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The Pipeline

Back in the 80′s or maybe even earlier, the purveyors of Consultative Selling, put a lot of emphasis on Open Ended Questions, for all the right reasons. It took some effort and focus to get sales people to adopt this style of interaction, especially after years of pitching and doing things the traditional (old) way.

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10 Critical Best Practices for Your Sales Force in This Crisis

Understanding the Sales Force

We are in week 6 of lockdown, week 8 of voluntary work-from-home, while adapting, guiding and directing companies who still need to sell their products and services to generate revenue. At this point sales is about so much more than generating revenue for profit or to keep employees working. Forget uncertainty! Forget uncertainty!

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The Power of Short Questions in the Sales Process

The Sales Hunter

Short-questions are truly an amazing tool most salespeople never seem to grasp. Problem is that questions of that type do little to help the sales process. In fact, I’ll contend many times that they wind up harming the sales process. The sales process is about getting the customer talking.

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Your Customer Doesn’t Care About What You’re Selling

The Sales Hunter

We show up at a sales call with pretty pictures, a list of facts and other stuff the customer couldn’t care less about. Use your information and facts only as a tool to help them narrow the decision process or to clarify specific issues. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” Why should they?

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7 Consultative Selling Strategies to Close the Deal

Marc Wayshak

Consultative selling —you’ve probably heard this term a lot lately. And, no doubt, you’ve heard many sales gurus stating some form of the following: “You’ve got to start using consultative selling, now!” And how do we leverage a consultative approach in every sales conversation that we have?

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How a Simple Pause Can Save a Sales Call

The Sales Hunter

Sure, you may know quite a bit more than your customer, but if you don’t learn to pause at the right time, you may lose the sale. Just because this might be true doesn’t give the saleseperson the right to assume the sales call is their time to play “conquer the enemy.” ” Sales Motivation Blog.

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6 Things NOT to Do When Leaving a Voicemail

The Sales Hunter

Voicemail messages are a powerful tool if done right! Voicemail messages are an effective tool if used properly and it starts by not doing the stupid stuff. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.” ” Sales Motivation Blog. Definitely DON’T: 1. Speak with a bland voice.

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