Media salespeople that can effectively handle objections close 40% more business By ad sales training expert Ryan Dohrn Handling objections is a skill that every media salesperson must master. Amidst selling during this global pandemic, objection-handling has taken a little bit of a different twist. Having worked with almost 30,000…
Overcoming the 6 Most Common Advertiser Objections: Media salespeople that can effectively handle objections close 40% more business
Handling objections is a skill that every media salesperson must master. Amidst selling during this global pandemic, objection-handling has taken a little bit of a different twist. Having worked with almost 30,000 salespeople around the globe, I’ve found that objection-handling is a skill that most salespeople think they have mastered,…
Asking for the Order: New techniques to close the sale without acting like a salesperson
There are usually two points during every sales call that are mildly awkward. Most salespeople will say that those two are the beginning and the end of every scheduled sales call with a prospective client, since both of these can present a unique set of challenges. At the beginning of…
Think Like A Doctor to Sell More Ads
Every single sales call with an advertiser is valuable. So valuable that you do not want to waste time asking questions that will not help you close the deal. After 30 years of selling and marketing media, I find that you have three to five questions, and that is about…
On Demand Ad Sales Training
Watch & learn 100% online. On-DEMAND video ad sales training. Choose from the 2 media sales training tracks below. "I've spent 50 years in advertising sales... Ryan, your online training is the best I've seen, and I've seen a lot." - Jim Leavell, Hill Country Visitors Guide "Ryan's media sales…
Helping Advertisers Prepare for the Buying Bump , 10 Ideas to Update Your Media Sales Game
All research points to a buying bump that is set to occur. We see citizens getting back to some level of normalcy, signaling that many buying habits will soon come back into play. Yet, our advertisers are still throwing us the same COVID-based objections. Do they not want to get…