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Sales People Are Not Automatons!

Every customer is different, every individual involved in a buying decision is different. Our ability to engage each person in ways appropriate to them is critical.

Is Holiday Shopping a Canary in the Coal Mine for Retailers?

Well into the 20th century, miners used canaries as a way to detect methane and carbon monoxide in mines. As long as a canary was singing, all was well. If a canary died, it was time to abandon the mine immediately. It meant the oxygen was running out.

Is Your Company Sustaining Sales?

Is your sales team performing lackluster in spite of efforts to improve sales and service techniques? Do they keep slipping back into old ways instead of embracing the changes you’ve been training them to accept?

Are You Answering the Right Question?

Are you asking the right questions? Are you probing, reframing, even challenging to make sure you understand what they really are saying—even going beyond the words they use?

Teaching Our Customers to Sell

“Selling,” internally, is critical to people getting things done and moving their initiatives, strategies, programs forward. Within organizations, there’s always selling going between people and groups, but people don’t tend to think of it that way.

Big Data Delivers Customized Experiences or It’s Just Noise

If there is one phrase we couldn’t seem to get enough of this year — that phrase is big data. Suffice it to say, we are leaving quite a trail.

10 Key Steps to Build Rapport on the Phone

At a recent sales conference I took notes as the keynote speaker argued that our words account for only 7 percent of our communication effectiveness. Tonality accounts for 38 per cent and body language 55 per cent.

Perfecting the Sales Call

Sales calls can be one of the scariest things to learn as a new employee or business owner. But while a sales call is not always necessary and should only be used in the right context, getting it right is critical.

3 Reasons Why a People Counting Service Will Help Your Small Retail Business

The odds are against you, so you need to use every tool you can get your hands on. One such tool is a people counting service, offered by companies that use high-grade video technology to track and analyze the people in your store. Here are 3 reasons why this service will benefit your small retail business.

Customer Loyalty: The Cold Hard Facts

Why does customer loyalty matter? Customer loyalty can boost sales, improve staff morale (who wants to deal with complaints all day?), strengthen your brand and reduce the cost of a sale.

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