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Just Follow Up Wins Sales Article of The Month on Top Sales Articles. Read the full article here. You may know what that next step in your selling process actually is. But do you know exactly, when? Are you confident in what that next step is and when it will be taken? Many salespeople struggle …

Earlier this year, I was approached by the folks over at Top10SalesArticles.com about an article I had written which they were interested in republishing on their site entitled, While You Have Their Attention, Opt-In which initially appeared on Salesopedia.com. Out of several hundred articles on www.top10salesarticles.com, this article won Article of the Month for November …

Power Referrals – The Ambassador Method Will Build Your Social Currency In today’s market, exploiting every vehicle you can to drive more prospects and more sales to you is crucial. The innovative will reign supreme, while those scurrying to simply do more of what they did yesterday wonder why ‘more’ isn’t the answer. What daily …

Rather than react to an objection with a statement that creates an adversarial posture between you and the prospect (Example: defending your position, service, or product) respond to the objections you hear with a question using the three step I.G.O. Permission Based Selling™ process to defuse them. Here’s how. Remember, after gathering the information during …

When presenting to a prospect, there’s a big difference between convincing and enrolling. Especially after identifying specific problems within the organization. Imagine you are at the point in a sale where you’re going to share the solution and enroll them in the solution and more so, taking action and making a change. Convincing/Selling: Changing someone’s …

When prospecting, if you hear, “No, I’m not interested,” do you give up & move on to more promising prospects?  Before you do, use these three strategies to uncover more qualified prospects & keep your pipeline full. Here are three different strategies you can incorporate into your prospecting efforts as it relates to qualifying your …

I received this question from someone regarding yesterday’s blog and thought it important enough to share as it may be on your mind as well. The question was, “How much time do I put aside for pre call planning?” Here is my response: Since pre-call planning occurs before you begin to prospect, this is the …

Sales 2.0; the conversion of technology and sales and the symbiotic relationship between the two; how they can be integrated together and co-exist in harmony. Yet, with all the technology that is going to change how salespeople sell and manage themselves, we need to be keenly sensitive about removing the human side of interaction and …