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Are You a Salesperson or a Customer Service Person?

The Sales Hunter

.” Your job description says “sales” and you’re part of the sales team. If that’s the case, then why are you acting like a customer service person? I’m not bashing customer service people. That is what I see as the primary role of sales.

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How Sales Managers Undermine Price

The Sales Hunter

Sales managers without even trying are very good at taking profit right out of their company. They do this because of how they handle things with their salespeople who in turn offer customers discounts. When a sales manager places pressure, they need to do it with guidance as to how the salesperson should handle things.

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How to Get Sales and Customer Service Teams Working Together

Zendesk Sell

But this shift towards relationships and away from mere transactions has also revealed one of the fundamental problems in how we think about sales and customer service. The problem is priorities: a sales team’s priority, the thing they’re judged by, is having as many conversations as possible.

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How to Negotiate Pricing With Today’s B2B Buyers

SalesFuel

This includes pricing details, as well as offers and discounts. They might also have insight into any promotions or discounts you or competitors offered in the past. Non-monetary benefits, such as excellent customer service, should be discussion points. The goal is to identify a very high value benefit to the customer.

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The Slippery Slope of Discounting | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

The Slippery Slope of Discounting. I start this by saying that you must believe in the price you are offering for your product or service. For sake of argument, let’s say that you do believe in your price, but offering a discount has become commonplace among your sales force. E-mail RSS. Twitter Facebook.

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Using Sales Managers and Executives to Close More 4th Quarter Sales

The Sales Hunter

One of the easiest things sales managers and senior management can do is to call every person they know at a client company. First is to get the name of your company back in front of the customer/prospect, even though the person might not be our buyer. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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5 Sales Training Tips for Sales Managers AND Salespeople | Sales.

The Sales Hunter

5 Sales Training Tips for Sales Managers AND Salespeople. Whether you’re a rookie salesperson, a veteran salesperson or a sales manager, here are 5 sales training tips you need to take action on: 1. The success you have in sales is dependent on your level of confidence. customer service.