Archive for Category: Sales Funnel

Jimi Wanjigi, odious debt and 3 ways how to sell slow moving products

Some products take longer to sell than others. They have a long sales cycle. Understand yours and work on mitigating this inevitability. Today, we look at some of the ways how to sell slow movingproducts. But first, why the discrepancy in the length of sales cycle? Typically, it’s because of the emotional investment the purchase

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For predictable revenue set clear sales goals and targets

Nothing frustrates sales people, and therefore business performance, like unclear expectations. (That, and insisting that they sell a product no one needs, like the Yellow Pages). But back to expectations. Even with a clear sales strategy, indeed as part of it, business owners and executives should set clear sales goals and targets for their sales

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Why you need and how to create your sales funnel

Contrary to popular belief, what goes into your sales funnel are suspects, not prospects. Whether gotten from your marketing or sales efforts, digital (say website) or ‘analog’ (say billboard, call, or print) it doesn’t matter. You still have to separate the wheat from the chaff (meaning, qualify them). But first, what is a sales funnel,

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