Get Your Share of Old Business

Lets face it...winning new business is fun. Particularly in service firms where there is substantial personal involvement required to gain clients. But the jubilation of landing new accounts often leads to problems.

Increase Sales Tip - Separate Qualified Business Prospects from Prospects and Suspects

Can you quickly separate between your qualified business prospects from your other prospects and suspects? If not, you may find this article of interest.

The Importance of Rapport in Direct Sales

In direct sales rapport with the prospect greatly enhances your probability of closing the sale. To be effective at using rapport you need to understand how your prospect communicate and process information. Does this sound a bit farfetched to you? Frankly, it is challenging to learn this and requires constant practice.

What Do Physicians Want From Drug Reps? What All Drug Representatives Should Know

Pharmaceutical sales manager reveals what doctors really want from drug representatives.

My Cousin Vinnie - The Salesman

While on a cruise we experienced a very professional sales person. Here's what he did and how he did it.

7 Considerations When Making a Business Sales Letter

When making a business sales letter, the primary goal is, obviously, to make a sale. However, focusing on this bottom line is ultimately what causes a lot of business sales letters to fail, simply because customers feel that the letter is all about trying to separate them from their hard earned money.

Be Non-Checkoffable

Here's what you need to do so people don't check you OFF...

7 Steps to Increasing Your Sales Power – Part 2

Part 1 of this article identified the real secret to sales success and explored the first three steps to increasing your sales power. This article will walk you through the remaining four steps.

How To Get Quality Introductions From Existing Clients

One of the easiest ways to increase business quickly is through referrals. Unfortunately for most business owners and salespeople, this is something they struggle with everyday. What if it was made easy? How much would your business increase if you were provided one referral from every existing client? Even better, what if they made a quality introduction for you to a new potential client?

Extra - Ordinary Prospecting - Qualify First

In todays competitive market you do not have time to waste. So qualify your potential customer before you see them. I know it is not rocket science, but how many of you don't do it thoroughly enough?

Which Part Of 'Close' Don't You Understand?

If you don't close a sale, all the effort you have put into the preceding stages is wasted. Use these 5 essential factors and you will dramatically improve your closing ratio.

An Alternative, Inexpensive Way to Penetrate the Market For a New Product

My consulting firm receives an average of 2 new product submissions from entrepreneur's each day. Last year we viewed almost 700 such offerings. They ranged from the silly to the spectacular. The majority of these concepts actually possess some commercial merit. Nevertheless, fewer than a dozen of these will ever make it to market. There are many reasons for the paucity of successful product launches. The process is challenging and many people are not up for the fight. Many people dream that their idea or concept can succeed, but at no risk or expense to themselves. Still others have recklessly expanded valuations on their product and thus, expectations that are not realistic.

Why Won't My Customers Call Me Back?

A common lament from many sales people these days is the difficulty that they have in getting their customers to call them back or answer emails. This applies to prospects and even regular customers. Sales people worry that if they call too much they will be perceived as a pest or as unprofessional or, even worse, as a stalker.