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	<title>The UnNatural Salesman &#187; Sales Training</title>
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	<description>A Sales Training Resource for Sales Professionals</description>
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		<title>Thinking With Your Customer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us who have been in the sales profession for many years (25 for me personally!) we know how hard it is to overcome the stigma of being a “salesman”... It's only been in recent years that we've actually been considered a respectable profession … and it will continue to be respectable based upon how we conduct ourselves and how we treat our business partners...our Customers.]]></description>
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		<title>3 Things That Will Increase Your Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There isn’t any magic bullet in what you’re about to read, but there are always things that you can do that without a doubt will increase your sales. There are three things that will increase your business if you do them and work at it. No matter if you pick one or all of them, doing them only once in a while won’t have a huge impact. Consistency is the key. Not doing these simple things is the equivalent of waiting until the end of the month before realizing that you haven’t made any sales.]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Role of Product Knowledge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales and Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inside Sales Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thank Mrs. Menard. In Kindergarten, this sweet old lady taught me to read. In first grade, Mrs. Beach taught me to write (and let me use my left hand – quite a challenge in “those days”!). Thanks to the two of them, I got the basic foundation for my learning.

When I first got into this business, I was determined to learn everything I needed to know so that I could be a top producer. Quickly. I made sure that every evening I was reading some technical manual or another. I got hands on experience, I was lucky, my boss at the time thought that this was a valuable way to learn. I remember him telling me to think like the computer….and always have an engineer near by! Great piece of advise. I carry with me to this day. I also learned that I didn’t need to be the type of sales professional that solely relied on my own training to get the job done. I discovered, in short order, that there were loads of technical people out there who could speak “sales speak”. You know them. Quite likely, they’re in your own company. Use them! Use their skills and expertise.  Bring into the sales cycle at the beginning…not when you’re trying to solve the problems of the western world because you misconfigured something! If your company offers product training, make the time to go. I’d bet that the person conducting the training is going to be a sales type person, and in the corner of the room, you’ll find his sales engineer, just waiting to jump into the conversation. It’s important to understand your product. It’s important to understand where it fits and what else you can add to your proposal to make it a complete offering. It’s equally as important to allow your engineering resources to be a part of the sales process. Typically, Engineers are a bit shy and not quite as “refined” as us sales types. Engage them in conversations with your customers (be sure to be a part of the conversation and to be able to redirect the conversation if need be!). When you’re listening to engineers speak to each other you’d be amazed at what you’ll learn! Learn something new every day. I do.]]></description>
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		<title>Question the Question The Art of Opportunity Discovery</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/art-of-sales-opportunity-discovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Increasing Wallet Share]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you called the prospect and qualified them, then you did the research and now is the time to get down to brass tacks and find out how you can really help.  Since you understand their business at least on the surface, the image and value they present to their customers and of course some third party data that is usually dead on you need to take the next step and learn what they really need.

 

These days people don’t have time to meet with you just because,  if you’re in front of them there is a reason and you offer something that got their attention.   So where to start?]]></description>
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		<title>If they look at their shoes…I’ve got them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sales and Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[All too often we forget that it is really the little things that make the difference, perhaps even more so when it comes to making sales and caring for customers.   All too often people are tempted to go off and tackle the big issues, to move mountains to prove their ability to make things happen, meet the customers needs and make the sale. Instead of taking on the easy one.

Also often over looked is that at the heart of every business no matter what kind a restaurant, salon, landscaper, retailer, insurance, or even medical you need a customer and a sale to stay in business.  The problem is simple you need to know what your customer is buying and offer that to them. Also it helps to know when you’ve got a live prospect you can turn into a customer.  Do you know that and even if you do when was the last time you thought about how to improve it?]]></description>
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		<title>One More Call</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So it’s been a long day, it’s a tough economy, or maybe it’s been a great day a big deal closed a blue bird fell into your lap and your coming up aces.  No matter which just when you think you’ve hit the end of the line and need to head out for a little break, some lunch, the end of the day what ever it’s time to do the one thing that is so tempting not to.

Make one more call.  So I hear you have a life! It’s not about becoming an all obsessed workaholic it is about giving yourself more opportunities.   When you make one more call before getting a refill on your coffee, before embarking on that mid morning snack, before heading out with the gang for a bite of lunch or even at the end of the day think of what you’ve added.]]></description>
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		<title>Prepare for the Sales Call Do Your Homework</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sales Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this profession, there are people who think that they just “wing it” when someone actually gets on the phone or returns their phone call. Being unprepared is a sure fire way to lose sales and become very frustrated very quickly. The first impression that you give someone is likely the lasting one…and surely the one that’s either going to allow you to keep moving forward or have the door slammed in your face.

 

Now that we know the difference between a suspect and a prospect...let’s sell them something! No! Not yet….Ask more questions. Find out what keeps them up at night. Ask “besides yourself who else is involved in the decision making processwho else besides the person you’re talking to makes decisions on where products or services are purchased. Take a closer look at their website, learn what they do….Uncover their pain points and you’ll become their hero. Knowing their pain points will help you craft a solution to make their life easier. Ask questions about their likes and dislikes as it pertains to their current supplier. They’ll talk! People love talking about themselves. At no time EVER should you say anything negative about their current supplier! Most salespeople will tend to speak that way. You’re only reinforcing that you think they’re stupid for using that supplier! Be bold. Be smart. Speak in positives. Deliver the solution on your merits, not on the other suppliers’ negatives. Turn those negatives into the things that you can do positively to improve, enhance and help you prospect grow their business. Make your presentation to your prospect positive and upbeat. Show them how working with you will make their lives easier. After all, isn’t that why we’re in sales….to have an easier life! Above all, make your presentation stand out above the others.]]></description>
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		<title>15 Places to Find New Sales Prospects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[15 Places to Find New Sales Prospects  …Since they don’t grow on trees some of them are tried and true all take a bit of work on your part but will lead to as much business as you want based on effort the effort.

   1. Print media: newspapers, business journals, trade magazines.
   2. State and local government websites and offices for building permits, new incorporations, sales tax registrations, occupancy permits.  It’s a virtual gold mine, if what you sell has anything to do with new businesses, relocations, expansions. This is a prime place to start.
   3. Referrals from customers, prospects, friends, family, business associates, and suppliers – ask for referrals, not everyone has a sales mindset so it just might not be thought of.  The referral doesn’t have to be into a new company. Getting introduced into another part of an existing customer’s organization is just as good. ]]></description>
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		<title>There’s a Hole In my Bucket</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cold Calling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the phone rings and people give you an order

1)      You’ve either reinvented the wheel

2)      You’re an order taker or

3)      You’re a prospector.

 

Sorry, facts are facts. Which is what leads us into the topic of prospecting because great prospectors look like order takes to those who don’t spend nearly enough time filling their buckets with opportunities.  Make no mistake though; order takers are not great prospectors. Anyone can be a great order taker. It takes a lot of courage to become a great prospector.

 

Do you fill you bucket up with new prospects, potential clients and new sales all the time with out hesitation?   So why is there a hole in your bucket?  Because not everyone buys.  Well that is at least partially correct, even those who buy lower the level of the water, granted it’s a great problem to have but a problem none the less.

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		<title>Sales a Career of Choice, Challenge and Change</title>
		<link>http://theunnaturalsalesman.com/sales-training-resources/sales-careers-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change isn’t throwing away all the things that didn’t work.  It’s accepting the fact that the way you did things yesterday might not have been the best, and for certain the way you do things today is not how they will be done in the future.  Yes, the basics stay the same but customers and products change.

When I graduated school back in the 70’s, I knew I wanted to move out on my own, I wanted to buy a car, I wanted to take exotic trips to exotic places I’d never been, I wanted it all. I knew nothing about sales, except that salespeople made a lot of money. My uncle was a sales guy who played golf every week, lived in a great house, always drove a new car, had the best of everything. I was blessed by simply being able to walk, talk and chew gum at the same time. Plus, I was 18 then, and of course, I knew it all. So…armed with that, I just figured I’d be a success. The day after graduation I got my first job, in a bank, as a bank teller….I told myself that the experience would be great but this was no career for someone like me. I got my experience, and I moved on. The experience proved to me that working with Customers was just plain fun, and I could get paid to do it! How bad could that be? My next job was at a Japanese company where I met my first sales challenge. I was talking on the phone with a customer of all people, who said “Hey, you really should think about being in sales”. That’s all I EVER thought about, but I realized in that one sentence, he was offering me a job, which I jumped at. He said he’d teach me whatever I needed to know….and he did. He was going to change my life. And he did. He taught me about Personal Computers and how to sell them and how to talk to people about them. I had to learn from the mother board up….Next thing I knew, I was on my way to Hawaii, as an award for being a top producer for the products we sold. Then the PC market changed, and the challenge began. I had to reinvent myself, my sales presentation, my whole behavior to move into the glorious world of food sales. I realized that if I could be a chameleon, and be just what the customer needed at that moment, I could win against my competition. I learned that the customer I was speaking to was the most important person in my life. At that moment.  Till the next customer came along. And THAT customer was the most important person in my life. At that moment. Till the next one came along. Ten years later, I wanted to go back into technology sales, and I realized that a whole lot had changed in the time I sold food. I earned the reputation as the “Duchess of Dead Birdies” because of my poultry sales, and I decided I could earn a reputation in technical sales too. I presented myself to my potential sales manager as “The salesperson you’re looking for to take your company into the next millennium” and, when he was through laughing at me, he agreed to talk to me.  With nothing more than determination and a desire to succeed, I set out to learn everything I could about the industry that I was going into….and I’ve learned something every day about the industry that I’m still in.]]></description>
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