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Sales Interview Questions from a Sales Coach
I have posted interview questions for various sales positions below. These questions will be helpful when interviewing a sales professional of any level. Example position titles that these interview questions may be helpful for are: Sales Representative, Sales Executive, Account Manager, Account Executive, Sales Manager, District Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, Director of Sales, VP of Sales.
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How to Read Customers
Actions do indeed speak louder than words. In sales, our customers actions communicate feelings a lot more clearly than their words do. It is the salesperson´s job to "read" a customer; it´s the sales person´s job to determine how serious the prospect is, if indeed, he/she is the decision maker, and whether or not the prospect has the budget. It is the rare prospect who comes right out and offers this information. More often than not, they prefer to keep this information to themselves. Fortunately for us, their body language often betrays them.

Creating Your Own Sales & Marketing Guide
Sales training is important for teaching the basic selling skills, from cold calling to closing. New sales people need this training as well as seasoned veterans who forgot more than they remembered and also need to keep up with the latest selling skills since things have changed over the years. However, it is one thing to say this is how you do cold calling, for instance, and yet another to say whom you should be making those cold calls with. Sales training can’t stop at the basics. You need to expand that into “information training”, or training that also provides the vital, company-specific information your sales team needs to become more successful. This is the difference between generic sales training and customized training for your company.
Suffering from Information Marketing Overload
TMI really is Too Much Information sometimes. In a world overflowing with more information we could possibly process let alone implement, it makes me wonder – do I really need to know all of this in order to be successful? How much information does my prospect base need to know as well? When is enough, enough – or too much information – way too much information?
Will Sales Technology actually improve your company's Sales?
As we embrace the information age, there are more gadgets available to the average sales person, than there were weapons for old age warriors. So does this add a credible advantage to the guy or gal on the road? Early sales reps had their wares and their wits, with which to earn a living, however as technology advances, does all of the constant flow of information actually make today's well trained professionals any more adept than their medieval counterparts? This article will give you a lot of food for thought, as to how you can make the most of technology to grow your sales. When these tools lead to shorter hours and higher commission, then mobile technology will have been used as intended.

WHAT MAKES A QUALIFIED PROSPECT, QUALIFIED?
Have you ever asked yourself, what are the specific characteristics of a qualified prospect? What are the minimum pieces of information I need to know to determine if the potential for a sale exists? What pieces of information are required before you consider a prospect qualified? Am I using a consistent sales system or process to successfully obtain the information needed? Here are 17 areas with questions you may want to ask yourself so you can create a qualified prospect profile also known as an Account Sales Profile™.

What should my sales team expect from a successful Sales Coach?
Successful sales coaching requires patience, a good ear, curiosity and of course the ability to provide individual sales people or sales teams with the right information at the right time. These relationships empower the recipients with knowledge and the confidence to maneuver themselves toward the right outcomes. Wisdom is knowledge applied. Therefore the sales coach prefers not to impart his wisdom directly, instead coaching the sales people or sales team to find their wisdom through their own questioning, answering and experiences.
Understanding Customers
Companies must create and use formal methods to gather customer feedback and improve communication. Best Practice companies have a source of information about what customers think of them that does not come from their sales people. Sales people make stuff up; sorry, they do. Sales people often provide customer information and that is fine. You need to listen to your sales force. There is no question about that, but Best Practice companies have a way of getting input directly from customers. • What do you think of us? • How are we doing? • What are the practices that our competitors provide to you that you really value?

Locating Prospects
In the sea of information that is the internet and the ever growing networked communities we live in, you could essentially get a sales lead from anywhere. In principal this sound great. You always have someone to call on or prospect too. However having too many choices can often lead to feelings of being overwhelmed by too much information. And when you have too much information this can lead to indecision and subsequently inaction. And inaction is the NUMBER 1 killer of any sales prospecting strategy.
Are you ready for the phenomenon of Social Sales?
Arguably, social media is contributing to the democratisation of information and, armed with this information, customers will demand different things from sales people and companies. Customers are tuning into online communities, blogs, forums, and social networks to gather information and make buying decisions. For instance, the retail car market is undergoing significant changes with customers firmly in the driver’s seat. With the emergence of the information age consumers have far more knowledge about what to buy and where to buy it. On the whole, customers are doing their research, checking with their networks and peers groups, reading or viewing the latest comments online, and have potentially even made a buying decision before they step into a store. This is fast becoming the norm in car sales.
Noise Reduction part 1
About 20 years ago I was told that information was doubling every 5 years; 5 years ago it was every 18 months; 1 year ago it was every 9 minutes, so who knows how fast information is doubling now? Many business leaders, sales people and many more are reporting information overload. Selecting what to take on board and what to leave behind will be critical for sales and business success. It will also be critical for our own wellbeing. There is so much to read and process, and so little time to do it well. Many people report feeling that their brains are ‘bursting’ as a result of so much information and wonder how they can process, log, link and manage the information they are exposed to and then use it wisely and purposefully.

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