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This Year’s Most-read Articles on Distribution Pricing Journal

Distribution Pricing Journal

As the year draws to a close, we want to take a moment to reflect on the journey we’ve shared with you. Read more > > How Defining Your Processes for Special Pricing Agreements Can Improve Margins and Drive Profitability : Sometimes you need some extra help closing strategic customers.

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How to Succeed at Sandler Rule #31 – Close the Sale or Close the File

Sandler Training

David Mattson, President and CEO of Sandler Training and 6-time Author, talks about his Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek best-selling book, The Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply Them. The post How to Succeed at Sandler Rule #31 – Close the Sale or Close the File appeared first on Sandler Training.

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How the ‘Post-Close’ technique can lock in your sale

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

You could have saved this deal if you’d anticipated that your rival would fight back, and prepared your buyer using a technique known as the Post Close. The Post Close resembles the witness preparation that lawyers use to get their witnesses ready for confrontations in the courtroom. A Post-Close scenario. And he caved.

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Enterprise Sales Process: Closing Deals In Niche Markets

Sales Hacker

Closing an enterprise sale in a niche market follows the same sales funnel as any other deal, but a bit more fine tuned. The emphasis on process becomes more important as the odds of closing the deal diminish. Helpful business journals and magazines that you can use include: Forbes. Business Journals. Marketing Science.

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Why telling a story can help you close more sales

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Journal of personality and social psychology , 79 (5), 701. The post Why telling a story can help you close more sales appeared first on Rapid Learning Institute. The role of transportation in the persuasiveness of public narratives. 2015, January). Why inspiring stories make us react: The neuroscience of narrative. Dana Foundation.

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5 Ways to Close the Credibility Gap When Your Prospects Don’t Already Know You

Sales Hacker

So, if you want to close the credibility gap in today’s world, you need to be visible and compelling. Closing the Credibility Gap. There are five important parts to closing the credibility gap and being visible and compelling. Also, consider the format — video is still king , but blogging is a close second.

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4 Steps to Motivate an Underachieving Salesperson

Sales and Marketing Management

Ask probing questions to try to get as close to the core of the issue as possible. Create a development plan – journaling. The most effective development plans are those used every day, especially daily journals. What are reasons there has been no change so far? What is stopping you? Why do you think that is?