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Coaching for Sales Success
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| The Coaching Model is based on several important principles:
To improve performance
To help sales people gain the ability to self-assess |
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Value Selling
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| What differentiates the amateur from the pro is knowing how to probe for what's really important to the prospet- this article shows you how. |
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When is the right time to expand?
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| When is the right time to expandis a question that many small business owners have. There are many issues that need to be addressed to find the answer but one of the big ones is how much will the expansion cost (the initial outlay) and how much cash (operating cash flows) will be generated. A tool to help evaluate whether the operating cash flows generate a return to justify the initial outlay is called Net Present Value (NPV). |
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Find a Need and Fill It
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| When I was in the seventh grade I was on the boxing team and later I boxed while in the Navy. I don't want to sound boastful, but it's a matter of record that the worst I ever finished was second. I finally quit boxing because of my hands - the referee kept stepping on them! As a boxer, the coach would always instruct us in the early part of the fight to feel our opponent out, probe and discover his weakness, and then exploit that weakness. The same basic procedure is followed in all athletic endeavors. |
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Getting Started in Internet Marketing-A Beginner Resource
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| New comer's experience in the internet marketing might pose to be daunting and discouraging with possibility of untimely withdrawal from this medium of amazing success. In this article, I am going to offer you what you will need to scale through the initial challenges namely: positive mindsets, social networking, initial customers, time management and resource.
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Probing: Leading and Controlling with Questions
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| What: is a probe
Why: do we use probes
Questions are one of the most powerful weapons in a salesperson’s arsenal of procedures and techniques. Questions require a prospect to participate actively in the sale. Questions help us learn the prospects hidden wants and needs. Questions give us time to gain lost composure.
We must become excellent question askers and effective listeners.
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Socratic Struggles
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| Using the Socratic Method to guide discussions is a well known tool. The method is frequently used in educational situations, but it can be a powerful tool at work if used well. The caveat is that it can be dangerous if used poorly.
What has been your experience with using the Socratic Method? Are you alert to when other people are using the method with you?
The attached article has some of my thoughts on this subject and gives a list and examples of the six types of socratic questions.
1. Questions of Clarification.
2. Questions that probe assumptions.
3. Questions that probe reasons and evidence.
4. Questions that probe perspective.
5. Questions that probe consequences.
6. Questioning the question |
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Making Money Off Domains
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| One of the most popular ways to make money online has been through domains, which during the initial stages was a truly profitable way of making money online. However, with the passage of time, the initial aura surrounding domains and domain names lessened resulting in the need for special tactics and techniques, in case you want to make money out of domains. Following are some of the ways in which you can make money out of domains and some simple tips for achieving the same: |
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Are You Doing The Things That Can Potentially Ruin Your Start-Up Business?
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| Enthusiasm in the air, bone crushing energy, BIG dreams sketched out, and all these initial flurry of excitement goes off the hook if you are unaware or ill prepared to tackle some of the most common initial business blocks. In U.S., seven out of ten new employer firms last at least two years, and about half survive five years. At a time when new business survival rate is low, this article intends to make you aware and get you prepared to tackle these speed bumps. |
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Looking to Start Your Own Business
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| Starting your own business requires a plan and perserverence. After the initial hardships, the payoffs of starting your own business are worth any initial difficulties.
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What You Can Expect To Pay To Start Your Own Online Business
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| If you want to start your own online business, no doubt you will want to know how much you can expect to pay to get started. Initial costs will vary and this article gives you some guidelines so you will have a good idea of what initial outlay is required. |
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