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The whole negotiation you have with a client or prospect can be successful or not, based on the way you carry it out. Learn how you can turn a negotiation around if it’s not going well by following a strategic process that you can control. Also, MTD offers a sales negotiation course that it can help your team conducting profitable…
When you think of a salesperson, what immediately springs to mind? Is it the old ‘snake-oil’ salesperson of old who put their foot in the door, or never stops talking, or puts undue pressure on you to ‘sign today’? Hopefully, that age-old metaphor is long dead. But there are still people for whom the very notion of being ‘sold-to’ strikes…
Maybe it’s that annoying assistant who won’t leave you alone in a shop? Or that company who never stops cold-calling you? Or maybe it’s that waiter whose splendid attention to your every need makes your normal restaurant visit that bit more special? Whatever you think customer service is, it often needs to be revisited in order to be kept front-of-mind….
Sales is a complicated, never-ending process of building relationships with prospects, building trust, answering questions, and moving the whole procedure through to the commitment stage. Your sales process is the formula that keeps you ahead of the game and allows your customers to make decisions that are in line with their concepts of success. Your sales processes need to be…
Having achieved the goal of setting a sales meeting with a customer or prospect, what would be the best way to ensure, as much as possible, its success? Follow these five ideas in order to make sure you are fully prepared and confident when approaching the meeting: 1) Have a clear purpose As the saying goes, if you have a…
There are many times when a sale can stall in its progress and there are many reasons for it occurring. One of the most common is the issue of price, where a prospect has not yet seen the value of paying the price for your products or services. Why does this happen? Naturally, it’s because people associate what they have…
How many times have you walked away from a sales meeting, returned to your office and stated that the sale is in the bag, and it’s just a matter of getting the signature on the contract? How often have you then been disappointed that the sales didn’t materialise, especially after you had been convinced the customer bought into your solution…
Meetings with your salespeople can often be seen as a grind, or a necessity, rather than something to be looked forward to. For many sales managers, they can turn into long, boring sessions that people can’t wait to get out of. Many sales meetings fail because of the following reasons: – administrative matters receive more time than sales matters –…
Preparation is key when meeting a new client. You certainly don’t want to risk ‘winging it’ with someone new, especially if it’s the first time you have met with them. This is a great opportunity to find out whether this prospect is a good fit for your and your company, and whether they are likely to prove profitable for you….
Loyal clients are always the best to deal with. They offer opportunities to work with them at various levels and can support new initiatives that you are planning. However, we sometimes find even these most patriotic of buyers can cause us challenges through raising objections or concerns. What should we do if we face this dilemma? How should we deal…
