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Is It Time To WAKE UP Your Sales Team?

Friday, May 7th, 2010

The month of May is a good time to prepare yourself and your sales team to achieve your sales goals for the second half of 2010.

Questions to consider:

1.  How many members of your sales team are on-target right now to exceed their sales goals for 2010?

2. How many members of your sales team have executable, proven sales plans in place to insure success for the second half push?

3. What are you doing to shore up the skills and performance of those members of your sales team who are not 120% of plan?

Want a cost-effective plan proven to be effective in producing results?

If you have one or more sales reps who are NOT 120% of plan year-to-date, then send them to our IMPACT Selling Workshop, May 18-19, at The Davidson Village Inn, here in Davidson, NC. 

Here’s what this program will do for you and your sales team:

  1. Provide a detailed, objective Sales Assessment for each attendee that shows how he/she stacks up against the top sales professionals that he/she competes against every day.  We will show them how to leverage their strengths and understand their weaknesses (we all have some of both!).
  2. Provide each attendee with an Rx based upon the Sales Assessment including CDs and Workbooks to shore-up their weaknesses.
  3. Provide you with a copy of the Sales Assessment to help you coach and mentor each sales person.
  4. Two days of intensive customer-focused, valued-added selling strategies that have proven to produce results in today’s “New 21st Century”.
  5. An action plan for each person to improve sales performance that you can then manage and hold them accountable for completing.
  6. A sales system that will provide the discipline that sales professionals need to be successful in today’s demanding sales environment.
  7. A guarantee that attendees will leave here with executable sales plans and strategies that they believe will produce results or we will give you their registration fee back on the spot!

Time is of the essence.  Every order your sales reps lose is an order that you will never get back.   

Register one or more of your sales reps for this program.  It will be the best investment you can make in your sales team and your company.  Remember, your company will never be any stronger than the sales people that you attract, hire, train, and ultimately retain!  We are here to help.

And You Wonder Why So Many Businesses Fail!

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

I just witnessed what had to be the WORST sales call I think I have ever seen.  I was meeting with one of our strategic partners when two salesmen walked into his lobby.  They approached us and here is a word for word transcript of what happened:

Sales Rep # 1:  “Hi.  I’m with (name withheld).  You wouldn’t want to buy a cabinet, would you?”

Answer:  “No, not really.”

Sales Rep # 1:  “How about some things to put in the cabinet.  We have those, too.”

Answer:  “No.”

Sales Rep #2:  “How about getting your carpets cleaned?  We do that, too.”

Answer:  “It must be pretty rough out making sales calls today.”

Sales Rep #1:  “You got that right!  We are just out casing out the area (actual wording) to see what businesses are in the area.  Here’s my business card.  Let me put my cell number on it for you.  Call me if you ever need a cabinet or anything to go in it.”

Sales Rep#2:  “And here’s my card if you ever need your carpets cleaned.”  (Note:  There were no carpets in the lobby – just a tile floor!)

These two guys then left and walked out to the back of the van they were driving.  I thought at least they would go knock on other doors in the office park.  But they stood there for about 15 seconds, then got in the van and drove away.

I promise you.  This is what happened.  The van, by the way, had their company’s name and logo on the side.

Here is the classic example of a company putting sales reps out making sales calls with NO sales training, no strategy, and no planning other than to go make calls.  Some business owner is paying two sales reps, their gas, the expense of a company van, and the cost of business cards to go through the above routine! 

Oh, yes.  I did collect their business cards and I will call the owner of this company.  But I can tell you now what I will hear.

“We don’t have the money to provide sales training for our reps.  They are on straight commission anyway, so it’s really not costing me anything.”

And you wonder why so many businesses fail!

IMPACT Selling Workshop

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

During challenging economic times like today, the differences between top sales producers and the rest of the pack are even more magnified than during a vibrant economy.  To prosper and grow in today’s business environment, you will have to take market share.  This will require superior sales talent and superior customer service talent. 

Our next IMPACT Selling Workshop is scheduled for October 13 – 14, 2009, at the Davidson Village Inn, Davidson, North Carolina (Charlotte).

“This workshop changed my life and our business.  IMPACT training GREATLY improved my abilities, which allowed me to propel our business to the next level and beyond.  If you wish to take your business to a higher level and increase revenue, I recommend you sign up for this workshop.”       Kevin Smith, McBryde Enterprises

Topics covered include:

  • Prospecting & Cold Calling
  • Pre-Call Planning
  • Positioning
  • Qualifying Prospects 
  • Turning Prospects into “Clients” 
  • Understanding Prospects Needs
  • Helping Customers Get What They Really Want 
  • Presentations & Demonstrations
  • How to Present Price & Handle Price Concerns
  • Isolating and Overcoming the Real Objections
  • Negotiating The Sale
  • And much, much more!

Don’t miss this opportunity to provide your sales team with the sales skills required to succeed in today’s tough economy.

Seating is limited and this workshop will sell out.  

Register on-line or call us today.