After months of writing, editing, and publishing, The Paragon Mindset is now available to order from amazon.co.uk! Packed full of useful sales tips, advice and skills; The Paragon Mindset promises to be one of the most exciting and valuable books any sales person or business owner can read! Written by the Managing Director of Paragon […]
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In Relationship Selling I wrote a whole chapter on what I call The Tennis Ball Theory. It isn’t anything too over-complicated, and yet is a great way to think about how you sell, and perhaps get to the bottom of why you are facing so many rejections and objections. The Tennis Ball Theory is a
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I am a firm believer that good customer service starts way before your customer even makes a purchase. Customer service starts the second they walk through your showroom doors, or the second you walk into their office and reach out your hand for a handshake. Your customer’s experience with your company starts very early on
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I am so proud and honoured to provide sales advice and guidance to companies large and small up and down the Country. There are so many fundamental elements to sales that all need to be addressed, coached, and practiced to ensure overall sales success. It is so hard to just learn a few sales principles
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As sales jobs go, this could be the opportunity that stops your job search! Perhaps… We are approaching a stage in our growth in which we are hunting for a team member to join our ever growing, awesome, sales team. With ongoing demand with current clients, and more and more contracts for work coming in,
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“Oh, you know Mike? He’s a great salesman! Honestly, one of the best. He can sell ice to the Eskimos!” Oh can he now? What on Earth is the point in selling ice to the Eskimos? Do Eskimos need more ice? Is that truly what they need in life right now? I sincerely doubt it.
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As a business owner, or even as a sales professional you will be well aware of your competition. You will know exactly what they do, how they do it and why they do it. Even in business plans for start up enterprises, entrepreneurs are well encouraged to spend time researching their competition. But we are
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Sure you can! End of blog post… No, there is more to this post than that! Outsourcing in business is key. Especially when operating a start up, small or medium sized business. As a small business owner, you have to take on so much. You are the accountant. You are the head of HR. You
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Are you wasting too much time on activities that takes you away from selling? Selling is a key activity in any business. If you are in business, if you are a business owner then you too are a sales person. I talk about this a lot but if you are not selling anything, then you
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I had a conversation with a small business owner several months ago that reminded me why sales training is so vital in all businesses. The small business owner told me that once he had sent over a proposal for his services, he would never contact his prospect again. Literally checking my ears to make sure
