blog, Communication, Language, Listening, Mindset, Negotiation, Objections, Questions, Sales
A client not answering calls or returning emails can derail a sales rep. We are going to cover 3 areas of why clients may ‘go quiet’ on you. Are you adapting to clients – reading the signals? The client’s buying strategy The salesperson is too...
blog, Communication, Customer Service, Mindset, Questions, Sales
The biggest barrier to getting business is overcoming objections. Perception is, if there were no objections, everyone would be readily on board.Objections are a fact of life in sales. So there is always a lot of heat around the topic of Handling Objections. Let’s...
blog, Communication, Customer Service, Language, Leadership, Listening, Mindset, Questions, Sales
There are a multitude of reasons why salespeople are not managing to sell.For reasons that can range from the obvious to the (in most part) unconsciousness.Common ‘obvious’ reasons include: They don’t really know what they are selling. They know what they are selling...
blog, Communication, Customer Service, Mindset, Questions, Sales
The Winning Sales Formula: Combing Expertise, Recommendation and Customer Service Excellence Is Being an Expert Enough? I love being a customer, I do.I enjoy observing how salespeople approach and ‘treat’ me. Do they seek to explore my situation, understand and listen...
blog, Body Language, Business Development, Communication, Language, Listening, Mindset, Objections, Presenting, Questions, Sales
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...
blog, Communication, Listening, Mindset, Questions, Sales, Value
So how do you “sell” without actually “selling”? Well, the fact is that people who don’t consciously ‘sell’, are the most successful. When you think of a salesperson, what comes to mind? I often ask this question during my programs: I want to get into the...
