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Show, Don’t Tell: 5 Effective Ways to Coach Your Sales Team

Sales and Marketing Management

From here, most well-meaning sales managers pivot into the helpful, inspiring part of the conversation, discussing the need to increase activity, generate more proposals, ask for the sale, and increase the closing ratio. The salesperson may be excited and inspired by the sales manager’s energy and passion. The reason? Positivity.

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The Best Way to Sell Is With a Story

Sales and Marketing Management

Nearmap, the company I work for, captures, manages and delivers high-resolution aerial imagery to engineering and construction firms, governments, property and real estate companies, solar installers, telecoms, and others. For example, Momentum Solar has emerged as a national player in the solar energy market.

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Being a More Productive Writer

Selling Energy

Take a one-page proposal, for example. While you may be able to easily jot down all of the benefits of your product or service, the technical specs, the construction or implementation process, and so forth, there simply isn’t room on the page for extraneous text.

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9 Shrewd Negotiation Tips Proven to Close More Deals

Sales Hacker

Which is a real problem… Because after you’ve put effort and resources into researching and creating a solid pitch and proposal, it only makes sense to come to the table prepared to negotiate with the prospect. The client is pushing you to compromise more than you can. … Be aware, it’s likely that the deal is stalled for good.

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I Need to Think About It

Selling Energy

He may tell you what it is specifically that he has reservations about, and you can use this information to propose a solution to his concerns. And frankly, I don't know if I have the stamina to stand in front of them and our board again to defend any proposal, even if it would save the company a boatload of money.”

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8 Ways to Respond to the Objection "I Want to Think It Over"

Hubspot Sales

You have invested a significant amount of time, money, and energy into an opportunity. Use any of these five questions to identify your prospect’s reservations and propose a mutually beneficial agreement. It's not constructive for them to do this on their own. Then the buyer says they want to “think it over.” What should you do?

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Can Distribution Pricing Managers Work Remotely?

Distribution Pricing Journal

The office environment can be a little restraining and many pricing managers find they can devote more energy to analyzing data, identifying trends, and optimizing pricing strategies to drive profitability while working remotely.” new pricing proposals, updates, catalog deadlines, etc.). “The drawbacks are significant too.