Archive for Tag: How the Internet has disrupted selling

Respond To Prospective Buyer’s Caution Personally, Even If It’s Not Personal

Despite sellers being largely (almost solely) to blame for the mistrust of salespeople, ironically it is still sellers who can mend it. After all, every product or service must be sold. Get over the buyer’s caution. It’s not personal. But still, take it personally. Confused? Read on. To begin with, the first reaction by the

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Access to information is losing currency as the selling gambit

As long as access to information is lopsided to the seller’s advantage, buyer-beware will still trump. With information access being equal, seller-beware comes to the fore. The terrorist attack in Garissa was followed globally as it was happening, yet newspaper sales are on the decline. How? 21st C readers prefer other ways of consuming news.

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The Internet has forever changed selling

The internet has changed selling as we knew it. How things change. There was a time when the travel agency was the custodian of all information travel. And airlines and tour companies were at its mercy. Information on where to go; how to get there; how much to pay to get there; when to go

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