This is just one of many David and Goliath sales success stories about how the partners of a company thought that a new salesperson had no chance at winning proved to everyone that she had what it takes to compete with the best and at the highest levels. A positive attitude, determination, the courage to take on a huge challenge with little experience and succeed in sales against the odds is what makes many sales professionals so dynamic. [Read more…]
Sales Success Against the Odds
This is just one of many David and Goliath sales success stories about how the partners of a company thought that a new salesperson had no chance at winning proved to everyone that she had what it takes to compete with the best and at the highest levels. A positive attitude, determination, the courage to take on a huge challenge with little experience and succeed in sales against the odds is what makes many sales professionals so dynamic. [Read more…]
For Sales Success –
Enhance the Buying Experience
Selling has become more complex than ever. Customers have more choices, are better informed, more discriminating, more cost-conscious, more “service savvy,” more risk-averse, and more demanding than ever before. How can sales professionals excel in this environment?
Enhance the Buying Experience! [Read more…]
A Key to Sales Success –
Become a Master of…
- Your products
- Your industry
- Sales communication
- Relationship Building
- Negotiation
- Your customers’ wants, needs, and expectations
- Yourself
Sell Insurance With Great Client Service
There’s no doubt that consistently providing the highest level of service and being responsive pays off in referrals and opportunities. A woman on the Board of Directors of a condominium association was responsible for handling the association’s building insurance. From the first time she spoke with the insurance agent, and thereafter, she consistently received superb service. What this agent didn’t know is that this woman was the author of six business books, a conference speaker, and a customer service expert. [Read more…]
Go After the Big Fish- Three Sales Lessons From a Stingray Experience
Stingrays are generally docile and will swim close to divers and snorkelers. I experienced this just last week while on a much needed vacation in the Cayman Islands. I confess, I was really scared of them at first – especially the really big ones like the one below. But when I saw other people enjoying the experience, I overcame my fear. When one swam up to me I held it in my arms, hoping it wouldn’t react to the pounding of my heart and my shaking hands.
Forging the Link Between Sales and Marketing
When Edwin Land successfully launched his classic invention, the Polaroid camera, he should have stopped there. Against the advice of his sales and marketing people (and without the benefit of market research which he detested), he introduced a device, called Polavision, (selling at the hefty price of $700) that would record an “instant color movie.” So convinced that this device would succeed, Land invested 68 million dollars to promote it. In spite of the desire and the dollars, the product failed. [Read more…]