Prepare yourself for making your calls by getting into the right frame of mind Be direct This is different from Tip #2: Respect your listener's time, when we were talking about getting to the point of the call. Here we're looking at the language you use and our advice is: 1 Don't use … [Read more...]
#9 of 10 Telephone Sales Tips on how to create a positive image
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Prepare yourself for making your calls by getting into the right frame of mind Be genuinely interested in what your contact has to say Probably because of the years of experience of business telephone use I've had, even though I can't see what's going on at the other end of the phone, I can … [Read more...]
My first job
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...was as a 16 year old Saturday girl at Woolworth's, where, for some strange reason, I usually managed to get what was regarded as the plum role of serving behind the cosmetics counter (this was in the days before self-service and paying at a check out). I'd work with full-time sales assistants … [Read more...]
7 ways to grow your business without selling!
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There are lots of ways you can positively influence the sales effort and make the best of selling opportunities without overtly selling. And they're probably well within your existing comfort zone, for example here are just seven: Sort out your brand differentiation - this is way down the … [Read more...]
If something in your business isn’t working…
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...try a different way. Years ago I worked in the classified advertisement department of a globally respected broadsheet national newspaper. The telephone sales staff were forever being exhorted to sell more display adverts: They were bolder, stood out from the page better, allowed the … [Read more...]
Are you a reluctant sales person?
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Unless you're a an acclaimed expert in your field, have a product or service people are tripping all over each other to sign up for, are a networker par excellence so are bound to convert some contacts to customers, or have enough business now and in the pipeline to keep you profitably engaged for … [Read more...]
Can you sell without selling?
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I met an IT Engineer Manager at a Customer and Commercial Awareness day we were running for his company. He saw his department's role primarily as the "face" of the company to their customers and his people as being in a prime position to increase the company's sales. His problem was that he was … [Read more...]
