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1). The Sales Training Series: Dealing With Sales Objections and Stalls
Most salespeople think of “stalls” and “objections” as synonyms. Wrong. Stalls and objections are both things you may hear after you have asked for commitment, but an objection is a specific reason not to buy. In a stall—“I need to think about it”—the customer offers no particular reason for hesitating.
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2). Sales Training - 'Confidence 101'
First and foremost, the very first thing you need develop in sales and negations is your confidence.
But be aware of the fools sense of confidence which plagues most salesmen, and that is the confidence which is based totally on bravado.
Let me explain!
Say you are a physically confident person. You would most likely tell yourself that you could.
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3). Cold Calling: How You Can Get Past The Gatekeeper, Into The Executive Suites
Copyright 2006 Top Dog Consulting
Put pencil to paper and list every single sales-stopping-objection that spews from the mouths of gatekeepers. Know what you’ll find? Literally, dozens of objections that subtly challenge the appropriateness of you scheduling an appointment in the executive’s office.
Ah, but here’s the good news...
When you’re greeted.
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4). Sales Tips - "How Do I Combat Price Objections?"
The cheapest price in the marketplace, as most people are now aware, does not guarantee you value for money.
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5). The Sales Training Series: The Right Way To Sell
Three-quarters of the secret to professional, strategic selling boils down to asking the Best Questions and listening carefully to the answers. Most of the Best Questions have to do with uncovering the crucial, underlying needs your products or services might serve. But you also must know how to sell to a particular account. Using the same strategy for all customers is a big mistake. The issue is: how do you compete for this customer's business?
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6). The Sales Training Series: Selling With A Better Strategy
In prospecting, your objective most often is to persuade a new customer to agree to meet with you face-to-face. To gain that commitment, you must convince the prospect that you are someone worth meeting. Every customer’s first major buying decision is whether to buy you—the salesperson. They’ll never decide to buy your products before they’ve bought you.
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7). The Gatekeeper is Your Key to Sales Success
Too often we see it as war...a battle to be won or lost. If the gatekeeper wins, we lose. If we win, we have defeated the evil gatekeeper. It doesn't have to be that way, nor should it be. Here's a way that everyone involved gets what they want.
Article tags: sales success, sales coaching, gatekeeper, sales tips, sales techniques, sales goals
8). 4 Keys to Unlocking Your Sales Success Potential
The "90/10 Potential Theory" suggests that we reach only 10 percent of our true potential. Use these 4 keys today to double, triple, or even quadruple your sales results.
Article tags: sales success, sales coaching, success, sales tips, sales techniques, sales goals
9). How to Speed Up The Decision Making Process
Copyright 2006 Bernadette Doyle
The first hard lesson I learned when I started my own training company was that businesses can take A LONG TIME to make a decision! However well a meeting went, however much time I put into a proposal, it seemed decision makers did not share my urgency when it came to making a commitment.
In this article I am sharing.
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10). The Sales Training Series: Sell Yourself Before You Sell Your Company
Research has proven that customers make five major buying decisions in the course of any major purchase. These decisions are always made in the same order. The first is whether to “buy” the salesperson—you. The second is whether to “buy” your company. Only after those two decisions are made will the customer seriously consider whether to buy your products.
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11). Are You Getting Paid for Your Time on the Phone?
Do you spend hours on the phone every day and feel like you don't accomplish anything? Are people using your valuable time without giving you something in return? Learn how to get paid while your on the phone.
Article tags: phone sales technique, sales techniques, sales training
12). Sales Success and the Power of Why
Knowing why your success is important to you has the power to change your life.
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13). 12 Great Reasons to Know Your Target Market
Knowing your target market can mean thousands of dollars in sales!
Article tags: sales, sales goals, sales success, sales tips, sales techniques
14). Cold Calling: How You Can Avoid The Worst Mistake Made By Sales Pros
Copyright 2006 Top Dog Consulting
Sales pros frequently ask, “What’s the #1 change I need to make, as I prospect by phone instead of face-to-face?”
Here’s the emotional truth behind this seemingly innocent question …
Most sales pros confess they’d rather have their toenails pulled out with pliers than cold call prospects by phone. Took me a couple of years to figure out for myself why my stomach knotted up into a queasy ball every time I glanced at that gray lump of plastic on my desk and thought about dialing-for-dollars.
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15). The Sales Training Series: Asking The Best Questions
Effective questioning is a critical selling skill for several reasons. First, our recent research shows that there is a direct correlation between the success of a sales call and the type of questions that the salesperson uses. On average, failed sales calls include 86% more close-ended questions than open-ended questions.
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