Pay-off: 10 quick and actionable ideas to help you communicate, learn, think and sell better Investment: read whichever you like (5 mins to read the lot) Sign up to monthly posts here There should be something for everyone in this post. Most of these short tips apply to most people. Usually, in my posts I…
Pay-off: how to handle sales rejection AND increase your chances of making the sale Investment: 5 minutes Sign up to monthly posts here So, you want to know how to handle sales rejection… It’s probably useful then to get a handle on the two main things at play here: 1. fear of sales rejection 2….
Pay-off: 10 things to discuss with your colleagues before paying for sales training Investment: 7 minutes Sign up to monthly posts here This article is also on Linkedin here. And if you wish to print and share with colleagues you can download it as a PDF article here. You’re somewhere between the hoping and planning stage…
Pay-off: equip yourself to convince others with just one question Investment: 7 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Soon you will face a conversation where you need to convince someone to do something that you believe will create a win:win for you both. In that conversation, every single thing you say or do will either…
Pay-off: if you or your team do this, you’ll no longer be ‘too busy to sell’ Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here We’re all busy. But the busiest of all of us; those who are expected to sell who find it really uncomfortable. These people take ‘busy’ to new levels. After all,…
(And how to help people avoid acting like jerks!) Pay-off: get this right, and you’ll find selling a lot nicer Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Every day I work with people struggling to sell. Less often I work with people who sell well. Makes sense. I learn a hell of a lot from…
Pay-off: engage more prospects, more successfully Investment: 4 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here You might have seen the cartoons below. Frustrated salespeople share them on social media for light relief. Clearly, there’s some truth in them. And they’re amusing. But keep in mind that while you’re busy laughing at them, the next person could be…
Pay-off: avoid the biggest roadblock faced by consultants who sell Investment: 3 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems – Peter F. Drucker This is a message for intelligent consultants who contribute to sales or business development: You’re smart, I know. You’re proud of your…
Pay-off: learn the single most important way to build trust in conversation (beyond simply ‘listening’) Investment: >2 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Trust is the linchpin to a successful and ongoing business relationship. It’s the conduit to connecting value, creating win:wins and mutually progressing and growing your businesses together. Caveat emptor and caveat venditor…
Pay-off: 6 actionable ideas to help your clients see (and buy) your difference Investment: 4 minutes Sign up to weekly posts here Unlike the man in my following story, my own clients don’t sell fish. But they can learn some useful lessons that will change how they approach business development and the results that they get. Strap yourself in,…