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3 easy steps to set and hit sales your goals

If you are slowing down or stagnated in your sales, you likely don’t have goals. Yes, yes, I know. You’ve heard about the importance of goal setting a million times before. But are you doing it? That you are hearing it for the nth time does not make it tired, it makes it true. If

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Sales kickoff 2023: What’s your plan for this?

2023 is here. As a business what’s your plan? Sales kickoffs are a proven way to, well, kick off your sales with a bang, organization-wide,. Sales Kickoffs are also called Sales Summits or Sales Conferences. A Sales Kickoff is an annually held, premier, must-attend, organizational event; even the CEO and his executive team are present.

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Bye bye 2022. 2023 here we come

2022 will be over in another 10 days. Bye bye 2022. Sales Pitch! takes a break till 2023 and leaves you with these parting shots. Will our Christmas tradition as Kenyans be maintained this year? Will yours? Find out here. Indeed, are you Kenyan enough? Read: Bye-bye 2023. Out with the old, in with the

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It’s December. Take charge not excuses of your sales

It’s December. So close. Just close. Steer clear of lame excuses, false promises and tall tales; there’s no time for them. December is only a full selling month on paper; in practice, it’s at best three weeks, before the hapless Kenyan loses it to Christmas cheer. And as it is, one week is already gone.

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Being number one isn’t the challenge; staying there is

Being the top salesman feels much like winning the World Cup. It’s a double-edged sword. One edge cuts the air with jubilation as the world celebrates with you, while the other edge cuts deep with the realization that in the same instant, you are the defending champion. And here’s the thing: being number one is

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Products don’t sell. Sales people do. Are you?

Products don’t sell, sales people do. Services don’t sell, customer needs do. Products and services don’t sell; salespeople that address customer needs do. If a customer you’ve never hosted before calls your hotel asking to make and pay for a reservation, it’s not that they like your hotel; nor is it that they don’t have

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Don’t just qualify, DISqualify sales leads too

Don’t just qualify, disqualify sales leads too. Quit flogging a dead horse. It’s a waste of your limited time, it frustrates an already trying role (continual prospecting) and speaks more about you than the suspect. Yes, suspect. He can’t be a prospect. Whereas both are sales leads, prospects not only have a need for your

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Always stay in control of a sale. Here’s why and how

Avoid losing control the sale. In fact, never do so. Strive to lead the sale. There are many levels of control where selling is concerned but I’ll limit myself to one; the sales person-prospect engagement; that is, the salesperson-prospect conversation in sales. Other types of sales controls rotate around the sales process, system and management.

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