Practical Ways to Avoid Hype When Selling

Practical Ways to Avoid Hype When Selling

The number of marketers using hype to sell is incredibly high. They are all over the place. Including from emails and SMS to Facebook and even more so offline. The reason for this is that many business people believe that selling hype works. But this is not true at...
Customer Needs and the Buying Process

Customer Needs and the Buying Process

Most, if not all sales professionals have been taught at some point in their career to sell to their customer needs. However, while selling the product is essential (and is more straightforward), it is also the easiest way to erode its value. That and also your value...
Why Customer Engagement Matters?

Why Customer Engagement Matters?

In our previous post, we have discussed why driving sales is an important element to drive business success. Without your sales team, you will not be able to qualify and close new business. And there will be no one to put actual weight on your marketing messages. It...
The Number One Killer of All Sales Deals

The Number One Killer of All Sales Deals

Losing a potential customer that we thought has already made a firm purchase decision is truly disheartening. And just imagine all the efforts and resources that go to waste. As such, these experiences can cause us to lose our confidence. But also cause us to question...
Does Your Sales Team Ask the Right Questions?

Does Your Sales Team Ask the Right Questions?

Asking the right questions is critical for each conversation you have with customers. Perhaps, all the sales training you have participated in have taught you that to sell to customers; you have to know their needs – that your goal is to solve their problems, rather...
Why Selling Your Vision is Better

Why Selling Your Vision is Better

What does Selling Your Vision really mean? The key differentiators between winning brands and feeble ones are the latter is selling their product instead of their vision. Truth be told, most companies start their sales on-boarding process by communicating their ideas....
What is your Why Statement?

What is your Why Statement?

A business, regardless of its size and industry, operates on three tiers. Firstly, what they do. Secondly, how they do it. And finally, why they do it. The first two levels are likely axiomatic to most businesses. However, only a handful of business owners genuinely...