The Sales Association

JUNE 9, 2014

Through our research we have proven that sales and service performance is enhanced when you concentrate on one competency at a time, deliberately apply the concepts learned during interactions with customers (real life role play) report on your experiences and receive coaching and feedback.” And, they position value according to each.

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The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Batia shared best practices that he instills with his sales team such as using online tools like Newsie and Google Alerts to stay on top of what is changing and relevant to client businesses. This has made a tremendous difference in my ability to read my customers and modify my sales approach according to what best appeals to each.”

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The Sales Association

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Use your social media tools such as LinkedIn to learn a little bit about your prospect and tailor a message to that person. A little bit of customization goes a long way. Have you ever spent time customizing an e-mail with no write back? Ode to The Salespeople Customers Can’t Wait To Mee. Blog Archive.

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The Sales Association

MARCH 9, 2011

I want to let you in on something – trade shows are an extremely valuable opportunity to strengthen existing customer relationships and to bring in quality new leads – but you only get out of a tradeshow what you put in! Make appointments prior to the show before your target customer has a full dance card!

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The Sales Association

MARCH 1, 2011

While asking questions is a key to uncovering needs, if that’s all you do on your sales calls you will disappoint yourself and your customer. If a customer takes time out of their presumably busy schedule to meet with you, they must be interested in what you can offer them. Ideally, customer interactions should feel the same way.

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The Sales Association

MAY 22, 2011

She is the former Vice President of Telesales & Customer Service at Lotus Development, a subsidiary of IBM. In this position, her organization delivered $151 million in sales from corporate customers in addition to managing one million plus Customer Service inquiries. For smaller clients, it is a whole different ballgame.

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The Sales Association

JULY 30, 2013

In day-to-day business, it builds its benchmarks for the salespeople as “entrepreneurs in the enterprise”—with the specific requirements and challenges they face in shaping customer relationships in an optimum and successful fashion. When conventional CRM tools are phased in, pressure mounts on the salespeople of being controlled from above.

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