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Prospects Aren't Really Prospects
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| Sales has a goal: find a prospect with a need and sell a solution. You can call it anything you want, use all of the fancy terms about serving your client, be a Trusted Advisor or a Relationship Manager, do whatever you can to understand need and make nice. But at the end of the day, your job as a seller is to place your solution.
Unfortunately, we do it the long, hard way: we assume - and this is a baseline assumption in the sales industry - that when we notice a ‘need' that our solution can fulfill, we have a prospect. Yet we consistently close 7% of our ‘prospects.' Obviously our assumption that a prospect with a need which our solution can resolve is a specious assumption. |
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Crucial Questions to Superior Sales
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| When your customers aren’t sure which of your products or services they should buy, consider this handy tool that not only helps create clarity, but also positions you as a trusted advisor. I’m referring to a time-test sales tool known as SWOT. SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. When I do customer service and sales seminars and speeches for groups, I often hear this is one of the most useful tools people learn. Here’s how to ask SWOT questions... |
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How to Be a Trusted Advisor
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| A number of businesses today hire consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development programs. I’ve found that a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant.
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Five Habits of a Trusted Advisor – The Leadership Clients’ Perspective
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| Enlightened businesses today hire leadership consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development programs. However, increasingly a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant. |
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Becoming a Trusted Advisor - How to Build Trust
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| Enlightened leaders today hire leadership consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development. However, increasingly a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant.
This special partnership based on mutual respect and collaboration produces more sustainable results. The role of trusted advisor is open, transparent and fiercely client-centered. |
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Essential Traits of a Trusted Advisor
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| Enlightened businesses today hire leadership consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development programs. However, increasingly a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant.
This special partnership based on mutual respect and collaboration produces sustained results. The role of trusted advisor is collaborative, transparent and fiercely client-centered. |
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Sales Success: Do You Have the Top Qualities of the Most Successful Sales Professionals?
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| Relating to your prospects in the right way will make all the difference in your sales results. In this article we'll look at eight core competencies of the top 1% of all sales professionals so you can make sure you're developing these skills as well.
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HOW TO BE A TRUSTED ADVISOR
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| Imagine going to a heart surgeon and leading with “give me your best price on a triple bypass?”
Madness! You just wouldn’t do it. Why? Because you want the best person for the job and you’ve probably gone to great lengths to research and speak with friends or associates who have been through a similar process or know others who have – in order to find the right information you need to make the right decision. The right decision is always - what’s best for you. The price is the last thing on your mind if you want the best result. |
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Why Sales and Customer Service Should Be the Same Person if You Want To Increase Sales
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| Does your business have one person to make the sales and another to handle customer service? If so, this may be one reason why you may be having challenges to realize your goal to increase sales. |
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What Attracts More - Selling or Helping?
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| It’s been said that people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care, and it’s true. The interesting
consequence is that when you take your focus off of selling and place it on helping, you’ll attract more
clients, generate more referrals, and sell more insurance. |
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Stop Being so Nice! - Customer service tips when people are stressed
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| What happens when your customers are tired, rushed, or angry? When that’s the case, employee perkiness is likely to be perceived as annoying. That’s why I encourage employees to go beyond friendliness to create trust. Here’s how… |
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MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS - THE TRUSTED ADVISORS
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| Management consulting has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two decades. The profile of a consultant has changed from being just a sharp and knowledgeable technologist to that of a trusted advisor for the client’s entire organization. |
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RELATIONSHIP SELLING PART I (BUYING VERSUS BEING SOLD)
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| Do not sell products, services or commodities. Just establish strong relationships with clients and achieve the coveted status of a trusted advisor. Then, your clients will elect to buy services and/or products from you. Never try to sell them.
I know that this sounds deceptively simple. Almost as if one could just sit around and wait for things to happen. Establishing and maintaining trusted client relationships without trying to sell them anything, requires a lot of patience and a constant struggle against the temptation to start selling.
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RELATIONSHIP SELLING – PART II (TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS)
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| Do not sell products, services or commodities. Just establish strong relationships with clients and achieve the coveted status of a trusted advisor. Then, your clients will elect to buy services and/or products from you. Never try to sell them.
I know that this sounds deceptively simple. Almost as if one could just sit around and wait for things to happen. Establishing and maintaining trusted client relationships without trying to sell them anything, requires a lot of patience and a constant struggle against the temptation to start selling. |
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Should You Shop For a Trusted Business Leasing Advisor?
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| The article discusses the benefits of sourcing a trusted advisor in business equipment financing . |
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How to Pick a Trusted Financing Advisor
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| The article discusses the benefits of identifying a trusted business financing advisor for your firm. |
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Franchise Financing - Canadian approvals!
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| The article discusses the importance of being properly prepared in assessing franchise financing options in Canada, including tips and strategies and the importance of a trusted business advisor . |
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Becoming a Trusted Advisor - How to Build Trust
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| Enlightened leaders today hire leadership consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development. However, increasingly a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant.
This special partnership based on mutual respect and collaboration produces more sustainable results. The role of trusted advisor is open, transparent and fiercely client-centered. |
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The Trusted Advisor Relationship - Developing Empathy
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| Enlightened businesses today hire leadership consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development programs. However, increasingly a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant.
This special partnership based on mutual respect and collaboration helps clients achieve desired results. The role of trusted advisor is open, transparent and fiercely client-centered.
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Essential Traits of a Trusted Advisor
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| Enlightened businesses today hire leadership consultants and executive coaches to help with their leadership development programs. However, increasingly a number of my clients now prefer me to help them in the role of trusted advisor rather than expert consultant.
This special partnership based on mutual respect and collaboration produces sustained results. The role of trusted advisor is collaborative, transparent and fiercely client-centered. |
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Is Moving From Vendor Up the Ladder Scary to Sales Executives?
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| Why does learning to move up the ladder from vendor to trusted advisor scare some sales executives? It means change... |
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