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The Science of Basic Selling Skills

Bernadette McClelland

5. Know your prospects. Find the problem, discover solution, present why solution is best for prospect. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. 6. Know your competition. Solve their problems. Know your company story. Build rapport. Understand the buyers needs and KPIs. Networking. Storytelling.

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Assumptive Questions: The Quick Way to Improve Your Selling Skills

Mr. Inside Sales

If you would like to instantly improve your selling skills—and so your open and close rate—you can do so by taking just a few minutes to complete the following exercise (don’t worry, it’s easy and fun!). What you’ll do is make a list of all the common closed ended questions you ask, and then turn them into assumptive questions instead!

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5 Ways to Identify a Prospect and Stay Away from Suspects

The Sales Hunter

Not all prospects are prospects. Too many prospects are nothing more than suspects faking to be a prospect. Here are 5 ways to identify if who you’re talking to is a prospect worthy of your time. Have they told you when they are going to make a decision? Nothing can waste more time […].

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6 Ways to Prospect More Effectively With Email

The Sales Hunter

Using email as part of your prospecting plan is a good idea — if you do it right! Here are 6 ways you can be more effective with your prospecting email: 1. Subject line Nothing will sink an email faster than a subject line. The subject line needs to be as powerful as the title of a […].

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How Do You Engage the Prospect?

The Sales Hunter

Yet a conversation is exactly what a prospecting call should sound like. Blog Professional Selling Skills Prospecting prospect prospecting questions sales prospecting' The problem is these questions sound more like an interrogation than a conversation.

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9 Ways to Overcome Sales Prospecting Anxiety

The Sales Hunter

Sales Prospecting Anxiety – the condition that limits a salesperson’s income due to their inability to prospect properly. Let’s look at 9 things you can do now to overcome sales prospecting anxiety. Let’s look at 9 things you can do now to overcome sales prospecting anxiety. Use it to actually prospect!

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The Bob Chronicles - The Difference Between Selling Skills and Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

Back in the 90's, after years of Chiropractic, I learned to crack my own back and neck. You never know when you will need to relieve stiffness and/or pain. Actually you do know. If you drove more than two hours today or slept in a hotel bed last night I'm certain you'll need to crack your back and neck.