We are at the tail end of the year..Let us look at the valuable lessons in sales we’ve shared across it. As is tradition, and in keeping with the New Year cheer, herewith are highlights of the Sales Pitch year. This year promises to be exactly the year you want it to be. So this
In selling, practice doesn’t make perfect, it makes better. The sales ecosystem being imperfect is something to think about, not dwell upon Dear salesperson, constantly complaining that the system—process or product— is imperfect will only get you sounding like a dripping tap. Repeatedly lumping your entire dismal performance on “the inadequate system” may be what
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Buyers are like patients. Assuming they know the root cause of their problems leads to a misdiagnosis— a hit-and-run One of the most self-defeating assumptions sellers make is that the buyer has all the answers about him or his (the buyer) business. Well, breaking news: he doesn’t. Assuming so, kills the sales momentum. To keep
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Anyone interacting with a customer should borrow a leaf from what we commonly refer to as roadside sellers. Again and again, I see informal sector sellers thriving more than formal ones. The lessons from street vendors and road side sellers are simple, powerful, and rarely practiced in the corporate world. What is it that we
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Selling is giving a service. And service is given by any one. The extra sale is merely a by-product of this; so is accelerating your profile to 3D status. Far too many sales are lost by front line (customer facing) staff. Front office sales are lost largely because of a poor attitude and, sometimes, lack
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Globally, even with rapidly changing technology replacing many jobs, the one profession that is still growing is sales. Paradoxically, the sales person isn’t. Why do most sales people fail? Most salespeople fall on the wayside and many grow into inefficiency. This is the tragedy of the sales profession. A worrying number of experienced salespeople aren’t.
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“Getting in early with the customer means being proactive, not reactive; generous, not selfish; relational, not transactional. It also propels your career and usefulness – even if you are not in selling – and gives you an unfair selling advantage.” I’m told that by 4.30 a.m. you will find owners of business on the road
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