The Blog for the Ag Sales Professional
An Agriculture blog dedicated to selling in agribusiness. These Ag blog articles focus on the best practices for selling to farmers and livestock producers. We also focus on those salespeople who call on Ag buyers at the thousands of agribusinesses that serve the farming community
You have to be remembered to sell Your customers are swamped. They are busy, super busy! If they fail to learn about you and your products, they will certainly not remember you when deciding who to buy from. If they currently get a similar product from your competitor, they are heavily inclined to just keep […]
Just remember how to do the tough stuff It’s often said that tough times don’t last. If so, neither do good times. Be ready to shift your selling skills when the change happens! Is selling ever really easy? Well, it depends on your industry and your view of the process. Right now, in agribusiness, there […]
4 Ways to win sales by being patient “I need it today! Call me after planting! Is tomorrow too soon to have it delivered?” There doesn’t seem to be a lot of balance sometimes to customer requests in today’s world. They either need it right now or want you to leave them alone. It’s really […]
The 10 people at your funeral …. The Arsonist in your life…and The importance of Sales Gratitude In Part 1, we covered the first two topics: Be Easy: Be easy to get hold of… easy to order from… make your accounting easy on your customer The Vital Few vs. the Minor Many: One of the […]
Anyone can do them. Few will. Set yourself apart by implementing them today! Be Easy: How easy is it for your customers to do business with you and your company? In today’s time condensed-24 hour available-busy environment, customers have a much lower tolerance for difficulty in their lives. Be easy to get hold of: […]
The missing ingredient in your selling process . Critical Selling Skill topic in the last 60 days Over the last 60 days, I’ve had the same discovery-style conversation with several audiences as well as several coaching discussions with salespeople. So, I thought it might be helpful to revisit this topic with everyone this week. Previous […]
Selling through FEAR 5 Great Articles on Selling through Fear Consider this a sort of think tank discussion on fear management ideas. Below are four articles written in the last several years on managing and conquering your fears when selling. After attending a workshop on how to coach people through fear, I started to look […]
Join me via podcast or video as Carey Portell joins the discussion today: Carey is a Farmer, Speaker, Author and has a great message on Farming with Disabilities. Listen in as Carey describes her tragedy that has taken so much, yet gave her even more in life. Today we discuss: Farming with Disabilities and regaining […]
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