and how that benefits your clients and articulate that message. This takes some time in the same way that you don’t expect your muscles to grow overnight after a one-time whole body workout.

2. Keep doing the fundamentals.

Golf would be a good analogy here. Turning your club a tad bit in or out does make a  big difference in the ball’s trajectory. You don’t just head out and whack the ball without any fundamentals in place. Without the proper stance, it’s useless!

Now how does this relate to sales?

For one, there needs to be better planning. Are you taking your focus off doing too many things that aren’t really beneficial to your success? For instance, do you work too much on a presentation when you need to focus on finding prospects? Doing so many things simultaneously doesn’t necessarily mean you’re working effectively or you’ll achieve success.

Other aspects of the fundamentals include:

• Understanding your ideal customer
• Success-driven activities
• Using a script

3. Be persistent and consistent.

Build relationships. Offer value. Show your client how your product/service is going to help the organization. Sometimes the prospect may say “no” but it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s “no” forever. It may only mean “no” for right now. Now what do you do to stay on top of mind and keep going? Put out valuable content and be consistent.

Case in point: Starting this podcast was magnificent – Hallelujah! I was utterly blessed to begin this journey on a pretty fast track. It was an all-time high being featured on the New & Noteworthy on iTunes, which only lasted for 8 weeks. Following that, the downloads went downhill. I even doubted if someone was even listening to the podcast.

But I kept going and was putting valuable content out there until eventually the podcast experienced an uptake and it got mentioned in Entrepreneur Magazine and another magazine… and another. Then opportunities were rolling down the road with more clients, more coaching, and doing speaking engagements. All of that through persistence and consistency.

Now it’s your turn to apply these to your own life and get those results!

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