Basics of Sales 16: Seal The Deal
You’ve found a potential customer, you’ve gauged their interest, you’ve followed up, you’ve sent a pitch and now they are finally in a position to buy from you. Last but certainly not least in the sales process is closing the deal. This is a subject I’ve covered in my series ‘How To Convert” but to […]
Basics Of Sales 15: No Conversions?
If you are doing all the right things and still having no luck when it comes to your sales it’s important to evaluate where you’re going wrong. Effort Being honest with yourself how much effort actually goes into your sales? Few people really enjoy the process of sales it’s arduous and tedious at the best […]
Basics of Sales 14: Prospects Going Cold
We have talked about positive signs that a prospect is generally interested and ways in which you might put them off, so what should you do when a prospect seems to be going cold that once you had hopes for? You’re Not That Important There are a thousand good reasons why your prospect may have […]
Basics of Sales 13: Annoying Prospects
In the last few lessons we’ve covered some of the best ways to warm prospects to your sales proposition and also what is and isn’t a buying signal. Now I want to concentrate on things you may be doing to annoy prospects without even realising. Being Too Familiar No sales article is ever without that […]
Basics of Sales 11: Warming Prospects
For any multitude of reasons a prospect may not be in a position to buy from you just yet. As such it is your job to stay in front of them and keep them warm. People Buy From People. I’m always a firm believer that it’s better to let your personality shine through and not […]
Basics of Sales 10: The Internet
Now that I’ve focused on phoning people, there is the ever tangled web of selling through the internet to tackle. Every Medium Matters Not only was this the excellent slogan of my company (so don’t you go stealing it!) It’s an essential lesson with your sales efforts. Some areas lend themselves more to cold calling, […]
Basics Of Sales 9: Scripts
Earlier in this series I talked about the importance of core messaging as something that lies behind everything you do in both sales and marketing. Nowhere is that more evident than in scripts, primarily these are employed in cold calling but also product demos and the like. Don’t Write Scripts It seems odd to write […]
Basics of Sales 7: Feedback
One of the most powerful and under-rated tools is feedback from prospects and in particular the questions that they ask you. One is Many For every customer that asks you a question, there will doubtless be tens more that didn’t ask the question and then didn’t use your service. No matter how seemingly stupid the […]
Basics of Sales 6: Chasing
Following on from last week’s lesson giving you an outline on your sales, we have so far done some research, found our target customer, sent them some details and checked if they have gotten it. They are not in Quite often the person you need to speak to may be busy. This is especially true […]
Basics of Sales 5: Process
This is a rough guide on the sort of process you should be undergoing in your sales process. One – Research Selling something is really more about your prospect then it is about you. Spend some time researching your target online. Find a specific reason why you are contacting them and why your services […]
