Modern selling

We’re proudly right bang in the middle of the second decade of the 21st Century, doesn’t that sound so modern. And the modern customer deserves a contemporary selling approach. Here’s how: Latch onto their buying process, where they are in the process, what they’ve done before. Align yourself to them; don’t squeeze them onto your sales process. In fact ditch your sales process, it’s so last century. How do they want to move forward, ask questions to gauge them, what do they need to make a decision. Influence them subtly,…

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Beware of selling the way you buy

I always wondered why I never really enjoyed cold calling, or when a customer wanted to think things through, my heart said they should. Now these two aspects of sales are really important. Cold calling hasn’t completely died and still forms the basis of many sellers’ prospecting methods. And of course, preventing the customer from thinking it through is essential, if you want to close. But I still am not a fan of cold calling or preventing my customer from thinking things through. Let me explain the reason which is…

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