There’s an undeniable truth about stories. Most people absolutely love them. We are brought up in our early years listening to stories at bedtime. We go through school learning to read with stories as the mechanism which enables us to understand concepts and emotions. We see movies and come out after them wanting to be [...]

Knowing how to handle objections from clients begins with anticipating their concerns.  Your attitude at the start will directly affect your sales at the end of the day. Be enthusiastic.  Know how your product or service can add  value to your customer by either saving him time and money, by eliminating stress and waste, or [...]

Many sales reps struggle with objections from their clients. One of the most common is that dreaded phrase: “I don’t have the money, and right now I just can’t afford it.” At this point, many sales reps give up and tell the client to call when they do have the money, which is usually never. [...]

In the presentation you lead your prospect step by step through the successive stages of conviction to the point of desire. Right there is where the order is yours for the taking. But to get it you’ve got to take it. There’s no secret about being able to tell when your prospect feels kindly towards [...]

When it comes to selling, what, exactly, is an objection? If we can truly understand what we’re dealing with when a prospect makes an objection, then it will be easier to handle and use to your advantage in the appropriate situation. Not all objections should be received as a negative blow to your sales presentation. [...]

You can’t expect to get the sale 100% of the time. Sometimes the sale is lost to conditions beyond your control. But it does help to understand more about those deals that slip through your fingers when they just may have been saved by foresight and a little more training. In order to understand the [...]

More salespeople make the mistake of overselling their prospects than underselling. In plain English, they talk their prospect to the point where there is a readiness to buy and then talk them out of that mood, losing the interest and the order after it was there for the taking. You might account for that by [...]

The secret of being successful in selling is the ability to transmit your energy and your enthusiasm about your product or service. If you fail to do that, you will not sell. In Selling is Better than Sex, I will take you through the essentials of successful selling with a humorous twist; illustrating that business [...]

By definition, a sale is the act of meeting prospective buyers and providing them with a product or service in return for money or other agreed upon compensation. A sale is an act of completion of a commercial activity. The “deal is closed”, means the customer has consented to the proposed product or service by [...]

Remember that the person who asks questions at the meeting is the one who controls the conversation. We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. Ask the question, and then shut up and listen to what your prospect is saying to you. Action Step You [...]

In my previous article I was talking how If you live by price – you will die by price. Let’s talk further about how to close the deal without discounting. If you base your offer on your price only, there is a good chance that someone will have lower price than you, or you can [...]

Today I am sharing with you my Daily Sales Tip #17 titled: “Once you’ve made the sale, stop selling.” Subscribe to my daily sales tips and you will receive a free ebook every 30 days, plus extra discounts on my books, CD’s, webinars and seminars. If you would like to stop receiving my tips, you [...]