How can you evaluate consultants of any kind and know if they are a fit? Even as consultants, we are often so focused on doing a good job for our clients that we miss the bigger picture. Like any business, we believe in what we do. We do a great job aligning with our customers
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Why didn’t you close that sale? As a sales professional, have you ever actually analyzed why you have been unsuccessful in certain sales? According to a study by Steve Martin, only 12% of salespeople are considered excellent, 23% good, 38% average, and 27% poor. What differentiates salespeople enough for them to be placed in those
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Very few things are as effective as getting in front of your prospect so that you can pitch face-to-face. The system of sales meetings is simple. The more meetings you schedule, the more money you make. Unfortunately, scheduling more than a few meetings a month can be a difficult and time consuming process. How many
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How to Close More Sales by Engaging Your Prospect and Communicating Your Vision How often are you closing significant sales? When you close a big deal, does it feel expected, like part of the process? Or does it feel more like you got lucky? If you are having trouble closing consistently, it may come down
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Great Companies Sell Solutions by Focusing on Value. Have you ever taken a sales call and automatically known that the sales rep was reading from a script? This is far too common. Sales reps have been taught to start off a conversation by asking a series of obvious leading questions so that they can properly
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“Why should I buy this from you when I can get it cheaper from someone else?” Have you ever been asked this question? I have. Although this question tends to feel like a curve ball, it is a very reasonable question, and it would be even more reasonable to prepare a response. The key is
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Closing is the Final Step in a process which can be Tested and Manipulated. Closing is a Science. When you close sales, does it feel normal, or do you feel like you got lucky? The process of closing sales should be considered a process. There are many factors at play that can be adjusted, why
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