Close. Collect. Confirm. These are the 3 sales activities you should engage in. If you are to be productive, selling in December. December is a month like any other, but only on paper. We joke about the 31 days of January feeling like 90. There is no joke, however, about December. With the festive mood
A sale is initiated and then deepened. That doesn’t make it linear but cyclical. It’s two sides of the same coin (sale?). So quit blaming your colleague. Mind your side of the sale, instead. You are both serving the customer. Sales people initiate the customer relationship. Only they can. Customer service and technical staff deepen
What do you do when your most influential advocate turns against you? Churches were the cornerstone platform on which the current administration rode to power. And, as per the last census, with 84% of the population professing Christianity, you must admire the genius behind the strategy. For example, Catholic and Presbyterian Church of East Africa
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If you are not connecting with the buyer, chances are that sale is going nowhere. Just like, until you connect with the gal you are interested in, that ‘sale’ is a non-starter. “Create rapport with the buyer,” you’ve often been told. The problem is, most sellers think of this as a one-off activity to be
Your customer can say, “I do poorly with email. I prefer messages on WhatsApp.” He can afford to say that. You can’t. Your customer can say, “I rarely check my mails. I prefer calling.” She can afford to say that. You can’t. If you think you can, try telling this to your customer. “I didn’t
“I need a salesperson that can sell. I generate leads for my team but their conversion is poor. Out of 100 leads they have converted only 3. I need a more exciting dashboard to look at. It also costs getting and converting each of these leads. That’s why I need a salesperson that can sell.
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‘Oti’ was on a roll. He had closed all three sales that morning. Naturally of high energy and speed you can therefore imagine how pumped he was as he engaged the fourth one that afternoon. I, his sales manager, watched as he pitched at what he later described as “speaking at 160kph”. His prospect, a
If you are of a certain age, you are familiar with the song, Living Next Door to Alice by Smokie. For the uninitiated, the chorus explains the song: “Twenty-four years just waitin’ for a chance, to tell her how I feel and maybe get a second glance, now I’ve gotta get used to not living
Why do you settle on selling only one product? Unlock your sales potential and maximize your sales. Why do you sell only one product? Sell more than one. As you think through that, (as you tafakari hayo), see what these 5 smart salespeople are doing different. Then expand your sales game. The informal seller’s approach:
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Are you losing sales because of how you treat your employees? This is the Customer Service Week 2024 theme – elevate employee experience for customer experience success. Employee experience is customer experience. For example, If institutions, like employers, civic bodies and the Judiciary were employees, is the Executive iron-fistedly dragging them kicking and screaming into