Thank you, but I’ll have to think about it. Every salesperson under the sun cringes upon hearing this polite, and yet vague response to their perfectly crafted pitch. It’s true that many things in the sales process are beyond your control, but some aren’t and you should focus on them. One of the things you…
How to Manage Your Sales Pipeline
Keeping your sales pipeline squeaky clean and properly managed is pivotal for the success of your business. You don’t want your water pipelines clogged, and the same goes for your sales pipelines. In other words, keeping stale opportunities that are in the pipeline for too long only slows down your business flow. There are several…
5 Crucial Methods for Growing Sales in 2017
The end of the year is the best time to reflect on what you’ve accomplished so far. It’s also useful to analyze the things you aren’t satisfied with, identify your mistakes and learn from them. But, it’s instrumental that you make a plan for the next year and see how you can improve your business…
How to get the most from your marketing data?
With the wealth of technology available to marketers’ measurement has become easier and yet more complex. Everyone talks about the importance of big data and yet many people and organizations by extension are still confused. Sure businesses collect and store data, but many people will tell you, they still don’t know how to use the…
How to turn a NO into a YES in Sales
No, Non… In business this one word can shatter many dreams or it can actually do the reverse by creating opportunities. For a business practitioner no should not be the end of the conversation. As business leaders we should take the NO as a challenge, an opportunity to develop an idea and to be creative…
A always B be C closing
Any method you use for sales, at some point in your conversations with your prospects you have to ask “for the business”. Where so many of my clients have gone wrong was not stepping out of their comfort zone. Most people do not know when or how to ask for the business as they have…
Conversion Strategies – How to Move Your Leads from Cold to Hot
If you’re just tuning in – make sure to read our last post: SuperBowl 50: Sales Vs. Marketing  first – as it explains the differences and the necessity of each aspect of your business journey. In this post, we are going to discuss strategies for tackling each level of prospect/lead (cold, warm, hot). We’ll also discuss how to get over…
SuperBowl 50: Sales vs. Marketing
7 Tips to Help Maintain Your Next Client
Last week, I spoke to a group of salespeople about the importance of not only closing their next client, but also maintaining those clients year after year. Building a sales funnel can take days, months, and even years for big deals, so knowing how to maintain those clients is very important to a stable business….
Google – The Future of Advertising for Your Business
Google has joined the ranks of existing social media titans to offer a new way to personalize your advertisements to potential clients using your own lists. Customer Match allows advertisers to upload their client lists in AdWords. The launch of this revolutionary access extends beyond basic web searching to include YouTube Trueview advertisements and the…