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Do you ask enough questions? Here are six reasons questions are your most important selling tool:  Questions get the right person talking. That's the customer.Questions focus the call on the
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A customer's family was nearing the end of a mountain of presents last Christmas when the phone rang. The caller? Not a relative spreading holiday cheer, but a Federal Express
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Stop wasting time reading unwanted email messages. Follow the example of one busy team leader. He decided to respond to every email for a week with a note on its
If, during a cold call, you get an "I'm not interested" from a prospect as soon as you state your name, simply smile and respond, "Well, I'd be very surprised
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Here's a simple way to use postcards to attract new customers. The next time you're at an industry convention, buy 25 postcards that represent the place you're visiting. Think of
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It's vital for sales reps to be able to recognize self-preservation as a basic human need. If salespeople can't address customers' personal interests in why they should buy, sales will
A common theme among salespeople is the fear of coming off as pushy. Some salespeople won't even ask for the sale because of this fear. They want to build a
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For those times you work hard finding the product that will suit your customer's needs only to face getting beat up on the price, here are a few helpful ideas
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Establish or uncover a need, problem, or desire. Intensify the problem and the prospect's desire to solve it. Offer solutions to the problem.Get the prospect to take action.
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When you begin to use your website and measurement tools for ROI, you have yet another bridge to cross. You need to build trust within the people who use your