Author: Tiffany Williams – SDR
Before joining Abstrakt, Tiffany had a very successful career as a Physical Therapist. As someone who selflessly looks to serve others, she is always looking to help her prospects by helping them understand how technology can enable their success.
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Nailing down the right Talk Tracks
Talk tracks and frameworks are not scripts. Modern call coaching technology uses frameworks or talk tracks to get salespeople saying the right things, in the right order, at the right time. They are not exactly …..
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Ways to Measure Success using Conversational Intelligence for Coaches
“What gets measured gets improved” – how many times have you said this as a coach, manager, trainer, or even just to yourself? If you are anything like me, probably a bunch. I have said it a bunch of times because it is true. What gets measured, does, in fact, get improved. A couple of…
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Sales Coaching Platform
With many companies adopting work from home technologies including video conferencing, coaching has become more than just listening to your reps speak over the phone ….. We are going to dive into a few critical components of your sales coaching tech stack to see if it is doing everything it can to fulfill your team’s…
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5 Reasons to Use Sales Frameworks (Now)
But we already are using frameworks… Scripts, playbooks, Wikis, battle cards, cheat sheets… Your sales enablement organization is likely already deploying their method and subsequent tool to help your sales reps know how to organize call structures based upon variables like lead source, opportunity stage, buyer persona, current technographics, etc. Sales frameworks are, in large…
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Why Your Cold Calling Scripts Don’t Work
Hello, is this Mr. (NAME)? This is Bob and we have a very special offer for – *click (call disconnected). Does that sound about right? That’s because cold calling scripts don’t work – and that didn’t work because Bob was really set up for failure in the first place. Anecdotal, this has been quite obvious…
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3 Reasons You Need Sales Call Intelligence Software
A standard salesperson is going to change what they say a little bit on every call. But if you’re anything like me you probably say something pretty close on most standard calls. Your top performers are likely more consistent than your low performers. Sometimes top performers change things up a little bit and their performance…
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How to Run a Sales Call Utilizing Sales Call Intelligence
Some of the top sales call intelligence software companies today are adding components of AI and advanced analytics to speed the process of learning. But, some of the most advanced companies are actually prompting reps with structure in real-time. Spoil alert, one of those companies is Abstrakt. Here are three best practices when it comes…
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Why your reps do not apply their sales training
The number one problem with any sales training is that we spend a great deal of time practicing, training, and honing our skills… but managers don’t always follow through on making sure the training is being applied. One reason is that there is not an unlimited amount of time in the day, but the other…
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Why your reps don’t need cold calling scripts
Your reps don’t need cold calling scripts, your reps need call frameworks. Have you ever heard someone jump for joy when you say “here is a script” or worse, have you ever heard someone scripted and said, “Wow, now I really feel a connection to this rep”? Odds are you have not. So I would…
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5 Signs to Help You Hire The Right SDR
You probably already know that the SDR position is one of the highest churn positions in the sales industry… not that any position in sales is super great for retention. And that is understandable. It’s a tough position that requires a lot of sacrifices and hard work. But that said, when hiring the right SDR…
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Why You Should Design a Calling Structure Using Call Frameworks
Incrementally, in B2B and sometimes even B2C sales, there is a need to have multiple calls, get multiple people on the call at once, ext. Closing out the call starts at the beginning of the call – you need to know what the end of the call looks like. If it’s a technical call to…
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Cold Calling Strategies for Sales Teams
Instead of convincing the prospect to buy, the goal is to determine which of your solutions are a good fit, at the perfect time. Clearly demonstrate your organization’s ability to be a superior fit over the incumbent and the competition. Top-performing SDRs learn more about their prospects when they receive objections. They are able to…
