Archive for the ‘Corporate Sales Training’ Category

How to Land the Job You Want, The Promotion You Deserve

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

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I wanted to let you know that CareerCenterToolBox.com is featuring Anne Warfield in a webinar tomorrow as she shares fresh insights on how to get the job you want, the promotion you deserve. 

Right now, there are men and women all over the world dreaming about the same job as you. Do you know what separates you from them? Can you convey that to interviewers?   Do you know what will kill an interview?

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Take Care,

Paul Cummings

www.impressionmanagement.com

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Many sales people get caught up in the paradigm of…

Friday, January 13th, 2012

Many sales people get caught up in the paradigm of “This is who we are, this is what we do, and this is how we can help you” even before they understand their prospect and his needs.

Try approaching your meeting from the client’s point of view.  What day and time works best for them.  What are their needs and concerns.  Listen carefully, and you will be able to gather the information you’ll need for your scheduled “closing” meeting.

Morning seems to be the very best time, and Friday is the best day. Your prospect is ready to take action and produce results. Therefore, they will be more likely to want to take action and sign the deal.  On Fridays people want to get things off their plate, so they are more likely to make a decision and not ponder over the weekend. So, make sure you have laid all of the ground work before your “closing” meeting.

Stop and ask yourself, What questions do I need to ask of Mr./Ms. Prospect first?”  “What research should I do before I set the meeting time and day?” Once you get comfortable with being the person who asks lots of probing questions, you can focus on your closing strategies.

When closing a deal, do not use the standard watered‐down phrases of ʺSo what do you think?ʺ or ʺSo how do you feel about that?ʺ Instead, make sure you have set up in advance what the goal of your time together is. That way you can refer to the agreed upon goal in your closing. For example, “John, if we are able to help you develop stronger leaders, would you be able to sign on that today; or who else would we need to have involved?”   If you do not have all the dealmakers at the table, it is best to suspend the conversation until you do.

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To Catch A Bigger Fish You Need…

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

To Catch A Bigger Fish You Need to set up the right net in the right way.

Imagine that you are looking at putting on a new deck. You call a company and the sales person comes out and talks to you all about the decks they build, the quality they offer and the way they can get the deck done. You decide to have them build your deck. How do you feel when they call you six months later to see if you now want them to build you cabinets? Or furniture? Or a new floor? Or a new addition? Are you excited? upset? annoyed?

Most likely as they jump around telling you all the other projects they can do you are annoyed because you didn’t ask for any other projects. Their persistence may even make you start to dislike your deck that you were totally satisfied with just six months ago.

What happened? If you did a great job on the deck, why wouldn’t that prove to the customer that they need you in those other areas?

In sales, I find people rarely analyze where their business is coming from, what is stopping it and what they need to do in the sales process to open up the client to more opportunities. With the Excavation Method, we show sales people how to set the first sale up so it automatically generates more sales after it. We show you how to make the client stretch their mind frame so they see the deck as just one small thing you do and they crave the other skills you have to offer.

So here is your Take Action:

Take a moment today to analyze your business.

  • Where do most of your sales come from?
  • Where do they get blocked?
  • How can you set the sale up on the front end to remove that block?

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How to Stop Negative People From Draining You

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

 

I am in a golf league and for three weeks I had people coming up asking me to not put them with Casey.  Out of 60 people, 30 people had told me she was too negative to golf with.

So now I had a dilemma, what was I going to do? Talk to her about her attitude? Ask her to stop golfing?

Literally, every week the other people she golfed with would approach me and ask me to NEVER put her with them again. 

This left me in a leadership dilemma as to how to turn this around without alienating her and I knew the group was watching to see how I would handle it.

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Happy Holidays from Impression Management Professionals

Friday, December 23rd, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Holidays from Impression Management Professionals

 

Wishing you a Joyous Holiday Season

and a New Year filled with Peace and Happiness.

How To Change a “I Screwed Up” in to a “Step Up” For Your Career

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

It’s always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile. – Garry Marshall

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How To Change a “I Screwed Up” in to a “Step Up” For Your Career

January 19,  2012 1:00 CST ( Limited Space)

 

Have you ever put your foot in your mouth? Have you made a major misstep and not know how  to fix it?  Have you ever wondered how to go from being on the “watch out” list to being on the “must watch” list?

Let’s face it, we have all had some time in our career where we have botched a client project, mishandled a relationship, or made a mistake that has cost us in some way.  The point of this webinar will be to show you how to NOT ONLY get back in good graces but how to UTILIZE your mistake to launch your career forward.

You will learn:

  • The three mistakes most people make that COMPOUND the problem
  • How to have the tough discussion
  • How to move your boss from looking for your next mistake to looking for how to promote you

A screw up can often be the launch pad for a Step UP in your career if you just know what to say and how to say it.

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How can I get information from customers when they feel we are infringing on the way they have always done things? How do I get them to see they need to share for the good of everyone?

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

The bottom line is that most customers do not like sharing information because they’re not sure how you will use it. So your job is to make them 100% comfortable and confident in how the information will be used as well as why it’s a value for them to share.

The worst way to get information from customers is to start by asking them questions. Most interaction I see people have with customers follows the typical pattern of a flat statement followed by a series of questions. It goes something like this: “We’re looking at a new way to process claims, so I need to ask you some questions. Do you process claims in batches?” Now with each question you ask them, they will answer hesitantly and rarely will they give you the complete information. Why? Because they don’t know how you’re going to use the information and they don’t want to have it come back to bite them.

The first thing you need to do is give them the complete roadmap of what you will be talking about and how it will benefit them.

Once you have given them this roadmap, that will give them the confidence to openly share information. If you ever feel a client isn’t sharing information, it’s telling you that they do not feel comfortable with how the information will be used. So as soon as you sense that, stop the conversation and paraphrase for them why you’re asking the question and how you will be utilizing their answers.

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