A prospective client sends you an email requesting information. You have the information they need, and you want to send it to them as quickly as possible. You might want…
Overcoming: ‘We’re Happy With Who We’re Using…’
This article contains some scripts that teach you how to deal with an objection you probably get often: ‘We’ve already got a supplier for that.’ Variations are things like: ‘I’m…
Steering The Decision To Buy
The responsibility of a sales professional is to diagnose their customer’s situation and together they will make a quality decision about the product or service to fix the problem. How…
Sales Advice From Pablo Picasso
I read a great quote from Picasso (yes, the famous painter) the other day, and it really resonated with my sales philosophy. Here it is: “Learn the rules like a…
You, The Advisor
In order to help your clients to achieve the success they desire, and for you to achieve the success you desire, you need to be more than a sales person. You…
Gain More Credibility Through The Questions You Ask
I'm sure you'll agree that establishing credibility is one of the most critical elements in securing a new customer. The customer must see you as a credible and trustworthy resource.…
Sell Like A Human
We don’t like people who are inauthentic. We don’t like phonies, frauds, or fakes. We like people who are real, honest, and congruent. We also don’t like to do business…
The Winning Formula For Planning Sales Engagements
1. The Purpose of the Sales Call Too often, because we have made hundreds of sales calls, we believe that planning a sales call is no longer necessary. Nothing could be…
How to Increase Value in Sales Interactions with Strategic Clients
Strategic clients require more from you than other clients. All clients are important, but your strategic clients have a different set of needs. They need you to be more engaged,…
The 3 Traps of Selling Conventionally in Complex B2B Sales
Prospect, qualify, present and close. These are the basic elements of the conventional sales process that most sales organisations and salespeople still follow today. The conventional sales process is the…