Tag Archive for: prospecting

The High Personal Cost of ‘Assuming’ a Sale

As you look at your opportunities, it’s our guess that over one half of them have problems. No, not problems with the prospects themselves. But problems with the process you’ve taken them through.

In this episode, Bryan and Bill break down one of the most frequent problems we see when we coach sales people: the assumptive attitude.

That’s when you mistakenly assume you’re further along the sales cycle than you actually are.

You’ll learn:

  1. How to identify which of these prospects have issues
  2. What to do about them

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Also mentioned in this podcast:

How To Expand Your Value

Often, we get so myopic in our view of our customer relationships, we totally miss added value we can bring to that relationship.

Bryan talks about a sales deal where his client took a different approach–and created a long term partner. PLUS, that client avoided the ‘commodity element’ of most traditional customers where they put pressure on you for reduced price.

**If you’re a sales manager, this is a great topic for your next sales meeting.

Also mentioned in this podcast:

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