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7 Top Tips to Increase Sales for Your Business in 2007
Increase sales are especially vital for small businesses to large organizations. With the U.S.Read more…Problem Solving Is The Bedrock Of Successful Selling
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds” - Ralph Waldo EmersonFor“foolish consistency” read “dull routine”. Routine – doing things by habit, subconsciously, without thinking – is the enemy of success.The human mind is a computer.Read more…Understanding Buyer Motivation
All meaningful actions are performed for some reason or purpose. This is commonly called “motivation”. Success in selling requires an understanding of these basics of motivation:• Your motivation both as a person and as a salesperson• The other person’s motivation both as a person and as a buyerThe most important fact to remember in influencing the behaviour and decisions of others is that – “People do things for their reasons, not ours.Read more…The Algebra Selling Factor (X+Y)-O=$
Algebra is a subject that many students misunderstand in school. I was one of those students. I didn't favor the X and Y factor and it took me three tries to pass the algebra one course.Read more…Put a System in Place to Win Business
We all know that when you create excitement for the customer, the customer will recommend your product or service to others. As a salesperson, that excitement needs to come from you right from the initial meeting and needs to continue throughout the years. The excitement you create needs to be constantly passed down to the customer (this means keeping in touch on a regular basis and giving updates).Read more…Race To The Bottom
Today is the day your prospect makes the final decision. The research has been done, the bids have been submitted, and the comparisons have been made. This is the moment of truth.Read more…Sales Without Work
Do you often wonder why some companies get business without actually doing sales? This happens quite often when the company name is known. If you are looking to buy a special coffee and you have heard about a company such as "Starbucks", the name is familiar and you may go there instead of Joe's Place.Read more…How To Communicate With And Sell To The Four Personality Types Or Social Styles
Sometimes we get on instantly with other people, occasionally there’s a clash. Changing your behaviour to suit different people is perfectly normal. It doesn’t change you as an individual, nor is it manipulative.Read more…How To Identify The Four Personality Types Resident In Every Boardroom
If you are a regular visitor to my blog you will know that recently, we have been developing a new leadership suite of programmes and this has led me to further investigate what I term “Personality Types” and Merrill & Reid call “Social Styles” in their excellent book “Knowing About Social Styles”.There are four personality types or social styles – Analyticals, Drivers, Expressives and Amiables – and all four have their own unique approach to business, their own language and thought processes etc. As a consequence, the very best sales professionals have become adept at recognising which personality they are dealing with and adapt their approach and communication style accordingly.Read more…Presentations - What Audiences Want And What They Definitely Do Not Want
In today’s business world of ‘quality circles’ and ‘managing for excellence’, the most successful individuals are often accomplished presenters. That’s because a successful presenter is more than just a fact dispenser - he or she really knows how to communicate with their audience, someone to whom people listen. The effective speaker in business, just as in the political arena, is the one who can make people hear the facts and believe the message.Read more…Planning Is Key To The Success Of A Professional Presentation
The ‘book of lists’ published every year in America, has accumulated and ranked a dazzling assortment of fascinating topics. Amongst them is the list of ‘mankind’s worst fears’Do you think that ‘death’ is our greatest fear? - No that’s tied for sixth place with ‘sickness’In fifth place is our fear of ‘deep water’In fourth place comes our fear of ‘financial problems’In third our fear of ‘insects and bugs’In second place is our fear of ‘heights’So what do you think ranks as our worst fear?Read more…How To Prepare A Professional Presentation
As with all things in life, the quality of the preparation affects the final outcome and this is certainly true when it comes to planning and preparing a presentation.I have experimented with a number of methods over the years but I do believe that the simplest are usually the best.The Collection: Over a period of time think all round the subject and note down on a large sheet of paper or indeed several sheets, everything that comes into your head about the subject of your presentation.Read more…Introducing Scotsman - A Simple But Highly Effective Opportunity Analysis System
As I have highlighted in a number of articles dealing with opportunity assessment, having a tilt at every windmill that presents itself, is neither practical nor profitable. Qualification, is a core competency that every professional salesperson should take on board as quickly as possible. Working to the maxim that “All business is good business” is unrealistic and totally erroneous.Read more…What Do You Have To Do To Reach Your Sales Goals?
Every year I set sales goals and every year I either exceed them or fall short of them so I am beginning to wonder why should I bother taking the time to set goals in the first place? And, believe me for a person that teaches goal setting as one of my more popular seminar presentations this can create just a bit of a problem.Let me explain.Read more…Are You Correctly Reading Your Prospect's Signals?
One of the fundamental premises I teach in my two-day sales boot camp is that, “If two people want to do business together, they won’t let the details get in the way. If two people don’t want to do business together they will let any detail get in the way.”Over the years I have observed why certain details can sabotage a sale with one prospect and yet not blow a sale with a different prospect.Read more…What Are The Characteristics Of The Very Best Sales Performers?
As you can imagine, I am often asked by sales leaders, anxious to recruit the best salespeople they can afford, just what is it that makes a consistently top performer, what are their characteristics, where are their strengths and what differentiates them?Over the past twelve years I have trained and developed thousands of sales professionals, from foundation right up to “master craftsman” level and this has given me the opportunity to formulate an accurate profile of a Top 5% Achiever.So What Is It That Top 5% Players Do?Read more…When It Comes To Making Presentations The Very Best Salespeople Are Seekers
All professional salespeople have to be involved in a presentation at some time in their sales career and Top 5 % players present their proposals every time.Presentations allow us to: -• Influence a group of important people.• Gain consensus and commitment.Read more…Increase Sales by Improving Customer Service Communication Skills & Knowing the Purpose of Business
Logic tells us that to increase sales begins by consistently improving customer service communication skills and knowing the purpose of business. However, during the last several weeks, I have noticed some consistent inconsistencies with companies who wish to increase sales.First, communication is truly a problem within most organizations from the single reception desk to the multiple persons call centers.Read more…Sales People are NOT Immune to Bionic Automation
If you look up the definition of the word - bionic, here is what you will find:A machine that is patterned after principles found in humans or nature; for example, robots. It also refers to artificial devices implanted into humans replacing or extending normal human functions.In the printing industry, automation of many processes has dramatically changed the production of printing.Read more…Are You Working Smart Or Are You Working Dangerously Hard?
There has been increasing evidence that sales professionals and sales captains are working longer and longer hours, thereby putting health and family relationships at risk. Pressure to complete and meet the ever-increasing demands of customers (as well as the need to achieve higher sales quotas) is forcing people to spend more of their time working.Whilst stress does have its benefits; too much can cause errors of judgement, mistakes, accidents and damage to health.Read more…
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