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Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy

As Gershwin wrote in the title of this article, summertime is the season when many people tend to take it a little easier…including your competitors. Sales guru Tom Redmond illustrates…

Turning AAs Into a Competitive Advantage

We surveyed 160 Administrative Assistants and Executive Secretaries and asked them to identify the key things salespeople could do to gain their support in reaching their bosses. Many of these…

After the Presentation

After your final sales proposal, while the prospect is making a decision, there are some important things you can do to, as Rev. Jackson says, “to keep hope alive.”

The Agenda Question

The salesperson was persistent and managed to reach and get to see the client. When he got there, he identified the problem and uncovered the competitive risk. But, what he…

Client Recovery

Sometimes customer relationships become damaged. What to do? Client recovery takes time, skill, and heart to get the relationship back on track and to win back trust. When credibility is…

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Be a Closer

We have all heard “He/she is a closer.” There are salespeople who are really good at closing and others who find it much more difficult to close. In the current…

Questions to Help You Close

Knowing all you can about the client’s decision process can give you an edge in winning the business. Most clients expect to be asked about decision criteria and most salespeople…

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CRMs

Many salespeople resist using their CRMs (Customer Relationship Management systems).  When asked why, their reasons vary from no time, no value to them, tool for management to evaluate and track…

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