The thought of selling can strike fear in the heart of many – and once upon a time I would have included myself in that bracket too. Entrepreneurs, business owners, sole traders and the like have all expressed to me at some stage in their careers that they have been scared to sell. But why? […]
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One of the toughest tasks any sales person will ever face is trying to beat the gatekeeper. You ask any sales person, veteran or rookie, the gatekeeper can be one of the toughest challenges one must face before making a sale. But if you manage to beat the gatekeeper, trying to obtain a sale suddenly
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So, you need to develop a sales pipeline? Doing so organically means less financial investment and much more authenticity and longevity within the relationships you build. However, you do need to commit time and patience to build a solid network in this way. Here are our 5 top tips to use networking for longer term
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Close your eyes for a second and imagine a sales person’s ideal world; a world in which every prospect is willing to buy, and no one ever turns down a sale. Ha, let’s face it, that is never going to happen! When selling, you are always going to face some kind of rejection or objection.
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It goes without saying; closing a sale is vitally important within any sales process. If you want to make more sales within your business, then you simply need to close more sales. It doesn’t matter how many meetings you attend, how many leads you gather, or how many rounds of golf you play; if you
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I’ll think about it. Four words that can make every sales person want to cry. And you know what? We have all heard it. We have all spent hours, days, weeks, sometimes months working on a prospect, understanding their needs, developing rapport and when it comes to closing the sales they turn around and say
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We all know that managing any team can be tough; just look at sports teams as an example. A sales team can be one of the toughest to motivate. That being said, once a team is operating as one and is fully motivated with high morale then that is where the magic starts to happen.
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Sales people love closing sales. The closing of sales is what a lot of sales people tend to brag about. Which is cool, closing sales and finalising sales is of course of great importance. However, if your sales pipeline is not filled up, then over time you will run out of sales to close. Fundamentally,
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One of the most important elements to any business is sales. All the hard work you have put into your services, products, branding and marketing will soon go to waste if you cannot close a sale. The closing phase of the sales process can truly make or break the sale (obviously). You could spend days,
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Since it’s advent, email has become a useful sales and marketing tool. Everyone from big brands to small start-ups use emails to seek out new business and to encourage repeat business too. There is no denying that email is a great tool to have and to use when trying to boost your sales; and I
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