Access™
Making it easier to get more meetings
What is Access?
Access is a one-day workshop that reframes how sales professionals prospect, making it easier to connect and build relationships.
Reps are Stuck
Because of the seemingly impossible task of breaking through the barriers, reps believe their only choice is to work with the people they know.
Here’s a little secret – prospecting isn’t dead.
There’s No Magic Bullet
Sellers are right. The old ways of prospecting don’t work. Buyer behavior has changed.
The solution: shift from selling to learning how to eliminate customer resistance and develop a new skill set. If they do:
- Prospecting gets easy
- Connect rates skyrocket
- Reps gain momentum
Sales Training That Streamlines Prospecting
For B2B sellers who need to:
Move deeper and wider into accounts
Shift from reacting to leads to generating demand and filling the pipeline
Move upstream from the evaluator to the decision-maker
Access – Program Elements
Prospecting is still alive and well, you just need a radically different approach to succeed.
The Neuroscience
The brain processes 5,000+ messages a day and understanding what’s driving buyer resistance is critical to moving past the “friend zone.”
Reframing The Approach
Most sellers lead with the solution, without ever acknowledging the customer’s needs or challenges. We help reps flip the script and learn a framework that will increase engagement rates by 366%.
Access Strategies
Learn the rhythm and the four access strategies to get more meetings.
What Makes Access Different?
Change is hard – we make it easier by taking a radically different approach.
Reduce Resistance
Prospecting isn’t dead but it has changed and reps have failed to evolve with it. With a rejection rate of 98%, they are frustrated and must be shown that effective prospecting starts with their approach.
Shift Mindset
We help sellers see the value of an Other-Centered® mindset, where they gain access by understanding the customer’s needs, instead of leading with the solution.
Learn To Navigate
Rather than pursuing any buyer with a pulse, they learn to navigate the map to the decision-maker, making it easier to move past the gatekeeper, access decision-makers, and become a trusted advisor.
Improve Engagement
Conversations with prospects aren’t just happening over the phone, reps need to learn how to craft compelling messaging for email and social media communications.
Tactical Tools
During the workshop, we take a hands-on approach, providing extensive feedback. Afterward, we equip your reps with playbooks, email templates, and more to help drive consistent growth.
Reduce Resistance
Prospecting isn’t dead, it has just changed, and reps have failed to evolve with it. With a rejection rate of 98%, they are frustrated and must be shown that effective prospecting starts with their approach.
Shift Mindset
We help sellers see the value of an Other-Centered® mindset, where they gain access by understanding the customer’s needs, instead of leading with the solution.
Learn To Navigate
Rather than pursuing any buyer with a pulse, they learn to navigate the map to the decision-maker, making it easier to move past the gatekeeper, access decision-makers, and become a trusted advisor.
Improve Engagement
Conversations with prospects aren’t just happening over the phone, reps need to learn how to craft compelling messaging for email and social media communications.
Tactical Tools
During the workshop, we take a hands-on approach, providing extensive feedback. Afterward, we equip your reps with playbooks, email templates, and more to help drive consistent growth.
Which roles do we serve?
ASLAN provides leadership sales training for:
Business Development Reps
Account Managers
Sales Executives
Sales Development Reps
Inside Sales Reps
"Reps have less than 2% success rate because they don’t know how to position a meeting."
What Workshop Formats Are Available?
Onsite
With our classroom option, we get in the trenches with your reps, show them the ropes, then provide constructive feedback.
Virtual
Working with a remote sales team? Our virtual training combines all of the benefits of the classroom setting, with the ability to span the globe.
Train the Trainer
Turn your managers into coaches equipped to drive change with our leadership workshop designed for learning development teams, and front-line leaders.
What are the Benefits of our Prospecting Training?
Secure more meetings - increase by 22X
Generate higher response and click-through rates - 365% increase
Eliminate seller's fears
Land more appointments with decision-makers
The results of the training with ASLAN far exceeded our expectations. The Direct Banking Center increased its deposits by 270% and increased loans by 200%.
The Retail Banking division saw deposits increase by 168%, service per household increase by 20% and the success rate of customer calling campaigns went from .5% to 9%.
S&T Bank
Senior Vice President
Within a year of implementing ASLAN’s complete account development process, we grew revenue 5% while customer demand was declining. And we saw incremental revenue growth of 46% within existing accounts.
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Director of Learning
When ASLAN was hired, our goal was to grow from just under $700 million to $2 Billion. We achieved the goal in just 3 years and ASLAN played a key role. Not only do they have the best sales development programs but their ability to learn our business and customize the program was exactly what we needed to transition our sales force.
Fortune 500 Telecommunications Company
Director of Learning
We realized a 30% increase in incremental revenue within six months of hiring ASLAN for one reason – we embraced their process to turn our managers into coaches.
Schneider Electric
Director
Within the first four months of implementing ASLAN’s program, appointments set with cold prospects jumped by 300% and engagement rates increased by 808%.
Fortune 1000 Life Insurance Company
Director
We at InsurMark just completed what I believe to be one of many training programs with your company….I congratulate you on your success and want to comment on how impressed we are for who you are and what you stand for…The values that your company demonstrates are admired! To all of you, you have a home run in regards to your curriculum, your staff, and your philosophical standing in the business world! Thank you for ‘walking the walk’!
InsurMark
President
To determine the impact training would have on our business, we hired ASLAN to train our inbound reps in two of our four call centers. Bottom line, we recouped our six-figure investment in 30 days. Reps that were trained outperformed untrained reps by almost 8X.
Fortune 1000 Industrial Distributor
Director
We wanted to test the impact of ASLAN’s approach, so we trained a select group of veteran reps and managers and compared the results. The reps that were trained and coached outperformed their peers by 56%.
Fortune 100 Insurance Company
Director
After hiring ASLAN, we reduced customer attrition by 50% in the first two years — 5 times our goal. In the third year, we ended the year up 7,600 customers.
Fortune 1000 Energy Company
Vice President of Operations
Within the first four months of implementing ASLAN’s program, appointments set with cold prospects jumped by 300% and engagement rates increased by 808%.
Fortune 1000 Life Insurance Company
Director
Our field guys gave this program the highest rating because it took the mystery out of prospecting. They learned where to focus, how to get there, and it wasn’t based on cheesy manipulation tactics. It’s the best program I’ve seen.
Fortune 100 Medical Manufacturer
Vice President
Of all the initiatives we’ve rolled out this year, ASLAN’s Catalyst program has been the star of the show. Your process, your ability to understand our DNA was truly amazing. You guys are freak’n awesome to work with! Every time I talked to one of our leaders they rave about the program. Not only was the program extremely successful but your people blew us away. Everyone we met with from ASLAN, were truly exceptional. We love our partnership with ASLAN.
Fortune 500 Insurance Company
Vice President of National Sales Training
Someone asked me recently why I've sold more than 2 times the nearest seller and get 25% more appointments. The simple answer is most reps don't understand how to create receptivity. I've used this other centered approach to selling since 2015. It completely reframes how you think about selling and that's why it works.
Tyler Bergman
Regional Vice President, Financial Services
Selling is dumb. Don’t sell things. Listen, be genuine, be curious. This philosophy and approach helped me find my voice as an account manager. Instead of providing me with antiquated sales scripts, I learned how to navigate the roadblocks that were keeping me from growing my accounts and it’s helped me consistently exceed both my professional and quota goals.
Blake Schlukbier
Global Account Manager, Red Hat
This strategy and methodology moved my team from good to great, outperforming teams four times our size. We are now guides and managers of the sales process rather than pushers and pullers. Employing these techniques opened doors with decision makers who consistently denied access in the past. Bottom line, it worked in the toughest market we’ve ever faced.
Robert Zeman
District Sales Manager, Aflac
ASLAN Resources
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