Attentiveness means being aware of what is going on in your environment. It can be as simple as noticing when someone is getting bored, to sensing that now is not the right time to put your ideas across.
Category: Attention to Detail
You CAN Master Upselling & Cross-Selling! Here’s How
The most successful reps know that there is an art to the upsell and cross-sell. But, don’t think that it’s a difficult technique that only a few can do. Not only does upselling boost your earnings but it can also secure loyalty.
2 Embarrassing Ways You Could be Ruining Sales
Yeah, you may have spent a considerable amount of time researching your next prospect on LinkedIn and a slew of other sites, but there may be one reference you forgot to check: your fellow salespeople. Brian Birkett writing for SellingPower points out that overlooking what your coworkers are doing can lead to multiple problems.
Mystery Shoppers Reveal Top Seller Mistakes
Even the best salespeople can trip up. It’s easy to become too complacent in the job or too busy to notice details. But these “fails” can be costly.
Here’s a 3-Step Plan to Increase Sales
Have you been having trouble increasing your sales lately? Have you tried a number of new techniques and it still seems like nothing is helping? SellingPower’s Jeff Cochran has developed a systematic approach that only takes three steps to see a difference.
Perfect Your Pitch With These Smart Steps
Looking to improve your sales pitches? Considering the pitch is a vital part of the process, you will likely benefit from giving your strategy a refresher.
The Home Court Advantage. Are You Using it to Make Sales?
The average professional sports team wins more than 75% of the games they play on their home court. That’s a pretty high winning percentage.
10 Sales Skills that Don’t Require Natural Talent
Does it seem like some of your fellow salespeople in the office have a God-given talent for sales? It can be discouraging to work alongside such people when you feel you have to work as hard as you can to accomplish what they seem to do naturally. Don’t lose hope for your future in sales, though.
12 Lessons from Uber – How to Transform and Dominate Your Marketplace
Nine years ago Uber revolutionized the public transportation industry, and forever transformed the way it does business.
5 Words You’re Probably Misusing on a Daily Basis
Chances are, more of your clients and coworkers than you even realize care a great deal about proper grammar, and your emails may be making them cringe.
3 Types of Questions That Transform Leads to Sales
DISCOVER is an acronym for the eight purposes of asking questions. Yes, there are only eight purposes … only eight reasons that people ever ask questions. Sellers tend to focus primarily on three purposes
After The Show Is Over, How Do I Follow Up?
After the show is over, how do I follow up? Fast. There are companies and salespeople who email quotes, confirmations and copies of orders directly from their exhibit booth to the office of the prospect or customer. That’s real fast.
