Sales

Vendor Profile: Sandler Training

Company:  Sandler Training Address: 629 Market Street, Suite 120, Chattanooga, TN. 37402 Email: lisa.nausley@sandler.com Phone: 423-702-5579 Sandler Training provides professional development and sales training to out of home advertising companies.  Lisa Nausley is CEO.  Dan Nausley is President.  Insider talked with Dan Nausley. How did you get involved in assisting […]

The Top OOH Sales Objection and How to Handle It

By Kevin Gephart If you’re batting 1,000 you’re playing in the little leagues. Objections are minimized with thorough data gathering and an effective proposal, but there will always be some unforeseen hurdles. Effective objection handling increases your closing ratio and lays the groundwork for future business. It’s never no…it’s only […]

Pete Hautem on Selling Digital Billboard Ads

Pete Hautem has 44 years experience in selling out of home.  Here are a couple of his keys to effectively selling out of home.  Billboard Insider asked Pete to talk about selling digital billboard ads. How is selling digital different from selling static.? Overall, selling Outdoor ads is basically the […]

Killer Sales Proposals (Part 2)

Last week I reviewed the first 4 parts of a killer OOH sales proposal: Needs and Objectives Rationale. Why Out of Home Why Your Company Today I’ll cover the last four parts of a killer sales proposal. 5.  Creative Clients spend 80% of their efforts on “where” to advertise and […]

AND instead of OR

  By Douglas Cordova, VP, Business Development at Wrapify This is going to be a biased article. I love the Out of Home industry and have since the day I started in it almost 12 years ago. I truly believe it is undervalued, underestimated and not given nearly the amount […]

Taking Advantage of A Current Trend

By Neil Bell, Founder and Owner, New South Outdoor At New South Outdoor, we have had a number of new advertisers come on board in the last couple of months that have exclusively run “Now Hiring” ads. I am very happy to have this new business but it got me […]

Killer OOH Sales Proposals (Part 1)

Selling is the changing of minds; a sales proposal is the playbook for that change. After the data gathering meeting return with a proposal for the client within 2 to 4 business days. Get the client’s agreement about timing. The impact of your proposal declines every day you delay. If […]

Two Thoughts on Design and Out of Home Sales

Pete Hautem has 44 years experience selling out of home.  We asked him for his thoughts on how design and sales are connected and said said this. Design the out of home first, when you’ve got a multi-media campaign Many years ago we always told creative directors I’ve you’re going […]

Kevin Gephart’s 35 High Gain Sales Questions

Last week I discussed the importance of sales call preparation.  Today I identify 35 high gain sales questions you can use in your first meeting with a prospect. As you prepare questions for your initial call organize your note pad into three sections (use Post-it notes as tabs) General questions/notes […]