The Beginner's Guide to Sales
Learn the foundations of sales in this
comprehensive six-chapter guide.
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Chapitre 1
Generating Leads
You can’t sell anything without generating leads first. Learn how to identify your ideal customer profile and build a list of leads to go after.
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Chapitre 2
Cold Outreach
The first step on the path to becoming great at sales is mastering the first touch. In most cases, it all starts with a cold email. In this guide, we show you how to craft the best cold email campaigns to help you get responses.
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Chapitre 3
Le pitch
Now that you’ve gotten replies, it’s time to make your pitch. To help you craft the right sales pitch, we wrote an amazing guide to help get you started.
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Chapitre 4
Objection Handling
You’ve made your pitch, now it’s time to address your prospect’s objections in a way that continues to move the deal forward. This guide gives you actionable techniques to address concerns successfully, no matter where they come in the sales process.
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Chapitre 5
Following Up
We wrote the book on following up, and it’s really quite simple: follow up until you get a definitive answer. This guide will walk you through our time-tested follow up techniques that’ll get you replies.
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Chapitre 6
Closing the Sale
Approaching the finish line? These highly effective closing techniques will give you a sturdy framework for closing more deals, faster.
La formule de suivi
A strong and effective follow-up strategy is the most underrated secret to sales success. Written by Steli Efti, CEO of Close.
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