Posts Tagged ‘Sales Strategies’
How Do Our Customers Make Money?
At the core of everything we do as sales people, it’s about making money, that is producing revenue for our companies. But that’s not what drives our success as sales people.
Read More 5 Customer Service Tactics to Increase Sales
To be truly effective, customer service must permeate the culture of a company. It is everyone’s job. Hire the right people for the job—selling and serving the customer—and train and motivate them to engage with each customer to provide an amazing customer service experience.
Read More Using Barter to Boost Sales
Businesses can utilize barter to boost sales production. It’s easy, it’s smart and it works like a charm. In its simplest form, bartering involves an equal trade. One business swaps a good or service for another.
Read More The Super Bowl Ad That Actually Sold Something!
Super Bowl XXXLVIII was filled with all the commercials you’d expect… the kind that make you laugh or tear up, but leave you struggling to remember the company that ran the ad or what they were trying to sell.
Read More Create Copy That Sells
Having a great product is only half the battle when it comes to making a sale. You also need a convincing argument to your potential customer that yours is the best product available. You must sell the customer on your goods, and to do that you have to have great sales copy.
Read More 80% of Our Revenue Comes From…
Data is powerful. We’re all enamored with analytics and what they can tell us about our customers and our business. But data can also be very dangerous if we really don’t understand it.
Read More How Your Small Business Can Transform a Reluctant Buyer
You can’t always turn a reluctant customer into a buyer. Your product simply isn’t going to be right for everyone. But I think it’s more important to understand the bigger picture and take an “organic” approach to turning the corner and closing the sale with a reluctant buyer, and it all starts with your self image.
Read More Tips to a Successful Outreach Strategy
It’s true that your best customers are regular buyers. However, customers have a shelf life, too. There’s only so much new revenue you can generate from old customers, so outreach has to be part of any marketing strategy.
Read More Will Your Prospects Read a 10-Page Sales Pitch?
If I can put a compelling letter in your hands that talks all about one of your major interests, chances are you’ll read it. Doesn’t matter whether it’s five pages or 10 pages or 20-plus.
Read More When Salespeople Don’t Sell
What happens when sales people don’t do what they have the skills to do? When economies are good and businesses are humming along, many sales people joke that products sell themselves. But once the economy catches up and sales numbers drop, this is where the real talent rises to the surface.
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