Selling is a conversation, albeit a complex, sometimes difficult one. There are a lot of different ways you can fail throughout the conversation. Here are 11 ways you can fail during the sales conversation.
You have to be careful when and how you engage in talking about competition in B2B sales. It never pays to speak poorly of ...
You work with your contact to create a new opportunity, providing them with your very best ideas about how they can produce ...
Over the last three months, we’ve been living with—and through—extraordinary events like none we have ever experienced. Our ...
No one enjoys being told “no.” But it comes with the territory in B2B sales. While you don’t have to enjoy it, you can use ...
It’s time. Recent events may still be lingering for a while longer, but there is no need for you to wait around for some ...
Most of the activities around sales are necessary (some more than others) but don’t improve your sales results. Sales ...
Much of the time, those of us in B2B sales find ourselves competing with a rival for a client. Someone wins, and someone ...
The whole social distancing thing hasn’t been great for salespeople or their clients. But the distancing started long before ...
Every deal needs to create value for both the client and your company. There is no reason to trade value without capturing ...
It is a difficult time. It’s hard to make sense of the senseless. Here, I am going to endeavor to share something of value ...
There is a difference between your weaknesses and your liabilities. When people tell you to focus on your strengths and ...
Of all the things salespeople worry about, a competitor who competes on price tends to be very high on the list. The less ...
You have been—and are still being—conditioned. You have beliefs and behaviors that have been installed in, like an operating ...
Selling is a complex, dynamic, human interaction. Most people—including most salespeople—don’t find it to be easy, starting ...
Now that many people are working from home, there is a greater need than ever to be your own boss. There is no one there to ...
As this crisis continues, I use the Kübler-Ross Grief Cycle to explain to leaders and salespeople exactly how to speak to ...
Regression is easier than growth.
You don’t want to be a vendor. The word suggests that you offer something for sale, like a vending machine. You also don’t ...
Robin Dunbar is a British scientist. You may recognize the name if you are aware of one of his primary insights, something ...
There is a push for more people to work from home, the proponents suggesting it is better for the company, better for the ...
