Successful salespeople don’t follow the rules. This is what makes them succeed. Paradoxically, following rules is what makes average sales people, well, remain average. Here are three attributes of becoming a successful salesperson, by breaking the rules. Focus on result not process Your sales rule book or standard operating procedure (SOP) likely outlines number of
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How do you market yourself if you are a sales person? Do you even market yourself? Have you even thought that you need to? If your answer is (likely) no, then you are in good company. Most sales people don’t think of that. They assume marketing is for ‘the company’ to do not them. It
What is a Christmas tradition in Kenya? If you are wondering, walk with me as I explain. Is the SGR fully booked? Let’s begin. It’s the time of the year again. That time when Kenyans emerge from their cocoons and stamp their Kenyan ‘bona-fideness’ in your face. For instance, despite it being splashed across all
Sales quantity and quality both matter if you are to have a fair sales contest, and a sustainable business. Sometimes, the two Qs are referred to as the two Vs, volume and value. Whether you use Qs or Vs, ignoring quantity or value, is a recipe for disaster. Is quantity more important than quality? Evaluating
Numbers don’t lie. Sales people do. Numbers don’t lie, trust them. Sales people lie, let them. Numbers don’t lie, trust and manage sales people through them. Sales people lie; let them; they’ll hang themselves when the rope is long enough. Today’s post is for those in sales leadership. Why do sales people lie? First off,
To sell over the telephone calls for a different skill set from selling face to face. What is telephone selling? Telephone sales means just that. Prospecting, interviewing, demonstrating, validating, negotiating and closing all on ‘phone. Here are three things to consider to successfully sell over the telephone. The tone of your voice is 85% of
Here are 3 reasons why it is important to help customers make purchase decisions. The word selling is ‘dirty’ Unfortunately, selling connotes negative, even fearful images in the mind of the prospective buyer (prospect). Actually, even the statement, “We will transfer you to sales” or “We will introduce targets in your job description” fires images
Prospecting is a science, not an art. Prospecting is the never unending quest to seek buyers for your product or service. I’ve said it before, and will keep shouting from the rooftops. If you don’t prospect, you die. If you do not have anyone to buy your product, it’s as good as useless. Quite unfortunately,
Sales contests. The magic ingredient in sales. The importance of sales contests cannot be gainsaid. But what do you mean by sales contests, you ask? Sales contests are, well, contests like any other, in which some win, others lose but overall the team and therefore institution thrives. Or should. The importance of sales contests Why
If you don’t measure it, it won’t happen. If you don’t measure sales performance, it won’t happen. And if you don’t measure process, choosing to measure results instead, good luck! Measuring process is King, measuring results is vanity. Believe it or not there are institutions that don’t measure sales processes. They measure results. Even I