Colleen’s Blog

One of the biggest mistakes you can make is trying to sell to everyone that comes into your pipeline. I know, it’s intuitive as a salesperson to sell as much as possible, but effective salespeople know how to pick and choose which prospects to sell to. They know the good from the bad. The reality is, not every prospect is an ideal candidate for your product or service. The sooner you learn this important lesson, the sooner you can focus on the prospects that are ideal candidates for you to work with. By selling to anyone and everyone, you are setting yourself up for huge customer service problems in the future. ← Click To Tweet

You’ve observed others making mistakes and you’ve probably made a few yourself. Often, these mistakes are decisions which seem like a good idea in the moment, but cause massive complications in the future. The perfect example of this is salespeople who try selling to everyone. It does seem like a good idea. After all, the more sales the better...right? But, selling to everyone can lead to a massive sales disaster. It's short-term gain for long-term pain. <-- Click To Tweet The truth is, you don’t need to, nor should you sell to everyone in your pipeline. Only sell to the people that are your best prospects. When you attempt to sell to everyone you can, your customer service often falls short. You begin to work with people who are not necessarily the right fit for your business, and as a result, it becomes more difficult for you to meet and exceed your buyer’s expectations.

Bah Humbug. I've officially jumped off the millennial bandwagon. In truth, I’ve jumped off all the generational stereotyping bandwagons and have decided to treat instead, people as individuals. Why this novel approach? This month I've been reading a lot about why people say Millennials are different. Of note they list: They want a culture of purpose They want to be surrounded with high performing people like them They believe they can change the world They want freedom in their work style They want praise, praise, praise Money isn’t their only motivation My reaction was "Hey wait! Doesn't that sound a lot like me?" (And I'm technically a Gen Xer)