Know When To Stop Before You Annoy The Customer
How many times have you opened your door or answered your phone to a salesperson eager to make their sale? It wouldn’t surprise me if many of you said ‘loads’ but have a negative story to tell. If you...
View ArticleWhy Is The Customer Always Right?
We need to ask ourselves this question every time we are about to approach a prospective customer or client. Why? Because the answer will give us the ability to give the customer exactly what they...
View ArticleStar Wars And It’s Warning To Suppliers
The basic premise of the Star Wars trilogy was the rise of an empire led by a ruthless emperor. Of course, in the movie, good overcame evil and everyone lived happily ever after (less a few entire...
View ArticleMoore’s Law Now Applies To B2B Selling: Are You Ready?
Intel recently announced another advance in chip technology that is expected to result in a doubling of computer processing power. Now you may be wondering what computer chip technology has got to do...
View ArticleFortress Buying – Why Won’t Buyers Let You In?
More and more professional buyers are adopting a ‘fortress mindset’ in their approach to dealing with sellers. In short, they have erected defences that are designed to keep sellers at bay. In this...
View ArticleIf We’re Not Selling When Making Cold Calls, Why Are We Making Them?
If Businesses are viewing ‘cold calling’ as a sales activity that they don’t wish to do they are gravely mistaken… If they are not doing some sort of sales activity in the genre then they are missing...
View ArticleGreat Sales Presentations That Fall At The Final Hurdle
Over the years, I have seen many salespeople who have delivered what they believed to be great sales presentations, only to fall at the final hurdle. There are lots of reasons for not closing a sale...
View Article10 Critical Sales Boosting Steps When Planning Your Next Event
Trade events and conference speaking opportunities are a dream come true if you believe in Permission Marketing. Yet some of us waste valuable investment in conferences and events by not training sales...
View Article10 Ways To Sabotage Your Next Trade Event And 10 Essential Sales Tips
So you’ve invested a lot on exhibition real estate, researched the target market, designed elaborate displays or splashed out on expensive event sponsorship at a conference. Job Done? You’re about to...
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