Sales Management Articles

The challenge now for your salespeople is helping them understand how to persuasively relate and connect with all of the different generations represented in their customers.

A great way to increase the effectiveness and impact on your customers is to make sure all members of your team interacting with buyers have all the persuasive and problem-solving skills needed. Whether it be a delivery person, inside salesperson, administration, or counter sales.

Are your people giving up too early? How many voicemails will your reps leave before they abandon a sales lead? Zig Ziglar was famous for his motivational talk explaining how an old farm pump and selling have so much in common.

What can you do to help your team understand and direct their selling efforts to include all expected to have influence on the decision to buy from you? 

Ever hear of the selling concept called “Second Step Selling?” Step one is satisfying your buyer’s needs so, Step two, they’ll satisfy your needs by giving you their business.

Have you noticed most sales reps today do not think or plan enough moves ahead? Most don’t even know until the Fall what they still need to do to achieve their annual quota.

It used to be how often you contacted a buyer was defined by their sales volumes. But today things are more complex. One of the best things you can do is to just ask customers how often they want you calling and bringing new ideas.

Are you and your leadership team able to do business or conduct blind shopping studies of your competitors? It could be a great way to increase your competitive awareness as to why they’re winning business and what you need to do about it!

Though cell phone video capabilities have existed for years, most salespeople are not taking advantage of this technology. The goal is to use your cell phone to capture more images of your products being utilized and satisfied customers talking about why they like doing business with you.

There’s an old 1950’s selling concept called “WIIFM’s.” It was a simple acronym that stands for “What’s in it for me?”