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sealing the deal

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…

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why are you not selling

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…

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when prospects go cold

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…

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annoying prospects

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…

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warming your prospects

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…

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selling online oliver gwynne

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…

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sales script

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…

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feedback on sales

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…

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chasing those prospects up

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…

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Sales process

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…

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