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When sales directors ask me about body language training, they’re usually thinking it will help their team ‘perform’ and close more deals. In a way, they’re right—but probably not for the reasons they imagine. Body language in sales is more than just reading a...
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Recently, I accompanied a director on a client visit where the client mentioned the director’s main competitor.Despite his attempts to remain open and hear what that client had to say about the competitor, his body language and tone changed.The client quickly...
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How many times should I ‘follow up’? Naturally, as salespeople, we want the business to come in. Maybe your solution can’t be tied up on the spot, so you may need to follow up with the client. As part of your follow up, do you spend time carefully...
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Maximising your teams’ conference presence Top line – why are we attending a conference?As a delegate or to host a trade stand?What’s the conference attendance purpose? Either way, your company has likely chosen to invest in you attending a conference to...
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More Sales jobs than salespeople More specialists are being hired More professionalism around sales and seeing it as a career Clients search out the vendor The job of the salesperson has shifted from ‘selling at’ to ‘partnering with’ More Sales jobs than...
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On a workshop this week we had 30 people who would consider themselves optimists. Now that then raised the question, is it crucial to have optimism in sales? Do optimistic sales people have better success? Â Is it because they smile more because they are optimistic?...
