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Just Making More Calls Doesn't Guarantee Sales Success

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The purpose of any prospecting call is to for you and the prospect to agree to move to the next step in the sales process, normally the fact find. Lastly, script a question that obtains agreement from your prospect to move to the next step in the sales process. Would the sales rep I told you about agree this works?

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The Sales Association: Insatiably Curious

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The most important part of the sales process is the questioning phase, so you either have to be curious or act like you are. Monday, February 21, 2011. Insatiably Curious. by Jeff Goldberg Insatiable curiosity is a characteristic that the best salespeople have in common.

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The Sales Association: Are You Prepared to Undo Doubt?

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Sharing best practices in sales and sales management www.salesassociation.org. Question: Lately, new potential customers have requested references from me early in the sales process. Monday, July 18, 2011. Are You Prepared to Undo Doubt? When and how is the best way to approach this?

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Define it or Deny It ? What's the Problem With the Word ?Sales??

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If your people are uneasy about the word “sales”, consider clarification such as: You are not going to “convince” anyone to buy anything if they do not have a need or want, realized or not. Great service is foundational to customer relationships and is foundational to the sales process, but it is not selling.

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The Sales Association: Is Consultative Selling Relevant?

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” Schedule a follow-up meeting to present solutions – Don’t assume that you have to accomplish the entire sales process in one meeting. I’d like to review your need for just-in-time inventory and your current practices to see if we can help you meet your requirements. Is that what you expect?”

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Philosophy of Pipeliner CRM

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Program with Principles Pipeliner revolutionizes the sales process in the interest of employees and businesses. This objective and this approach have given rise to a completely new type of CRM instrument. The solution is an expression at companies that democratizes entrepreneurial thinking and action.