The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 10, 2015

I know it sounds harsh, but your sales presentation sucks — if you are relying on it so heavily that it is a roadblock to authentic dialogue. What happens when you come into a meeting with the customer or prospect and you are determined to stick to the presentation is you may actually shut down any […].

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I recently watched a very capable salesperson get completely flustered because the sales materials he had weren’t in the order he wanted them. He opened the sales meeting beautifully and then began walking the customers through the materials. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 29, 2015

…NOT a presentation. Great salespeople do not rely on a canned presentation. Instead, they build strong conversations focused on the customer’s needs. You can strengthen your dialogue abilities, and you will see how little you even want to use your canned presentation.

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The Sales Hunter

JANUARY 9, 2012

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Sales Call Best Practices. Communication Skills. Retail Sales Trends. Mark’s Insights on PRICING.

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The Sales Hunter

JULY 27, 2015

Are you relying on a canned presentation? I want to challenge you to steer clear of the canned presentations. Great salespeople know they need to listen closely to their customer so the discussion focuses on the customer’s distinct challenges and needs. Canned presentations will […].

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The Sales Hunter

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Use this to your advantage by making it a technique you use during a sales presentation. One way to do this is by taking your presentation materials and highlight one key point you typically use in your presentation. The beauty of this approach is you can use it at almost anytime during the sales call.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 25, 2013

If you want to close more sales, you better first do something about these 8 reasons your customers don’t care: 1. If you do try to fake that you care, your customer will throw you out even faster. Successful salespeople care about their customers. Structure your sales process to allow them to see it.

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 5, 2013

What parts of your sales process are you still using that your customer couldn’t care less about? Below are 6 questions you must ask yourself about your selling process: 1. What percentage of my customers have done research on the internet before meeting with me? If so, how is the customer responding?

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The Sales Hunter

JUNE 11, 2013

Customers don’t want marketing materials. They want solutions. The last thing a customer wants to do is sit through another boring presentation. I still remember a boss I had who believed every word that was written in a marketing brochure should be read to the customer. ” Sales Motivation Blog. .”

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Sales and Marketing Management

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Author: Charlotte Powell You don’t need a big sales team to make a lot of money. Small sales teams can perform incredibly well if you get the right balance of skills, motivation, and resources. How can you inspire your sales team to go above and beyond? Run a skills assessment. Run a skills assessment.

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The Sales Hunter

AUGUST 6, 2013

Look at what you sell as an investment and it will help you shift the focus of your sales presentation away from one of substantiating a price by talking features to a conversation about the benefits the customer is going to receive. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 15, 2011

Make more sales. Filed Under: Attitude , Sales , Success Tagged With: attitude training , book on attitude , building trust , business social media , corporate sales training , customer service , customer service training , gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales blog , selling skills.

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The Sales Hunter

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Salespeople always want a higher price and don’t want to offer a discount to close the sale. In fact I’ll say it is as powerful of an attribute in the selling process as anything else. The price is built around the level of confidence the customer has in being able to achieve the level of expectations they are looking for.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JANUARY 3, 2012

Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! The Little Red Book of Selling. The Sales Bible. The Sales Bible.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 22, 2011

Three (more) fine lines of selling. | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Tweet Share There’s a fine line between should I ask for the sale or not ask for the sale? Great salespeople always ask for the sale, and NEVER leave without confirming the next step in the sales cycle.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Relationships and Referrals | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Most sales people stop at the end of the selling process. They go through the same old crapola, of prospect , the point, present, close, follow-up! Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

How to Delight | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Well, whatever you do is probably what your customers are doing. They don’t need a sales pitch; they need a sales idea. They don’t need a special offer; they need a sales lead. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JULY 29, 2011

For the love of sales, not the love of money. Tweet Share Do you love sales? Do you love your customers? These are questions that directly affect your productivity, your attitude, your income, your success, and your fulfillment-not to mention your longevity at your present job. Get Sales Blog Updates. Presenting.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Starbucks | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. It’s their quality that sells. They have loyal customers: People will leave their cars running in the parking lot, people will park three blocks away and walk to get their cup of coffee. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty.

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The Sales Hunter

APRIL 11, 2013

It’s not surprising that many CEOs, CMOs and other senior members of a company are not comfortable making sales calls. Below is a list of 9 things to help ensure your next sales call with a senior manager in attendance is as effective as possible: 1. Items of concern the customer may bring up. Areas to explore if possible.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 3, 2011

Relate | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011!

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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 17, 2011

Now is the time to hone your presentation to perfection… or is it? What are you willing to change, so that when you do get that CEO meeting you are ready to make a great first impression, an impressive first impression, a differentiating first impression, and earn a sale? Make sure you autograph it as you present it. Presenting.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 18, 2011

How Personal Information Leads To A Relationship (And To Sales). Tweet Share To establish the ultimate long-term relationship and to be memorable in the service you perform, you need to discover personal information about your prospect or customer. And, oh yes, lots of sales.). Get Sales Blog Updates. Presenting.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 3, 2012

Tweet Share I want you to join me March 8th for an afternoon leadership seminar, and March 9th for a morning sales seminar at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel so you can make 2012 the year you dominate your market and the year you dominate your competition. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Customer Loyalty. Presenting.

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The Sales Hunter

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Communication Skills. Retail Sales Trends. 5 of the BEST Sales Tips Ever. Mark’s Insights on PRICING.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Sign Up For My February 8 Webinar – Closing the Sale [Space Is Limited]. It’s this Wednesday, February 8, and it’s all about closing the sale. Contrary to decades of sales teaching, closing the sale is not a matter of psychological trickery or mental manipulation. Get Sales Blog Updates.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

Percentage of sales success. ” “Because we’re trying to make new contacts and more new sales.” ” The cold call is THE lowest percentage sales call. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. The Little Red Book of Selling.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

JULY 26, 2011

Filed Under: Customer Loyalty , Generating Referrals , Sales , Success , Trust Tagged With: attitude training , corporate sales training , establishing trust , gitomer , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , professional sales training , sales , sales article , sales blog , sales skills , sales trainer , selling skills , success principles.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Are You a Sales “Rock Star?” ” | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Here’s the video I did on how to be a sales “rock star.” I’ll try Van Halen this afternoon… got a 3pm sales call in Miami!! Get Sales Blog Updates. Presenting.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 19, 2011

If you network smart, it’s the easiest way to make sales contacts. Hot sales contacts. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! The Little Red Book of Selling. The Sales Bible. Here are 11.5

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Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

I have been a student of sales since November 11, 1971. I was listening (via the brand new voice technology called the “cassette tape”) to a guy named Jay Douglas Edwards, who uttered the sales tip, “If the customer says, ‘Do these come in green?’ Over the last 40 or so years sales models have changed.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Getting into sales for the money. If you’re in sales for the money, get out now and become a lawyer, or worse, a politician. If you’re in sales for the money, get out now and become a lawyer, or worse, a politician. A big part of selling is expecting a positive outcome. Tweet Share 1. At a 6 a.m.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! The Little Red Book of Selling. The Sales Bible. The Sales Bible.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MAY 5, 2011

Yes, we’re in the crapper, but it’s way better to focus on what’s the opportunity, your opportunity, that this downturn presents? What is your present financial condition? How high can you climb in your present position? I came across this gem while reading Jeffrey Gitomer’s Sales Blog and loved the idea of it.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 1, 2011

The New Sales Caffeine | Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Tweet Share I’m excited to be able to share the new and improved Sales Caffeine. “Hey, team, congratulations on the new Sales Caffeine format. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

MARCH 15, 2011

Top Sales Trainer | Best Sales Trainer | Top Leadership Trainer. Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011!

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Jeffrey Gitomer

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Get Sales Blog Updates. Customer Loyalty. Presenting. Sales Management. Sales Videos. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! There is no time like the present to change things up in 2012 to ensure its better than 2011! The Little Red Book of Selling. The Sales Bible. The Sales Bible.

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