Sales Training Moment #42: Leveraging The Power of One When Selling

In this short video I try to highlight how using a simple, tangible tactic called the ‘Power of One’ in selling might make buyers more apt to believe what you’re proposing.

Sales Influence Moment #41: Asking Key Questions to Create Awareness

Being able to guide or control a conversation with a client is useful in ‘creating awareness’ of a problem or situation (i.e., losing money) that the client is otherwise unaware of.

Making the Number by Greg Alexander, Aaron Bartles and Mike Drapeau

(Book Review) Making the Number – The book does a great job in trying to ‘legitimize’ the sales process as a science (e.g., defining sales taxonomy, metrics, indexes, etc…) and not an art. This alone makes the book a must read; especially for those individuals/companies who believe in process-driven sales organizations.

Competing on Value by Mack Hanan and Peter Karp

Competing on Value re-emphasizes that the approach to selling should be value-creation and not price justification. Although it was written in 1991, this book could’ve been easily written last month. The principle of selling on value and demonstrating ROI is more important today than ever.

Sales Influence Video BLOOPERS

Sometimes when I’m recording a simple 2 minute video…I just can’t seem to get it. It’s harder than it looks. – Here’s how it FINALLY turned out:

How Reward Substitution Can Help You Stay on Task

I’m a Dr. Dan Ariely fan and this video is another reason why I admire his work.  He is a behavioral economist and author of ‘Predictably Irrational’ and his new book, “The Upside of Irrationality” is now available on paperback. In this video Ariely explains why we make ‘irrational’ decisions when it comes to deciding [...]

The Opportunity Cost of Sitting in the Back Seat

Read this great blog post on how our mind makes decisions on whether or not to make a purchase based on our perceived constraints. Click Here

Sales Influence Moment #40 – What is Product Value and What Matters to the Client

Sales Training Moment #39: Three Things Clients Want by Mack Hanan

Based on the book Consultative Selling by Mack Hanan.

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