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A Newsletter With Insights on Sales Excellence and Customer Retention

Volume 4

September 2006  --  Issue 9  

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Tales of a New Sales Manager

Preparing your sales team for success

Bill started his new position as District Sales Manager with all the energy and excitement he could muster. The first thing he did, after meeting with all his people and learning the strengths and weaknesses of his sales organization, was to ask his sales people to bring him into important deals they were working on. His goal was to meet with higher-level executives so his reps could sell at higher levels of decision makers. Bill knew that many sales people don’t sell high enough within an organization. However, if during the sales process they bring in their manager, there’s a better chance of meeting their counterparts, hence reaching and selling higher into an organization. The positive results were immediate.

 

The next thing Bill did was to pull in his top sales performers to find out their best practices....Read More


 


Selling to the Right Person

Perception versus Reality

I would guess that at least once in your sales career you’ve been told that you should know your audience in order to sell successfully. This is absolutely true. Knowing who you are selling to is one of the most basic fundamentals of selling. However, exactly what does “knowing your audience” really mean? At the most basic level, this simply means you should strive to find the person, or people, who will directly benefit from your product or service, have decision making authority, and can actually spend the money (i.e., write the check) so you know if you are selling to the right person. Ok, that’s simple enough. But what’s not always simple is finding the person that fits these criteria. Since different people have dissimilar perceptions and interpretations of reality, their decision making abilities vary, which affects how they purchase.

 

Knowing the title or position your prospect holds in his firm is not enough. You need to also know how he thinks and what his responsibilities include....Read More
 


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