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Why Matching & Mirroring Really Works

  Have you heard of matching and mirroring? It’s something that we regularly cover on our Sales Training Courses, but do you know what it is and the background behind it all? It’s the concept psychologists talk about when they […]

How To Transition From Small Talk To Business

This is an interesting question that came up in one of recent sales courses. The sales person wanted to know if there was an ideal time period to spend on idle chit-chat (or rapport-building, as he termed it) before getting […]

Building Rapport – Infographic

Whenever you use phrases like “I only do business with him/her” or “I think that person really understands me”, the likelihood is that you have experienced ‘Rapport’. Rapport is a personal state between two or more people which allow relationships […]

How Digital Influence Affects The Buying Decision

  You don’t need me to tell you that we need to increase and improve our customers’ experiences for them to develop loyalty and advocacy to our businesses. Depending too much on new customers rather than selling more to existing ones […]

A Day In The Life Of A Sales Person – Infographic

Many business people think they know what a sales professional does with their day and could map out exactly how the average sales person spends their time, which would probably involve a few meetings, some cold calling and (of course) […]

10 Qualities That Make A Super-Salesperson

  All salespeople are judged on the results they achieve. It’s no good making all the calls, completing all the paperwork, asking for the sale countless times and overcoming sales objections time and time again if the orders aren’t coming […]

Is Your Prospect Satisfied With Another Supplier?

A family friend told me recently how she had a total change in the way she viewed her job, and asked me if I could help her get back the motivation she once had. Naturally, I helped her out. But […]

Positioning Yourself As A Sales Professional

Your brand is what goes before you. Everything you do reflects on that brand. Your image can be enhanced or stained depending on what you do or say to or with prospects. Branding is a professional statement of what your […]

How To Increase Your Leads For A Full Sales Pipeline

There isn’t much in sales that’s more important than your pipeline generation. Without leads, you’re dead in the water, and to take control of the quality of leads coming through, and manage them effectively, you need a quality sales system […]

What Are “Hot Buttons” In Sales?

  We have all heard the terminology about the so called “Hot Button.” “You have to find the prospect’s hot buttons…” “Push their hot buttons…” etc. But here is a question for you: What exactly are hot buttons? The last […]

A Plan For Successful KEY Accounts Management

  Closing the sale is one thing. However successfully managing the account is yet another level of selling entirely. In particularly, when dealing with large, major or key accounts; after the sale management is where the actual selling begins. The […]

And You Call Yourself A Sales Professional?

Every year I attend about 200 or more exhibitions and trade fares around the world and it doesn’t matter what country I am in or what market the exhibition is representing I always meet with the same types of exhibitor. […]

Why Social Media Has Changed The Face Of Selling

  I have spoken many times on this blog about how the sales process has changed, and that the modern day buyer now makes their purchasing decisions in a completely different way to their predecessors. Modern day buyers are much […]

People Love To Buy, But Hate To Be Sold

  You did everything right. You maintained an excellent prospecting track and qualified the decision maker. You got through a tough gatekeeper screen, set a good appointment, and sealed it with cement. The sales interaction was flawless; you covered every […]

When In The Sale Should You Disclose The Price?

We all know the old rule-of-thumb in selling which is to try not to reveal or discuss the price of what you are selling, until after you have completed your sales presentation. However, dealing with today’s modern, more educated consumer, […]


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