Open negotiations with a disarming statement. This way you diffuse tension from a tense situation. This first step in negotiation could earn you the sale. When dealing with a seller, buyers (and that includes you) by nature are guarded....
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Do your salespeople understand what they are selling? Are they able to articulate it? To articulate the value proposition. Or as business owner or sales manager you assume it’s obvious? Let me illustrate. I recently held a session with...
You will struggle to successfully run a sales team by remote. I’ll explain why shortly. But first, what do I mean by managing a sales team remotely? Well. Think of how effective, though detached, a remote control is from...
Pushing vs pulling in sales. Should you be pulling instead of pushing? Especially if you are in B2B selling if you are pushing with little success, try pulling. “Push. Just push”, “You’re not pushing hard enough”, and such other...
Focus on the customer’s problem with agility, and not rigidity with what you’re selling, Interact with the buyer around his problem with an open mind, not your product, a closed one. Engage with the prospect on why he is...
When you empower your customer facing staff you invariably increase sales, much as selling is not explicitly their docket. Let me share a story with lessons learnt from it, to illustrate this. With the new KRA TIMS Electronic Tax...