Archive for Tag: #salespipeline

What to do after closing a sale: the sales cycle never stops

The sales cycle never stops. The sale doesn’t end with, well, the sale. So, what do you do after closing a sale? Being at the tail end of a customer engagement, it is easy to fall into the trap of “Phew! Done. Next.” After all, I closed-payment has been received. Everyone’s happy. This is not

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Your sales pipeline is a mirror: what’s your’s reflecting about you?

Your sales pipeline is a mirror. If it’s dry, check your discipline. If it’s full but stagnant, check your courage. Sales punishes hesitation. Act. The more, now that we are coming from the longest weekend on the calendar. If your sales water is not flowing, the problem is not the tap – most probably there’s

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Win with an unfair selling advantage by getting in early with the buyer

“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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