- Short Attention Span Sales Tip
- by Bill Farquharson
This Week's Sales Tip
Sales is NOT a Numbers Game
Good morning!
“Sales is a numbers game.”
The only thing more cringe-worthy to me is when I hear, “The Yankees are leading the American League East.”
But I digress…
Listen, the only time sales is a numbers game is when it’s your goal to sell on price. Otherwise, it’s a process game.
That is, you need a process.
Salespeople of all experience level need to hear this but no one more than the new sales reps out there searching for “How to build a simple prospecting system for beginners in sales.”
Most new salespeople operate randomly:
- Reach out when they feel like it
- Try something once
- Move on if there’s no response
That’s not a system. That’s a game of darts.
A simple prospecting system looks like this:
- A list of people to contact
- A consistent outreach plan
- A follow-up schedule
- A way to track activity
That’s it.
It doesn’t need to be complicated! It just needs to be repeatable!
Because without a system, everything feels uncertain.
With a system, you stop wondering what to do—and start doing it.
And that’s when results begin to show up.
If prospecting feels random or inconsistent, it’s not a lead problem—it’s a system problem.
If you want a simple prospecting system you can actually follow as a beginner, I’m happy to walk you through it.
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