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  • AFUE Efficiency % Increase Over Old Unit Table »
    •  This MS Excel worksheet illustrates the percentage increase in efficiency realized from upgrading from older equipment with a low efficiency AFUE rating to new equipment with a higher efficiency AFUE rating.The AFUE rating for the old equipment is on the left side of the...Read More »
  • Savings % Realized by AFUE Level »
    •  This MS Excel worksheet illustrates the percentage energy savings realized from upgrading from older equipment with a low efficiency AFUE rating to new equipment with a higher efficiency AFUE rating.The AFUE rating for the old equipment is on the left side of the...Read More »
  • SEER Efficiency % Increase Over Old Unit worksheet »
    • This MS Excel worksheet illustrates the percentage increase in efficiency realized from upgrading from older equipment with a low efficiency SEER rating to new equipment with a higher efficiency SEER rating.The SEER rating for the old equipment is on the left side of the...Read More »
  • Savings % Realized By SEER Level Worksheet »
    •   This MS Excel worksheet illustrates the percentage energy savings realized from upgrading from older equipment with a low efficiency SEER rating to new equipment with a higher efficiency SEER rating.The SEER rating for the old equipment is on the left side of the...Read More »
  • CASE STUDY: Tech Loses Sale and Customer »
    • A technician visits a home with no heating on a 18 year-old heat pump where the diagnosis is a dead compressor. The tech gathered all the necessary information to prepare a quote. When the office called the customer to schedule a follow-up visit to present the tech’s findings and recommendations, the customer did not want to set an appointment and wanted the quote faxed or emailed. As it turns out the customer already received a quote from a competitor, and wanted to comparison shop. How do you stop this from happening?Read More »
  • Getting An Upfront Commitment to Mutual Expectations »
    • Most salespeople make unqualified presentations to prospects and then have all their knowledge and expertise used against them and shopped with the prospect ultimately buying from the competition for less, and perceivably for in their mind the same thing, when...Read More »
  • Tough Times Call For Tough Salespeople, Not Consultants »
    • As a traveling sales trainer, coach and business development consultant, I work with salespeople across the United States and am in homes with these salespeople every week. The most important lesson I teach, and the one salespeople I ride along with tell me makes the biggest difference in how they approach every sales opportunity, their performance, and personal income, is the positioning, timing, control and flow of information shared with potential customers.Read More »
  • How Installation Affects Efficiency »
    • The How Installation Affects Efficiency document is a sales resource for salespeople and service technicians to illustrate to a homeowner that the equipment efficiency alone does determine the ultimate overall delivered efficiency of the system once it is installed in a house.Read More »
  • The Six Most Common Sales Objections »
    • The first thing you must understand is that almost all prospects’ objections during the course of a sale begin because of a failure to identify objections up-front during the qualifying stages of the sales call. Tune in to learn how to deal with them...Read More »
  • Are Objections All That Bad? »
    • Many salespeople tend to see prospects’ objections in a purely negative light. When these salespeople hear objections, they simply see them as obstacles in the way of their finalizing a sale. However, you can view objections in several ways that are more positive...Read More »
  • Objections: A Natural Part of the Selling Process »
    • Objections are a natural part of the selling process. They are simply the manner in which prospect’s communicate their status in the buying process. They come in forms of challenges, opportunities, problems, requests for more information, cries for help to better understand, stalls, value shortcomings, etc. Read More »
  • How To Determine Your "Right" Price »
    • How do you determine the “right” price for which to sell your products and services? Beyond all the theory and fancy formulas and methodologies for arriving at the correct selling price, the right price is actually the price you are content to sell your wares for and the price which customers are willing to pay.Read More »
  • Selling In Challenging Times »
    • When times are challenging, half the battle is in dealing with your own personal head trash and negative self-talk as well as listening to the gripes, complaints, tales of woe and negativity of your co-workers, competitors, the media and anybody else worse off or more mess up than you. The other half is...Read More »
  • “It’s No Wonder Sales Are Down.” »
    • In an effort to provide weak and mediocre salespeople with an adequate supply of poor performance excuses for each month, I submit the following “Reasons I Can’t Sell This Month”. If you find it difficult to lay all the blame on the weather, the economy, the Republicans, the Democrats, the President, and September 11th being too far removed, try these…Read More »
  • Using "Proposals" to Close Sales... »
    • First things first: There are NO proposals in professional sales. “Proposals” are sales tools used after you close the sale, not to close the sale. The document to which you refer is a sales agreement. I call it a Home Environmental Solution Agreement and the salespeople I work with use a check off the box fill-in-the-blank form that is ONLY written up when...Read More »
  • Qualify or Die... »
    • Okay, maybe the title is a little dramatic. However, I stand by my firm conviction that failure to properly and adequately qualify a prospect and the opportunity during the sales process will more often than not kill your chances for making a sale prematurely or lead to the eventual and untimely death of the opportunity in the end, or even worse... not knowing what happened and why.Read More »
  • Quit Trying To Get Your Customers To Upgrade Their Equipment »
    • That’s right, you read that correctly. It’s not a typo, but rather a mandate. Since late last year and overwhelmingly more so this year, I have been hearing many tales of woe when it comes to sales and profits companies have been generating, or more realistically – have not been generating. The people I talk to are quick to blame the weather, the economy (they use the dreaded 'R' word), the President, the Republicans, the Democrats, immigration, the presidential election quandary, or any other convenient scapegoat that shirks them from taking ultimate and complete responsibility for their mess or success. If you are looking outside yourself and your company for reasons and answers, that thought is the problem. You are focusing on the wrong end of the problem.Read More »
  • Presenting The Hybrid Comfort System Option »
    • Recommending a Hybrid Comfort System as a viable option for a customer to consider when replacing their old inefficient comfort system should come across as though you are selling the greatest thing since the invention of Cotton Gin by Eli Whitney. This will only result in skepticism on the part of your customer. Instead, approach sharing the information from an “it’s not for everybody” perspective by saying something like the following:Read More »
  • Installation Design Parameters »
    • This Installation Design Parameters certificate is a zipped/compressed Microsoft Word document that is a sales tool which should be presented to customer as part of your sales presentation to illustrate the company's methodology in designing and installing a system in accordance with industry guidelines that will meet or exceed industry standards, code compliance as well as your company's high level of quality, excellence, customer care while striving to achieve their ultimate happiness with their overall experience while interacting with your company.Read More »
  • HEATING & COOLING UTILITY OVERPAYMENT ALERT!!! »
    • This Heating & Colling Utility Overpayment Alert certificate is a zipped/compressed MS Word document that is a sales tool which should be presented to customer as part of your sales presentation to illustrate the company's position on designing a system properly to achieve ARI and GAMA certified performance ratings and thus the resulting energy savings that should be realized by replacing old inefficient equipment.Read More »
  • The Most Crucial Elements in the Planned Sales Process »
    • Beginning our exciting, and hopefully rewarding, journey through the sales process, we will commence our interaction with the prospect seeking the truth rather than a sale. With this in mind, our focus will be on the most crucial elements first: Pre-Qualifying and Qualifying. Most salesperson mistakenly think their product knowledge, presentation, or their closing and handling objections skills are the most critical elements of success. It's no wonder, the majority of salespeople struggle and only deliver mediocre results.Read More »
  • Impending Events to Help You Close More Sales (Pt. 2) »
    • The following is part two of a two-part series of articles on creating urgency in a selling situation using current events as a means to communicate a need to act quickly. Last week day we shared some media stories as a means by which to create urgency. Today we will discuss some other current events you can use in your marketing, advertising and customer interactions to further create urgency and a need to act quickly in a selling situation. Read More »
  • Impending Events to Help You Close More Sales (Pt. 1) »
    • The following is part one of a two-part series of articles on creating urgency in a selling situation using current events as a means to communicate a need to act quickly. Today we will discuss issues in the media that you can and should be communicating to your prospects and customers in your marketing and advertising as well during customer interactions to create urgency.Read More »
  • How To Differentiate Your Solutions »
    • I am often asked if there is a single best way to differentiate one's company and products and/or services when making a sales presentation. Let me start by stating that there is no single best way to do most things in life. However, let me provide my perspective as to how to best offer a differentiate solution when making a sales presentation. Read More »
  • Resources for Improving Your Closing Skills »
    • How can you hone your closing skills for selling HVAC change outs or new installations to homeowners? Techs are continually being offered training, but seminars on closing skills are not a routine topic. I am often asked: "Are there any books or tapes (audio or video), or any seminar offerings that you might recommend?"Read More »
  • Confronted With Online HVAC Retailers? »
    • The evolution of the internet and web-based HVAC retailers has recently raised the following question in my travels: “Have you ever encountered a retail customer talking about buying a piece of equipment via an on-line company (as opposed to purchasing the product that you & your company are selling); and if so, how do recommend handling the situation?”Read More »
  • "How much of my time should I devote to cold calling?" »
    • As a Territory Manager for a wholesale distributor or manufacturer I am sure you sometimes feel like your hands are full with servicing your existing dealer accounts. However, sales managers, sales quotas, new business incentives, and corporate goals keep you concerned about developing new customers. How much time should you devote to cold calling and new account development?Read More »
  • Super Colossal Sales Performance Enhancement seminar handout »
    • Drew Cameron, President of HVAC Sellutions, spoke at HVAC Comfortech2006 in Baltimore, MD on improving sales performance with his seminar entitled "Super Colossal Sales Performance Enhancement" and has presented the same session by popular demand for several other contractors, distributors and manufacturers over the last few years.Read More »
  • Sales Agreement Terms & Conditions »
    • It's great to make a sale. It's horrible when you have a customer that feels they can take advantage of your company. Limit your liability with our proprietary Sales Agreement Terms & Conditions. Read More »
  • Creating Sales Opportunities In Slow Times »
    • If Your Phone Isn’t Ringing With Customers, Ring Your Customer's Phone.The quickest and most effective method of generating work is to start calling your existing customers. If you start calling today, you’ll generate work for tomorrow! Here’s what I suggest: Go...Read More »
  • More Cool Summer Strategies »
    • As discussed in the previous article "Bringing a Cool Summer to a Close" we discussed some ideas for capitalizing on the mild weather that much of the country experienced this summer. Here are several more ideas: Read More »
  • Bringing a Cool Summer to a Close »
    • Many areas of the country are seeing record temperatures this summer. Unfortunately, they're record lows. This is a phenomenon I call “Eskimo Summer”, which should not be confused with “Indian Summer”: guaranteed to kill any plans you have for capitalizing on an early heating season. And mild summer temperatures can dramatically affect air conditioning service, maintenance and replacement workloads. In fact, erratic weather patterns have been the norm rather than the exception the last several years, and especially since Hurricane Katrina hit. So what should a contractor do to pump up revenues when the weather does not cooperate to drive business as summer comes to a close? Read More »
  • How To Measure Customer Lifetime Value »
    • In my travels I often get asked if there is any specific criteria or formula assessed or utilized when trying to measure sales potential of a target customer? It is good to see contractors looking to understand the marketing and sales side of the business versus just the technical aspects. This is more important than turning wrenches. Now matter how good you are at what you do, at the end of the day if you do not learn to market and sell effectively you will go out of business.Read More »
  • “We Can Get The Same Thing For Less.” »
    • When a prospect tells you as a salesperson that they saw something similar for a lot less money, how do you handle it? Most salespeople approach it from a traditional perspective and try to justify or defend their price or randomly take shots at trying to, what they believe in their mind, build value by rattling off a laundry list of features and/or benefits. This is completely WRONG! Read More »
  • High-Powered Salesperson Recruiting Ad »
    • Create a huge pool of qualified salespeople for recruitment with our proven and proprietary High-Powered Salesperson Recruiting Ad. You will draw quite a few qualified top-performers from which to pick a winner.Read More »
  • How To Perform a Home Survey »
    • The Home Survey Process is a detailed training document to teach both rookie and veteran salespeople how to perform a detailed analysis of the 3 things that make up the sales call: The customer, the home and the system. This is the most important step in the sales call, since qualification of the opportunity drives ultimate success or failure.Read More »
  • Elite Software Order Form »
    • The Elite Software Order Form is a Microsoft Word document that you can print to order some of the best software-based sales process enhancement tools to help streamline and speed up the sales process while increasing sales professionalism and closing ratios and your average sale.Read More »
  • Forced Air System & Home Survey Form »
    • The Forced Air Home Comfort System Survey form is a fantastic sales tool to help keep a salesperson on task during a sales call and ensure that all necessary information is captured during the qualification stage of the sales process.Read More »
  • 8 Parts of Total Comfort »
    • The 8 Parts of Total Comfort concept is a critical element that must be explained properly and at the right time in a differentiated sales process to yield a higher closing ratio and higher average ticket.Read More »
  • Never Ask For The Order!!! »
    • Success in sales is not about pressure, it’s about performance and top performance comes from executing a structured, effective, efficient, engaging and endearing sales process. If you are feeling pressure on a sales call, you are working too hard and working on the wrong end of the problem.Read More »
  • Sales Performance Tracker »
    • Our proprietary Sales Performance Tracker is the same report we use with our clients to track the daily, monthly, and annual progression towards achieving goals and pre-determined metrics that we use to measure effectiveness and efficiency. Use it to drive individual and company success.Read More »
  • Are Salespeople Responsible Delinquent Customers? »
    • You run the lead, perform the load calculation, sell the job, procure the financing approval, complete the job file paperwork, and figure your job is done and that administration and operations will take care of everything from this point forward. The only left is for you to get paid, right?Read More »
  • The Most Important Sales Objection »
    • The single most important objection is when a customer says that we, our products and services, and our company stink and are not worth a dime and that companies like ours should be out of business or exposed in a televised sting operation on 60 minutes. At that point, I’d say we’ve got some serious issues that need to be addressed.Read More »
  • Residential Replacement Pricing Spreadsheet »
    • Our Microsoft Excel Residential Replacement Pricing Spreadsheet is a fantastic, easy to use tool for calculating or estimating a sales price and for creating a flat rate installation investment guide or what many call cookbook pricing, a flat rate price book, or retail price book for salespeople.Read More »
  • Should A Salesperson's Earnings Be Limited? »
    • You are a salesperson on straight commission working your little heart out. You miss lunch, miss dinner, get home late and miss the kids before they go to bed. However, the sacrifices you are making are paying off since you are in the midst of achieving a new personal and company sales record for the month. You and your spouse take solace in the fact that your paycheck and bonus should be worth it. Your paycheck arrives, and you realize that the company pay structure actually penalized your for your high performance. Just before you go postal, you figure you’ll consultant The Master Sellutionist’s blog for advice.Read More »
  • Time Is On Your Side »
    • While the title of this article may be the same title for a great Rolling Stones tune, it also is an interesting topic of sales discussion. As an outside salesperson (on straight commission) for a residential contracting company, I know you feel like your work hours should be flexible to accommodate in-home sales presentations and your erratic and sometimes hectic schedule. So, is it reasonable to have specific working hours actually imposed by your boss?Read More »
  • How To Avoid Stalls and Put-offs - Close The Sale »
    • It is closing time in the sales process and you are at what seems to be an impasse with your prospect. Not with the prospects that will make a buying decision one way or another (i.e. those prospects that say yes or no), but rather the prospects that arrive at a non-buying decision and do nothing (i.e. those who can't or won’t give you a firm buying decision one way or the other – positively or negatively). What can you do?Read More »
  • Should You Hire A Female Salesperson? »
    • I often get asked my opinion or recommendation on a female being an in-home sales consultant, with regard to evening sales calls, customer comfort, receptiveness, etc. This most definitely is a compelling question and one that can provide many solutions to some challenging sales issues...Read More »
  • Salespeople vs. Selling Techs – What Makes Sense? »
    • It seems that many contractors have differing opinions on the issue of promoting an in-house service tech to a sales position, versus hiring a professional salesperson from outside the company? This debate is one that has raged on in the HVAC industry for years, and you can rest assured that this article will only serve to add fuel to someone’s fire, but let’s just consider some of the following:Read More »
  • Selling With The New Efficiency Standard - Part 2 »
    • When the new minimum efficiency mandate takes effect on top-performing contractors will need to enter an entire new realm of professional selling if they want to differentiate themselves and win more sales. Learn new market positioning and sales strategies here...Read More »
  • Selling With The New Efficiency Standard - Part 1 »
    • It seems the looming government enacted energy efficiency mandate has contractors and their salespeople concerned. Many salespeople that have always been able to sell systems and make a decent profit without much training or being concerned with technological advances are beginning to wonder if the can be as successful in the future.Read More »

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