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In Praise Of Pushy Sales People

Partners in Excellence

I’m a pushy sales person. Perhaps some will recommend a 12 step program or some other therapy to make me less pushy. But, to be honest, I like being pushy. My customers and clients, for the most part, appreciate it too–though at some times my pushiness makes them uncomfortable. (I’ll

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Changing Minds – One Story/One Metaphor At a Time

Anne Miller

How do you attract people to a field (sales) that they think has a notoriously suspect reputation? How do you turn perceptions of sales as a “pushy,” “manipulative,” and “untrustworthy” endeavor into a respectable opportunity that could launch participants into a world of respectable and lucrative work? How did he do it?

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Everyone Has A Customer

Partners in Excellence

But it’s the job of sales, marketing, and customer service to work with those customers. But it’s the job of sales, marketing, and customer service to work with those customers. My job is different, I work with people internally.” How would that change our engagement strategies?

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Everyone Has A Customer

Partners in Excellence

But it’s the job of sales, marketing, and customer service to work with those customers. But it’s the job of sales, marketing, and customer service to work with those customers. My job is different, I work with people internally.” How would that change our engagement strategies?

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Is “Helping Our Customers” Incompatible With Selling?

Partners in Excellence

To be honest, there were only opinions suggesting sales people need to focus on selling products, less so being helpful. Sadly, too few sales people do this, which creates this false dichotomy. ” Some of the comments revolved around, “How can we sell if we are focused on being helpful?

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6 Ways to Keep the Conversation Going

Hubspot Sales

52% of sales leaders say conversations are one of the most important productivity metrics to track. Diving into the sale at the top of your conversation can come off as pushy. These minor talking points help you to share more of your personality and trustworthiness without the pressure of an immediate sales pitch.

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Let’s Keep Talking

John Barrows

The feedback from the recent “We Need to Talk” webinar was so positive that we wanted to summarize some of the key points we discussed, share the resources we’ve compiled and keep the conversation by introducing the Slack community we’re building called Sales Done Right. Double Standards for Women in Sales.

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