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Sell Without Feeling Like A Used Car Salesman


Many business owners and professionals are appalled at the thought of having to sell their products or services. If you are going to be successful though, regardless of your profession, you are also going to be in the business of selling. But you don?t have to don a plaid jacket and adopt the sales techniques that have made the used car salesman infamous.

7 Safety Tips Every Realtor and Door-to-Door Sales Professional Need to Practice


These are the top 7 safety tips that criminals don?t want you to know. It makes their job harder. What makes a criminal pounce? Intent and Opportunity. Their intent we have no control over, however we definitely can do something about the opportunity. Start thinking like a criminal. How would someone be able to take advantage of you? What throughout your day can put you at the peak time for a criminal to ?come in for the kill??

The Processionary Caterpillar Syndrome Costs You Sales?


Some years ago I read and interesting story that illustrated why many of the sales and service industry professionals that invest their time and money in my personal telephone coaching sessions ( http://www.TheSellingEdge.com/personalCoaching.htm ) have until the coaching sessions have failed to move beyond an intellectual understanding of sound selling principles. Do you have the processionary caterpillar syndrome?

Turning Sales Techniques Into Sales Success!


The goal of all sales training is not just to teach solid selling principles and techniques, but to actually help participants increase the number of new accounts (products and/or services) they sell and improve their multiple sales ratios. Unfortunately, many sales and service industry professionals gain an intellectual awareness of the methods of selling from the sales training they receive, yet fail to improve their bottom line sales results by systematically using the concepts in their daily transactions. See my article, The Processionary Caterpillar Syndrome Costs You Sales?

Small Business Computer Consulting Freeloaders? and How to Avoid Them


If you've been in the small business computer consulting industry for more than 10 minutes, you've probably already encountered a fair amount of freeloaders.

How to Make Training and Development a Power Agent for Change


Does this sound familiar? With high expectations, you sent your employees or yourself to a training or personal development program. Six weeks later you're not sure if it was worth the investment. What went wrong?

Order Takers vs. Sales Professionals


As business owners we all know that in a ideal world prospects would just pick up the phone and give us an order ? but for most of us sales is not like that! Yes it would be utopia however have you considered the difference between order takers and sales professionals? Firstly they are two completely different animals. Lets face facts order takers are less likely to be skilled in sales technique. This includes the ability to easily up sell, cross sell or add on services. Order takers are by there very nature just waiting for the phone to ring and do not work on a pro active basis. If we left everything to the client then so many additional products would never have been sold.

Unlocking the Myth of Hypnotic Communication


Unquestionably when the word hypnosis pops-up in a conversation or in the mainstream press, nostrils flair, minds conjure up strong reactions of parlor tricks and pictures of late night scary movies where starry-eyed maidens are seduced to carry out satanic acts. Here we are, in modern times, where we have set foot on the moon, (ops ? better watch my words ? there are people who still think the earth is flat) broke the sound barrier, communicate wireless with the most modern technology and still people see hypnosis has a hoax. Even the well educated are not off the hook from such lack of knowledge and ignorant responses.

Using the Consultative Approach to Gaining Sales


What do we mean by a consultative approach?

What Does It Take To WIN A Sale?


What to do when you win or lose.

How To Write A Solution - Savvy Sales Letter to To Get Clients


Too many sales letters are shaped into paper airplanes and flown into trash cans because freelancers write sales letters that sell their services. These freelancers have never listened to the quietly- whispered secret that says their sales letters should sell solutions, not services, to yield the best results.

Five Tips To Increase Your Sales


1. You could end your ad copy with a discounted price. Just list your regular price and then offer a discounted price off the order ?right now?. You could also offer a rebate that takes effect instantly. For example, you could say, "Instead of paying $99, you could order now and get an instant rebate of $20 - you only pay $79!"

How to Reduce Sales Resistance


Sales resistance is a fact of life for most sales people. We encounter sales resistance in 5 specific areas. In any sales transaction we must negotiate these 5 barriers. They can be real and permanent, which means no sale. Or they may merely represent perceptions that the prospect currently entertains through lack of knowledge. These perceptions can be changed through the sales process resulting in a sale.

Sales Closing: Dont Close Sales - Open Relationships to Achieve Multiple Sales


A lot is written and talked about in regard to closing sales and in the traditional wisdom of sales experts, ?closing? is regarded as the vital skill that sales people need to be successful. I would like to share my experience about ?closing? and tell you why I think focusing on closing the sale is actually a non productive and destructive activity and tell you what, in my experience, has proved to be a better selling strategy.

Cross-selling for Increased Sales, Profits, and Customer Satisfaction


Cross-selling - the art of selling for non-salespeople

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