Boosting Sales: Page 8

Starting a Business

3 Ways to Discover Your Unique Selling Proposition

You can't target your sales efforts successfully if you don't know what sets your business apart from the rest.

Business Process

How the Right Message at the Wrong Time Loses the Sale

To communicate effectively with prospects you must recognize where they are in the process of deciding to buy.

Leadership

How to Counsel Your Prospect When Their Procrastination Is Stalling the Sale

The barriers to people making a purchase are no different than the barriers we all face in life. That's why sales reps have to be part therapist.

Business Process

7 Strategies for Tailoring a Custom-Fit Sales Pitch for Each Prospect

Nobody wants to hear how great you are and your product is, they want to know you understand their problem and if you can help solve it.

Productivity

How to Stop Sales Meetings From Being a Huge Time Suck

With a few simple changes, the weekly sales meeting can regain its shine and again become a valuable conversation for sales teams of any size.

Business News

8 Ways Salespeople Can Keep Generating Leads

To continually have a pipeline of potential leads, salespeople have to always be prospecting.

Marketing

Online Marketing Gets All the Buzz But Check Out the ROI for Live Events

Large companies sponsoring the splashiest events anticipate five-to-one returns. More modest affairs boast a three-to-one yield.

Leadership

The 5 Characteristics of Extraordinary Salespeople

The best sales reps are loyal control freaks who can endure hearing 'no' as many times as necessary to hear 'yes.'

Business News

Why Your Sales Team Can't Close

How often have you heard the line, 'My salespeople can't close.' Here is how to fix this issue.

Social Media

The Easy Way to Get a Social Influencer Advocating Your Brand Is to Hire One

If you thought you needed more charismatic friends to have a social-maven driving your sales, think again.

Business Process

7 Tips for Making a Success of That Crucial First Meeting With a Prospect

You put in a lot of work just to be invited to give a presentation. Don't blow your opportunity with little mistakes.

Business News

Want to Write Better Sales Proposals? Follow These 5 Steps.

While some salespeople might view proposals as unnecessary -- or even as a waste of time --they're actually one of the most powerful instruments in a salesperson's arsenal of deal-closing tools.

Business Process

To Win More Prospects, Stop Selling and Start Courting

Treat every potential client as you would someone who you hope will give you a second date.

Employee Experience & Recruiting

Turn the Distraction of Fantasy Sports Into an Engagement Opportunity

Research has shown that employees are spending time managing their teams instead of working, which cost companies big.