Salespeople need to know that closing the deal often means having confidence in your product, your pitch, and pricing – and holding your ground. Here are four rules to keep in mind that will garner more sales and more respect.
I was thinking about the proliferation of articles by sales experts of all sorts who profess to have the secret of sales and how to be the best! I have written before about this phenomenon, and it always makes me smile. So, here is my secret to sales…in my shortest-ever blog. Without further delay – Todd Cohen’s Secret to Sales is…Pick up the Phone.
1. One individual stepped up to the plate. Every project needs an internal champion. The projects that succeeded had one. I’m not talking about a Microsoft-Trained-Dungeons-and-Dragons-IT-Propeller-Head either. They’re good only for backups and security…
Thought leaders earn respect. Sales professionals who distinguish themselves as being thought leaders are more likely to earn respect and get the deal closed. I believe this passionately and completely. Sales professionals as thought leaders? Is that an oxymoron? No! You heard it here first!
By Gene Marks, The Marks Group Customer Relationship Management (CRM) implementations continue to fail at a rate almost as alarming as Hollywood divorce rates. Don’t believe me? As recently as 2009, Forrester Research showed a 47% failure rate on new CRM projects. People just don’t use them like they should. Many wind up not using [...]
What is your organization’s unique value proposition? When all employees in your organization understand the value proposition well enough to articulate it in any situation, they become highly valued members of the sales team and, ultimately, an integral part of the sales culture.
This past week, a client asked me, “How can I fix a bad sales relationship?” That’s a great question—and it has a very simple four-part solution!
