7 Lessons from the Founder Sales lessons from a great movie Want to watch a great movie? One that is entertaining and has seven critical selling skill lessons? Several years ago, “The Founder” came and went quickly through theatres. So fast, most of us never had a chance to see it. At first glance, it […]
Interview with Sara Beasley, Territory Business Manager Join me today as I interview Sara Beasley from Koch Agronomic Services Sara spent the last 14 years working in agribusiness sales. Calling on producers and agribusiness buyers across the Midwest, Sara sat down with me to talk about two of the most critical selling skills: Asking questions […]
Sell to be understood, not to impress Our waiter ushered us over to our table as we sat down in the small local diner. My potential customer, Mark, knew the place well and most of the patrons in the diner. After he got done saying hello to literally everyone in the diner, we made some […]
Using a napkin to increase sales Sell to be understood, not to impress Our waiter ushered us over to our table as we sat down in the small local diner. My potential customer, Mark, knew the place well and most of the patrons in the diner. After he got done saying hello to literally […]
Marketing and Sales – Reaching Rural America with your Message Join me today as I interview Cliff Callis from Callis Marketing Cliff spent the last 34 years running Callis, a full service marketing and advertising agency. In today’s discussion, we talk about how marketing and sales work together and his approach at reaching rural America. […]
Closing Skills When I ask salespeople or sales managers, “What is the most important selling skill you want your sales team to improve?” the most common response is, “Closing Skills!” Prior to any training program, I meet with the manager who brings me in. Typically, we are planning a training session for a mixed group […]
The #1 Best Closing Question Closing Skills When I ask salespeople or sales managers, “What is the most important selling skill you want your sales team to improve?” the most common response is, “Closing Skills!” Listen in as I discuss Closing Skills to help you on your next sales call
Want to get better at asking questions and speed up the selling process? In the last five years of training hundreds of salespeople, the one skill that everyone struggles with the most is – asking better questions. Better questions give you better information and allows you to better help your customer. And, by better, I […]
Script and Rehearse Your Questions Want to get better at asking questions and speed up the selling process? In the last five years of training hundreds of salespeople, the one skill that everyone struggles with the most is – asking better questions. Better questions give you better information and allows you to better help your […]
Yes, you will take “No” for an answer, or you might get thrown off the farm! Traditional sales training preaches it. “We don’t take No for an answer”. Then, we get out in our territory and call on real world customers and prospects. That’s when we find out the brutal reality. We will be told […]
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