Friday Sales Tip – Prepare Before Every Dem

“Preparation” is an often-ignored critical step before the Dem. There are three parts to preparation before going for the dem: Get your sales kit organized: Make sure you have all of the six essentials, in good condition, and in place… Prospectus Set of broadsides in a clear folder Clipboard folder with the price list, order [...]

Friday Sales Tip – Customer Connection

How often do you get in touch with your customers? Do you: Call them within a week of delivery to check if everything is OK? Have they unpacked the boxes, set up the products, reviewed the User Guides, registered for warranty, and started using the product with their kids? Is the spouse happy? Do they [...]

Friday Sales Tips – What Have You Learnt?

If you have been following the Friday Tips regularly, you have already learnt some important things during the last three weeks. How many of those have you started applying? Take this simple quiz and test yourself: What’s the difference between ‘lists’ and ‘leads‘? What are the top three sources of leads/referrals? How many do you [...]

Friday Sales Tip – Effective Appointments

Are you struggling with phone appointments for dems? If your average number of calls for every appointment is more than three, the following checklist may be useful: Source of prospects. Best quality prospects are those you have personally met (using the suspecting/prospecting methods). Then the referrals from satisfied customers. Then all other lists from other [...]

Friday Sales Tip – the Little Big Things!

Some of the small things that can make a big difference to your dem: Be exactly on time. Few minutes early or few minutes late is not the same thing. If you cannot fulfill your first (and a small) commitment to the customer, why should she trust you with the other big commitments you are [...]

Friday Sales Tip – Quality of Leads

From now on, you can expect to see a new sales tip here every Friday. What do you think are the best sources of leads in terms of quality and ease of making an appointment? I believe the following, in the order of quality: Someone who saw the products at a friend’s house and got [...]

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