What is a Sales Process Audit? You know there are 100’s of sales levers to improve sales results, how do you know you’re working the right levers to get the sales improvements you need? The truth is you don’t always know, it’s more intuitive, its worked in the past, it seems to be working now,…
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Engaging the perfect prospect right at the beginning of the sales process is one of the most fundamentally overlooked elements of a successful sales process which concludes in an order. I see too many new business development efforts, lead generation research and sales forecasts fall part because of poor initial sales qualification. This means 4 key things:…
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Sales Coaching via Skype – Sales Leaders & Business Owner Managers Sales coaching via Skype is designed to fit in with your busy life, your demanding and every changing business priorities, as well as the fundamental need to generate high revenue, consistent sales results and profits. To support you in a achieving your business goals…
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Training Needs Analysis for Sales People Training Needs Analysis is so much more than you might think. Many successful sales teams will undertake a Sales Training Needs Analysis maybe once a year. Some maybe only when they think about buying sales training in….sometimes never. But anyone looking for Continuous Sales Improvements uses Sales Training Needs Analysis…
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Cold Callers: In a world that’s awash with information, then B2B Cold Callers have no excuse for mindless dials. Yet still I’m getting cold calls. 5-6 a day. Whilst I’ll fight the urge, for the moment anyway, to name and shame those firms spewing money down the drain because of their cold calling strategy, I…
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Business Development – Fly or Die? There is no getting away from it, unless you are in a very specialist market, new business development and new business is the life blood of any business. No matter how good your business is, if you’re relying on simply servicing existing customers then by definition your business may…
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Business Development Coaching for Ambitious B2B Sales Professionals Business Development coaching is powerful, strategic and one of the fastest ways to bring about a positive change. Sales professionals will engage in coaching either for themselves or the team for many reasons, but here are some of the most common: The sales results are typically ok,…
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Sales Insight Every business leader craves real, meaningful and timely sales insight. If that’s what’s bough you to this page then check this out Meaningful sales insight is so important, especially since much of the information floating about will leave you mired in superstition and folklore…not so good when you’re aiming for sales improvement. I’m a scientist at…
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In Sales YOU have as much chance of winning as losing. Where you engage in meaningful and relevant sales activity… You have as much chance of getting a customer as getting a rejection. You have as much chance of succeeding as failing. Your chances are equal. Need more proof? The Equal Odds Rule was published…
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Risk, Value and Price Risk, Value and Price, and how your explore these areas with the buyer are the cornerstones are sales success. Or sales failure. The relationship between risk, value and price in the eyes of the buyer/prospect is complex. That’s a fact. The relationship between risk, value and price in the eyes of…
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