The Sales Trail

Written by Ryan Hoback


www.motivatedentrepreneur.com

Sales & Marketing

The Sales Trail..........

By Ryan M. Hoback, Motivated Entrepreneur Incubation & Consulting

Everybody’s going selling, selling U.S.A……..

The sales trail can be slow paced or high energy;repparttar way to achieverepparttar 140414 success we are looking for is to cover allrepparttar 140415 bases. Sales management can be very intricate, time consuming, and exhausting. However if allrepparttar 140416 right tools and elements are brought togetherrepparttar 140417 results can be fantastic. As in any other area of our business, we need to develop a plan of action. In today’s society we need to use great forethought and strategizing to meet sales challenges.

Our first step is to create a spider-web diagram or cluster of ideas that containsrepparttar 140418 categories we would like to focus on. Remember, it is all about getting your sales message across clearly. Here is a good way to start;

• What is our Brand’s Product/Service Message or selling point? • Develop our message so that we can craft our sales pitch to our target customer. • Do we utilize cold calling, advertising, word of mouth referrals, a mix of all three? • How will we deliver our message inrepparttar 140419 most effective manner through each one of these channels?

When we develop our message, try to find one that brings forth both an emotional and rational response. In order to have an effective sales strategy regardless of what industry we may fall in, we must make sure our sales associates are familiar with our company’s objectives, policies, and feelings on each product or service.

A good way to promote this is by issuing written statements, which clearly define and staterepparttar 140420 product/service concept, its intended use, and why it is beneficial torepparttar 140421 customer. This company wide statement allows our organization to operate with a homogenous understanding ofrepparttar 140422 company’s views on its product/service. This induces a heightened level of creativity throughout sales departments, and gives themrepparttar 140423 flexibility of concentrating on their selling techniques and correcting their mistakes while remaining completely confident inrepparttar 140424 sales material.

How to Avoid Everyday Sales Mistakes

Written by Ken Levine


Avoiding Every Day Sales Goofs A client of mine once said to me, “It’s better to dorepparttar right thing badly thanrepparttar 140276 wrong thing very well.” So it goes in sales. Try to dorepparttar 140277 right things, even if not very well, even if it hurts. You’re probably not guilty of committing any ofrepparttar 140278 following sales goofs, however, if you see yourself in any of these situations, you might want to rethink your sales process: · Calling atrepparttar 140279 wrong level. · It’s all about you and your company, not your prospect. · It’s value added and not value first. · You can’t figure outrepparttar 140280 real problem, concern, and pain being experienced byrepparttar 140281 prospect. · You are trying to sell something rather than provide a solution. · The prospect may not like you. · Blaming your empty sales pipeline onrepparttar 140282 economy. · Loving your comfort zone – you dorepparttar 140283 same thing over an over again expecting different results. · Allowing your prospect to be in control. · Appearing needy and hungry. · You don’t leave each sales meeting or telephone call with a clear next step..You are in chase mode. · Talking 70 – 80% ofrepparttar 140284 time duringrepparttar 140285 sales call. · Selling on price rather than value. · Being condescending to prospects – you are smarter than them so you educate them. · Accepting “THINK IT OVERS” as a good thing. · Not disarming objections early enough. · Projecting your personal opinions. · Not sure how to getrepparttar 140286 sale closed or unable to walk away. · Doing lots of proposals and quotes that don’t not convert to opportunities.

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