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Are your customer support efforts frustrating your customers?

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There’s an old sales term of “under-promise and over-deliver” to help make sure we are impressing our customers and satisfying their concerns. Are you, like too many other businesses today, not following this “under-promise / over-deliver” philosophy?

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Any of your reps afraid to ask for the order?

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Too many salespeople are afraid to ask for the order. They’re either afraid they’ll seem too pushy or they don’t know the steps to getting a buyer to say yes.

The close is not the most critical step in the selling process, especially when you’re successful implementing the first steps of their call.

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Are your trusted advisor sales reps selling like slimeballs?

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Today’s video talks about Trusted Advisors vs. Slimeballs. It’s an idea from a good friend and fellow sales trainer Jeff Slutsky from Kansas City. Your reps will better position themselves as trusted advisors when they spend more time lowering resistance and asking questions…so they can sell even more!

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Are you helping your sales managers become stronger coaches and leaders?

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The reality over decades of research is that people coached by somebody more skilled tend to have the fastest improvement in those skills. Your job as the coach and leader of your sales team is to help strengthen and improve the skills of all members so they can sell even more.

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Could “Blitz Days” increase your team’s prospecting success?

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How much new business prospecting is your team attempting? Most are not doing enough until pushed by their managers. When was the last time your reps searched online for new companies or did any background research on identified new prospects to see if they could be a potential fit for your company?

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How many of your reps follow a “Ready – Fire – Aim” selling philosophy?

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Today’s video discusses the challenges following a “Ready – Fire – Aim” selling approach. Doesn’t it make sense that more research and learning more about your prospect (and more than your competition) before you start firing/selling could help you sell even more?

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