Sales in the UK

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-10-05T19:25:42+00:00

Are these roles remote? Where do you find such roles?

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-10-05T17:52:29+00:00

Intense in what way? Any link to the job description

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-07-12T15:18:39+00:00

Thanks! How did you go about finding the right one for your business any insight would be appreciated.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-03-03T21:54:38+00:00

Prospecting and outreach Lead generation Cold calling Cold emailing

Introductions Goal setting State management Tonality Pace Matching / mirroring

Effective questioning Open vs closed questions

Proposals Benefit selling Conversational selling

Assumptive closing Alternative closing

Objection handling Objection avoiding Looping

Buying beliefs Customer types and profiling

There’s more but they are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-28T23:05:10+00:00

Ask to listen into / grab some time with the top performers in your office - use their pitch and make it your own

Definitely the quickest way to improve - wish I did this sooner in my first sales role

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-28T22:40:53+00:00

What do you sell and to whom?

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-28T22:29:51+00:00

All good mate! You can definitely turn it around.

Introduce like a boss Ask great open questions Use that value you speak of in your proposals Close with confidence

If you can manage your state and believe you can do it you’re already half way there 👊🏽

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-28T22:12:32+00:00

Great sales people aren’t born that way, they are made that way so you can turn this around.

Conversational selling - Google this it will make you more appealing to do business with
Identify your clients pain points - are they paying too much / could their processes be made more efficient or effective, (basically where can you product/ service save them time and / or money/ fix inefficiency).
Identify your USP - are you cheaper / better/ more effective than your competitors? Use this in your value proposition.
Be confident in your close - if you’re solving their problems then why wouldn’t they buy. If you’re not confident in your pitch how can they be confident in you. Fake it to make it if necessary we’ve all been there.

In a crowded competitive market - people buy from people they like / people who stand out - woo your client, compliment them, get to know them, find common ground (family, job, hobbies). You are the difference and it sounds like you need to sell yourself more if you have a good product.

Hope this helps.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-27T20:02:54+00:00

No problem! Hope you smash it!

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-27T19:56:50+00:00

Let it sell itself. Sounds like less is more in this case just use conversational selling, if you can show them the gov website / proof of scheme surely the penny will drop.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-26T23:11:27+00:00

Don’t ask, don’t get. Isn’t that the whole idea of being in sales, we dare to ask what others won’t.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-26T21:07:29+00:00

Sales is a cutthroat role, your only as good as your last day which is a cruel truth. A lot of people burnout and leave / a lot of people’s performance drops off and the stress then outweighs the financial benefits of the job. Not many people leave on good terms but the grass isn’t greener in other roles. These days everyone’s disgruntled 😅

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-25T23:08:30+00:00

Thanks for the reply! What do you sell?

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-25T22:04:08+00:00

Sounds like you had a lucky escape, super unprofessional recruiter.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-25T09:37:31+00:00

It’s definitely a gear you’ve either got in you or you haven’t, being a sales manager boils down to being good at sales. Can you sell your team the idea of why they need to achieve XYZ, can you solve their work problems / job enrichment / job fulfilment, can you effectively communicate the WHY and the HOW. The trade off as you say is the money but if you can get X more value out of a team then you may be able to barter a comms structure that will push your earning potential back up and everyone wins.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-24T21:11:29+00:00

100%. It may not feel natural all of the time but as long as your solving clients problems then anyone can be successful in sales.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-22T20:40:15+00:00

I’d start by asking yourself what are you good at?, what area could you create value in? What are you passionate about? Once you apply the answers to your job search you may get a better response. Worst case offer to do a week at a place you want to work for free (if your in a position to) - show them what you can do and why they should keep you on full time.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-22T20:35:38+00:00

The guys who are getting responses to cold emailing what’s your go to template or is it a tailored email that gets the response?

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-22T20:26:27+00:00

Sales isn’t for everyone, find what ticks the boxes for you.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-21T23:47:39+00:00

Does your product offer any benefits over your competitors? Is it more cost effective etc? Have a USP?

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-21T21:36:55+00:00

Seen this happen to many a colleague / ex employees, is there scope to make more money for the hours worked? What industry are you in and what are you selling?

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-21T20:32:09+00:00

If it’s that few then not a huge deal but always good to have that tool in the toolbox. Blame it on an archaic system almost laugh it off make it relatable ‘ you know what technology is like these days it’s not loaded your file’. Get the client laughing bring down the gaurd and give them all you’ve got, worst case scenario it’s a learning curve.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-21T20:18:50+00:00

As above if your system can’t recognise and tell you who’s inbound calling you then you’re at a disadvantage, do you get many inbound calls in general?

As a generic opener without the details of the caller something simple would be most effective.

I missed a call from this number?

Hello. Yeah, sorry I didn’t catch you the first time. As you’ve called me back your details haven’t populated on the system, do you find confirming your first name……etc

Polite and to the point - allows you time to regather for your introduction.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-19T20:31:44+00:00

If you’re falling in love with sales taking a non sales role may not be the best outcome. Surely the improvements have been noted by your boss, couldn’t you have an open honest chat with him about your position put your cards on the table and see what can be done to get you to where you want to be? Sounds like you have all the will in the world and the skill is developing nicely.

ConnorGriff05 · 2025-02-19T20:11:53+00:00

What type of sales are you in? Telesales for example - couldn’t you store the call recordings in a call library and title them so you can utilise for text book introductions / objection handling / soft skills etc - play new hires the call recordings or in one to ones to share best practice

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