Archive for the ‘sales methodology’ Category

The 10 commandments of customer service

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Properly attend to the customers of a company is not as easy as it sounds and sellers must have tolerance “no”, the staff is dedicated to service, handling complaints, cancellations and returns, you must be very patient, empathetic and tolerant as they face situations of disagreement should not be taken as a personal problem. It is important that those who occupy these positions are careful to note the following:

1. No personal conversations with other students if there is a customer waiting to be served.

2. When you start the dialogue with a customer, greet and show an attitude of service, kindness and good treatment.
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The 25 golden rules of a good salesman

Monday, October 31st, 2011

1. They know their product! Is obvious but no less important to point out. You should be damn smart about what you’re selling. The secret to make it beyond a few classes or reading an occasional article. It should look on the Internet and other external sources to find all kinds of journalistic commentary about the product or service that your company is selling. Reply complaints based on journalistic criticism a bad product is crucial. It is also good reason to start developing an internal network: Become a friend of the department of “product development”, encourage them to share with you “the real story behind the product.” Direct knowledge of the product is a good starting point, but always look much, much more. One seller with greater knowledge of their product is the winner.

2. Know your company! You are selling your company in the same way you are selling your product or service. You need to understand their procedures and finances. What we most need is to build an immense network of contacts in all parts of the company, which will teach you important information and also act as their guardians when problems occur.
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Ten most common and important errors in Sales

Saturday, September 17th, 2011
  • Do you feel you often have to sell is like begging? His time with a potential client is to see if he is qualified to do business with your company. Instead of asking questions that will determine whether it is possible to convert prospects to customers, retailers often find themselves hoping, even praying for the opportunity to “just show my products” and perhaps make a sale.

  • Do you speak too? The vendors who focus too much on advertising, account for time prospect with their talk and force him to hear (whether he is interested or not). For every hour in front of a prospectus, spend 5 minutes to sell the product or service and 55 minutes saying things that are unnecessary. As a result not achieved any order, the order is canceled or you get an “I’ll think.” 20/80 rule applies also to sell. The goal should be to get the client to make 80 percent of the conversation, while you make only 20 percent of it.
  • Does it make you a lot of guesswork? Your company should not be more in the business of selling products or services, but of providing solutions. But often, sellers try to tell customers the solution before they have understood the problem. Before selling, examine the customer’s problem completely. For that, ask direct questions and get a full understanding of the customer’s perspective.
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Earn more customers by using arguments that fly every time!

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

The vast majority of companies that employ commercial require them to comply with a specific pitch. And often, these sales plan more or less funnel-form does enumerate the technical features and benefits of products or services.

Sometimes, some arguments are written as plays and try to anticipate any objection by a precise answer.
The seller who has the audacity to change a comma or a word then attracts the wrath of his managers.
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How to retain and find new customers?

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Hello,

How to retain and find new customers?

Indeed, there are different ways to make themselves known and to promote its business. This article will give an overview of the ways you can use. We must of course make tradeoffs based on your communication budget and specificity of your business.

I organized the classification, highlighting the traditional means, means “Internet” and other means. This list is not exhaustive. (more…)

The secret to boost sales: Theory and results

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

You have to understand that to boost sales of particular importance should be given to theories and results.

You must understand that the theory is not equal to the results to boost sales. When you do market research to boost sales, surveys to see what is happening in the market to see how consumers respond or your target market, there are many theories that you can develop, operating on a particular way to sell, to the promotion, management organization.

But the reality is that a theory is as good as when it is judged by its results to boost sales. You must understand, to boost sales, there will always be a lot of theories, theorists, people who are so-called experts, who have never really created anything, but who can give advice, just because they read a book. It’s pretty dangerous for you. It must be very careful when someone gives you advice to boost sales. We must be sure that it is based on results and that is something that has been proven to work and that is not a collection of theories drawn from a book, assumptions…
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The secret of good negotiation

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

The secrets of a successful negotiation. Or negotiating win-win (win-win)

But first a trading what is it? What is it?

It can be defined as the search for an agreement to settle a dispute or to end a conflict between two or more speakers. The scope of bargaining is very wide. It applies to personal relationships, in business, to discuss union, conflicts between countries.

In your life everyday, you are asked (e) to negotiate and try to convince others: at home with your partner (s) and your children, work with your leaders and colleagues.

So when the little one does not go to bed when your spouse (s) prefer to holiday in the countryside while you prefer the sea, when your co-worker wants to take his vacation at the same time that you …
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3 questions should not be made to customers

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Before attempting to sell something to your customers, know what makes them buy.

But, never do any of these 3 questions. I have treated hundreds of vendors in my lifetime. At home, in their home, in my business, church, restaurant and … one day I was watching the spectacular crater of Poas Volcano in Costa Rica.

That was the worst … I made the third question. If I had the second, perhaps buy you a coffee.

All sell something. First we sell ourselves as individuals, as a couple, as parents, siblings, friends, and entrepreneurs. We sell what our business: vegetables, tourism, money, games, fear, etc…
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Where are my sources of sales leads?

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

When sales are achieved is not enough, the key question we should ask, are we really doing everything possible and effective to achieve them?

Hence there will be many options that might make us reflect on this important subject of a sale professionalized and lead us to seek new sources of improvement in this vital aspect to achieve.

One such area is to establish the source of sales opportunities in each activity as it is a key activity that generates consistent sales results and is going through a methodology that should become highly productive and professional.
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7 fatal sales training mistakes…and how you can avoid them

Monday, November 8th, 2010

You might have the most brilliantly conceived sales and marketing strategy devised since the invention of the phone, an “ergonomically correct” office environment, and cutting-edge sales automation technology, but unless you’ve got well-trained people delivering your message, asking questions, and nimbly responding to prospect’s and customer’s questions, responses, and objections, everything else is as useless as yesterday’s newspaper. Therefore, impactful, ongoing sales training is critical to your sales success.

I place emphasis on impactful and ongoing sales training, which sadly is rare in the real world. (“Ongoing” training for some means annually, at best.”) For many companies, I guess any training is better than none.
But, you should not, and need not deliver training that cures insomnia more effectively than Sominex. YOU can deliver training that stimulates the behavior you want from your sales people, and that produces the increased sales and service results you want.
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