Stand out in sales. Unfortunately, the average seller, doesn’t focus on the buyer’s need preferring instead to dwell on his Instead of standing in line with your product differentiation, stand apart with your selling. The former has a limited shelf life before it is copied, or bettered. In any case customers don’t buy what your
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There is something magical about a buyer seller connection that accelerates the sale. Dear Seller, You are not making that sale for your employer; you are making it for yourself. The employer is secondary. Rid yourself of the mentality that the sale is the employer’s problem. It limits your performance; it gets you going in fits and
Even when a buyer comes demanding, “I want this solar panel; my neighbour told me he bought it here,” be cautious as seeing it as an open and shut sale. Customers don’t know what they want. There; I’ve said it. It therefore behoves the salesperson to show them. More accurately, guide them to what they
This way, he has you top on his mind which incidentally, he doesn’t. His focus is on his job, not yours. Time management is a huge challenge for most sellers. Interestingly, they doesn’t see it that way but instead lament that, “I have too much to do.” And it’s easy to see why. Most sellers
If practice makes perfect, choose carefully what you practice. Iterate. To perform, or utter repeatedly. This term was used by a Head of Sales learner in my class after we’d just completed a sales course recently. It was in reference to repeating the lessons learnt to habit status. Her “iterate” hit the nail much more
Probably because of intense pressure to bring in sales, or not knowing any better, most sellers tell and sell as opposed to listen and learn. Curiosity killed the cat, not the seller. Instead of qualification and presented solution (which is seeing it from the selling process), have it as acknowledge pain and decision (which is
The reason why the seller is confused is because he has always seen himself as selling parcels of land and not parcels of investment. Some sellers stunt their growth and limit the potential of their performance because of having a limited view of the product or service they are selling. For instance, most property sellers
Creativity is not nailing it with every experiment; it’s always trying new ways to experiment. Like these 4 sellers I watched as she stood at the parking ticket dispenser dispensing for, and presenting tickets to, drivers as they drove into the mall. Adorned with an infectious smile, she presented the ticket, and a flyer. You
You cannot pay school fees or buy food with a signed contract. In any case, a sale is considered closed when cash is received. Before agreeing to that discount, find out how long the payment will take. Duration as a bargaining chip is elusive to most sellers, and the consequences can be frustrating; some even
Continual prospecting is key to success. This eternal search can take many shapes. A fan of this column says they are required to spend 60% of their selling time, prospecting. If you don’t prospect you die. Not in the literal sense but the professional one. Prospecting is the never-ending search for potential buyers for your product or