{"id":680,"date":"2017-03-30T10:59:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/?p=680"},"modified":"2017-03-31T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T13:44:15","slug":"10-proven-keys-for-keeping-sales-consistent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/30\/10-proven-keys-for-keeping-sales-consistent\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Proven Keys for Keeping Sales Consistent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Increase-Sales-440x300.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Think about the months where your sales are really high.\u00a0 What can follow those months?\u00a0 Have you experienced the nervous stress of high peaks and low valleys in sales?\u00a0 Do you find yourself scrambling to find new opportunities to close since you just closed everything HOT in your pipeline?\u00a0 You are not alone.\u00a0 However, there is a way to have more consistent sales at high levels.\u00a0 <strong>Check out the top 10 proven keys for keeping your sales consistent:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#1<\/strong>\u00a0 Have a Strategy For Each Day \u2013 Don\u2019t Wing It<strong>!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#2\u00a0<\/strong> Always Be Improving \u2013 try new techniques<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#3<\/strong>\u00a0 Don\u2019t Allow Clients To Fall Through The Cracks <\/span>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Be Going Deeper, Wider, Broader<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Set Reminders For Consistent Follow Up in Specific Intervals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#4<\/strong>\u00a0 Block Time For Prospecting \u2013 Emails, Phone Calls, In-Person, Social Media<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#5<\/strong>\u00a0 Plan Your Next Day At The End of the Day<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#6<\/strong>\u00a0 Always Overfill Your Pipeline \u2013 Remember the 30\/30\/30 Rule<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#7<\/strong>\u00a0 Know Which Months Are Hardest To Meet Quotas &amp; Which Months Clients Like To Buy \u2013 Plan A Strategy For Each <\/span>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Months Clients Like To Buy: Prime the pump by filling the pipeline to overflowing in previous month so that when they push you are ready to close during these months<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Hardest To Meet: <\/span>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Conduct Customer Survey: Go Deeper Wider Broader with Existing Clients<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#8<\/strong>\u00a0 Prepare For Fires <\/span>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">There is always going to be something that comes up that needs to be handled.\u00a0 Allow time in your schedule for these situations so you are not caught off guard and end up not connecting with people as you should<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#9\u00a0<\/strong> Do What You Say You Are Going To Do <\/span>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Be Consistent.\u00a0 If you say you will call back in two days \u2013 call back then!\u00a0 Be consistent &#8211; It builds trust.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Under promise and over deliver<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\"><strong>#10\u00a0<\/strong> Maintain a Great Mindset<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a GREAT day!\u00a0 Make it Happen!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: #0000ff; line-height: 107%; font-family: 'Freestyle Script'; font-size: 26pt;\">Melissa D. 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