Whether you're stumped for ideas or looking for a few new ones, we've put together a comprehensive bread & butter list of some of the most important. Have we missed any? Include your suggestions following in the comments. Here they are in no particular order. 1. Ask for referrals. Your social and business network
This is a question I always ask when meeting salespeople and sales managers. The answer I often hear is “cold calling or managing referrals from existing clients.” The next question I ask is “what processes do you have in place to maximise these opportunities?” The answer is usually “none”! Which leads me to the
People don’t deliberately plan to fail but often fail to plan. In sales one of the most crucial elements is a prospecting plan. A challenge for many salespeople is they do not have one and as a result spend the vast majority of their selling time with their “friendlies” (clients they get on well
In this article I continue with the sins of networking theme from my last article. The next sin is failing to establish a connection. Effective networking means actively making a connection with the people you meet. Your goal is not to meet everyone at the event. You are better off having one or two
Everyone talks about networking to improve business; however I find it to be an overused word and underused strategy by many of the salespeople and business owners I meet at so called “networking events”. Many people think of networking as going to a business event in search of business opportunities however it is much
There is an old quote which we can adapt that goes – “There are three kinds of salespeople – those who make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who are wondering what happened.” It’s an oldie but a goodie. In fact there are generally two types of salespeople I come across
I was guest speaker at a meeting a few weeks ago and a chap I was chatting to was telling me that after 18 years of having 3 women in the house now that his daughters had left he was having to learn how to talk again! My thought was he must have been
A question I am often asked is “Are there natural born salespeople that we should be looking for?” My answer to this is there is no such thing as a natural born salesperson. There are salespeople with the “gift of the gab” who make good sales but they tend to lack consistency in their
We not only want you to know what they are - but also how to overcome them! We've worked together with Brett to publish our first in what we plan will be a series of sales technique and strategy resources. The first, entitled "Every Sale has 5 Basic Obstalces - Learn What They Are
We talked about “Farmers” and “Hunters” last time and how many salespeople fall into the comfortable role of farming their existing clients rather than bringing on new business. This occurs largely due to a lack of a clear step by step plan on how to go about prospecting. Many salespeople make the excuse they
