Tag: seed sales skills

What to do when the market kicks you in the teeth! Every day in the agribusiness world, it happens.  Somewhere out there, good, hard-working salespeople are hustling, having success, doing all the right steps to grow their territory, and then it happens.  A “bad” thing happens to them.  Sometimes their fault.  Sometimes with plenty of […]

11 Ways to help your customer change to you   In sales, we ask customers to change from their current products, switch to our products, and leave the known!   What’s so hard about that?  

The 4 R’s to making a great sales presentation   How to differentiate yourself from all those competitors who are out there “winging it”!     For more information on Customized – Ag sales training, coaching or business development for your team Contact Greg Martinelli at Ag Sales Professionals, LLC (608) 751-6971 Email Greg@GregMartinelli.net   Website www.GregMartinelli.net

Game Changers, Zig When Everyone Zags   To farmers and agribusiness buyers, we all look the same.    So, figure out how to change the game. For more information on Customized – Ag sales training, coaching or business development for your team Contact Greg Martinelli at Ag Sales Professionals, LLC (608) 751-6971. Email Greg@GregMartinelli.net   Website www.GregMartinelli.net  

They need you now, more than ever before Strategies for showing up and making a difference for your customers   Originally published in the winter edition of Wisconsin Agribusiness Association’s Magazine WABA Magazine As the crowd of several hundred took their seats and the announcer began reading my intro, I had a thought on how to […]

Ahhh!  The Company Christmas Party   A new look at an old tradition

How You are disengaging half of your customers! For them, socializing is actually painful We start our selling process by the book and with good intentions. We are taught in sales that people buy from people…. Or, people buy from people they like or trust.  All very true.  So, we think that before we go […]

Data Tells but a Story Sells Think about this statistic…. when speaking to an audience, only 5% of the people in the room will remember a statistic after you finish your presentation.  However, 63% will remember a story you told. Don’t believe me?  Listen in and Test for yourself.

Did you grow up on a farm?  Did your dad hate certain salespeople that called on him?  OR Did he hate all salespeople that called on him? Do you hear your dad’s voice in the back of your head as you turn down the driveway to cold call on a prospect?

From a great new book by Chris Voss, “Never Split the Difference” Often times, I’m asked to train a sales team in the area of negotiating.  Typically, this means negotiating around price resistance or more specifically, how to not drop the price to get the sale.  While that is an important skill, I have found […]

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