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Are You Really Asking For The Order?

MTD Sales Training

They do not clearly ask the prospect to make a decision. Wait For The Prospect To Make the First Move. One of the most popular closes, (or should I say anti-closes), is when the sales person presents the offer and waits for the prospect to say something. The sales person waits, hoping the prospect will say, “Ok!

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4 Reasons I Don’t Pay for Referrals

No More Cold Calling

Should you offer incentives to Referral Sources? For a 2010 report from the Wharton School of Business, researchers Christophe Van den Bulte, Bernd Skiera, and Philipp Schmitt studied data that an anonymous German bank gathered on nearly 10,000 of its customers over 33 months. Incent or not. The short answer is NO. Comment Here.

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How B2B Reps Use Social Debt to Get Sales Support

SBI Growth

This Social Selling skill works with your customers and prospects. These resources never report directly to a Sales Rep. Incentive Structure. Furthermore, they don’t report to your Sales leaders. Even when their virtual team has no monetary or organizational incentive to do so. The Sales and Support Relationship.

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Keeping Good Salespeople is Harder Than Finding Them!

Jeffrey Gitomer

They help salespeople sell, and they’re a reflection of the quality of your business in the mind of the prospect. Have incentives and contests to keep it competitive. Pay a larger incentive the second time. Get them to write a report about situations and needs. Give them the tools to sell with. Act on them.

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Creating the Ideal Performance Culture

SBI Growth

Accounts had to be entered in both systems, which required double the reporting. Incentive Programs. Does your comp plan incent behaviors that will get you to your number? A majority of reps focused on margin, and gave up prospecting for new accounts. A media organization recently created home grown CRM system.

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How To Maximize Your ROI At An Exhibition

MTD Sales Training

Give staff incentives to encourage activity and accuracy. Invite your customers and prospects before the show using social media, your web site and direct mail. Tell them something “interesting” and give them a reason or incentive for visiting. Have you downloaded my latest report “The Sales Person’s Crisis”?

ROI 290
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An S.O.S. From Sales Ops to Company Leadership

SBI Growth

When you need that summary report yesterday, Sales Ops is your go-to. Link some incentive to making the revenue goal. Shut-down that whining Sales Director that keeps complaining about some worthless, one-off report. Conducting predictive analysis to find better prospects. Service issues, they have a line on resolution.

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