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Get More New Prospect Meetings This Fall
Blog / For Sales Pros / Nov 4, 2018 / Posted by Caryn Kopp / 3349

Get More New Prospect Meetings This Fall

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If I had a dime for every business leader who says, “When we are in front of the right prospects we close sales most the time, we just need to get in front of more prospects!” I would be a VERY wealthy woman. Why hold off making changes or trying something new that will set you up for success this year and lay the foundation for next year?

The longer you wait instead of taking action, the longer it will take to close more sales. And, while you wait and hope things will be different, your competitors will eat your lunch.

Remember, your prospects are NOT holding off finding ways to improve and solve problems. Like you, they need to achieve goals and identify new ones in time for year-end. If you are not in front of them starting relationships, someone else will.

How to make the final decision that something must change? Use the TTD Method™ to assess whether the resources you have will deliver the meetings you need to succeed. TTD stands for Time, Talent and Desire.

TIME

Do your sellers truly have time to devote to effective, successful prospecting? Not the kind of prospecting where you find 2 available hours on a Friday, call some people and never call them again. Also, not the kind of prospecting where you send 200 of the same emails hoping that will suffice in starting meaningful relationships. And, definitely not the kind of prospecting where you answer inbound inquiries from hand raisers who are not right for you.

I mean the kind of prospecting where you strategically select a group of prospects who are exactly right, start meaningful conversations with them and stick with them until they agree that meeting you is the best decision they will ever make! If no one or not enough people in your company have the time, it’s time to do something differently.

TALENT

Not everyone tasked with the job of getting the right prospect meetings has the talent to do so. While I absolutely agree people can improve by learning and consistently implementing the right process for effective prospecting, it is not the same as having people with door opening DNA to get you the right meetings for you.

Blind spot. What most don’t know and is a blind spot, is that within the world of hunters, there are different kinds of hunters. Many are great at going on the meetings and closing the sales. We call them “Closers.” Others are intuitively great and have it in their DNA to open new relationships with people they don’t know. We call them “Openers.” If you need an Opener but have a Closer (or you are the closer), it’s time to do something differently.

DESIRE

The ultra-blind spot. Not every great hunter who is talented in Door Opening and who has demonstrated success in the past has the desire to spend time doing door opening work. If you realize that you don’t have enough people with the desire to do effective door opening, it’s time to make a change.
For maximum success, checkmarks need to be in all three categories of Time, Talent and Desire. If you’re not sure how to assess, or you have assessed and know a change is important yet don’t know which change to make, reach out to us at koppconsultingusa.com and we will give you some answers on what to do next.

About Author

Caryn Kopp is the Chief Door Opener® at Kopp Consulting whose Door Opener® Service has helped thousands secure business meetings with high level decision makers. Caryn is a best-selling author, nationally recognized speaker, and an expert in Business Development.

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