Contrary to the popular belief, sales people don’t rely on “the gift of the gab” to be successful. Actually, the opposite is true. The best sales professionals spend far more time asking and listening than they do talking and selling. They ask questions of their customers; they ask questions of their colleagues, and they ask questions of their managers. If Oxford defines curiosity as the strong desire to know or learn something, then by that definition, sales people are curious by nature. In fact, that’s how sales professionals learn to be professional in the first place. This is a collection of practical answers to questions sales people ask most. Written by Susan A. Enns, a professional sales coach with a proven track record of sales excellence over her 30 plus year career. Her accomplishments include consecutively being the top sales rep in Canada, managing the top sales branch, and achieving outstanding sales growth in a national channel sales organization. She has written several books about sales and sales management and has created numerous automated sales tools. Her work has been published in several locations numerous times and has sold on five separate continents. As such, over the years, Susan has been asked many questions by many sales people. After a while, she saw that sales people, regardless of their experience, the products they sell, the industries in which they operate, or the countries where they sell, all share similar curiosities. In other words, although the wording may be different when asked in an email or when asked in person, sales people all ask the same questions, the most common of which are answered in this ebook. As the old saying goes, the only stupid questions are the ones unasked. As a sales professional, you should never be afraid to “Ask the Sales Coach” because you will learn so much from the answers! - "Susan really knows the selling world. She's honest, articulate, bright, giving, highly competent, personable and a top professional. Welcome her. It's the right thing to do." - "Our company hired Susan as our sales coach. She has helped me make more appointments, close more deals and make more money. The 3 most important concepts in sales. I would recommend any sales force hire her to help boost business sales". - "Susan ...understands the sales process intimately and is able to create a management process around it that drives sales people to accomplish their goals." - "Susan knows her stuff. She brings many years of great sales experience and success to anyone who wished to improve their skills in sales. She is very personable, and is not afraid to tell it like it is. I would recommend anyone (and I have) to Susan, her website, her books if you want to become a better sales person." - “Thanks for the training… I made my quota this year in May!”
A study published by Jobfox, identified Sales Representative/Business Development as the most recession-proof profession. Profit Magazine reported; “Finding the right sales talent was one of the biggest concerns facing sales organizations today.” Similar studies conducted annually by Manpower Inc. report that the position of “sales representative” is consistently considered by management as one of the most difficult jobs to fill. According to the research in the book “How to Hire & Develop Your Next Top Performer – The Five Qualities That Make Sales People Great”, 1 in 4 people have an aptitude and are well suited for a career in sales. So, if there are that many sales organizations always looking to hire sales people, and so many people have the ability to sell, why are so many sales people having difficulties finding their dream sales position? It’s probably because few of us are ever taught how to actually find it. This eBook is going to fix that. “How to Find Your Dream Sales Job – The future is yours to create!” will ask and answer four basic questions: 1. Why should you consider a career in sales? 2. How to know if you would be good at it? 3. What does your dream job look like? 4. How do you go out into the job marketplace and find it? Why should you consider a sales career, how to know if you would be good at it, how to write a resume and a gender neutral cover letter, what to include in your LinkedIn profile, how to do interview prep, what to wear, how to access the hidden job market, how to evaluate a job offer, how to resign from your current job …. IT’S ALL IN THIS BOOK! Written by Susan A. Enns, a sales coach and author who has been in sales, in one form or another, for well over 3 decades. Over those 30 plus years, in all capacities at all levels of sales, sales management, and executive level management, she has interviewed hundreds, maybe even thousands of candidates for various sales and sales management positions. With that experience under her belt and a record of proven performance to her credit, she wrote this book. She started to write it the day she met a very enterprising young man who wanted to start a career in sales. He told her he found a company online and they were going to charge him more than $3000 to teach him how to find a sales job. She thought at the time that was highway robbery, let alone questioning if it was even legal. She finished writing it shortly after the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020 changed the world, and so many talented sales people were forced to change jobs and were hitting the job market on a moment’s notice. As Confucius once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life”. Susan has had such a rewarding career in sales, she wants to help you explore the same opportunity. So let's get started!
Sales coaching tools and strategies to help you sell more Sales executives and business leaders are looking for ways to increase their revenues without major changes to their technology, processes or workforce management. When done effectively, sales coaching can be the catalyst that improves sales results, team morale and employee retention. Sell More with Sales Coaching provides results-proven sales coaching material that includes assessment, exercises and sales coaching questions. As a result of applying the tools and strategies in this book, sales leaders and teams will drive higher revenues and performance by: Assessing team members' sales capacities Determining what type of coaching is needed on an individual basis Identifying sales mistakes being committed by salespeople Coaching salespeople to avoid committing sales mistakes Improving the quality of sales conversations Increasing the quality of conversations within the team Leveraging the use of CRM during sales coaching The author's company, the Coaching and Sales Institute, has worked with large sales forces and provided training for the launch of the debit card, and one of the fastest-growing divisions of the Royal Bank of Canada.
Managing a sales team is one of the most important and challenging positions in a company, and it requires a unique set of skills. Unfortunately, many sales managers spend much of their day putting out fires, and moving from problem to problem. Their days consist of an overwhelming number of activities including respond to urgent request from their bosses, resolving customer issues and complaints, and dealing with disgruntled employees. In addition, they find themselves sitting in meetings that run way too long, and submitting countless sales forecasts to satisfy upper management. As a result, sales managers get caught up in a daily grind and end their work week exhausted and feeling like they have little control over their destiny. In The High-Impact Sales Manager, you’ll learn how to transcend the daily grind and unlock the full potential of your sales team. This includes learning to: • Hire the best people and hold them accountable • Manage sales performance by focusing on the underlying behaviors that drive performance • Consistently produce accurate sales forecasts • Provide personalized sales coaching that results in better skills and higher win rates • Motivate and inspire your team to greatness Most importantly, The High-Impact Sales Manager will leave you feeling confident and enthusiastic in your ability to lead and empower your team to achieve unparalleled success.
Need your new sales hires to get up to speed faster? Want your salespeople to stop depending on you? Like to get the very best from your sales team? “This is the book you keep on your shelf and ‘dog-ear’ as a new or seasoned manager with tips you can action immediately. A rare find among sales books today.” Ashton Williams – Senior Manager Revenue Enablement ADA “A masterpiece in sales coaching. Your salespeople will become autonomous in their thinking, discovering their own answers, mastering their own objections, and you will be the guide to their success.” Caroline McCrystal – Senior Account Manager UK&I GTM Banking Experian “Mark does a phenomenal job demystifying sales coaching and making it actionable for frontline managers. A must-read for any sales leader unlocking the performance of their team.” Matthew Dixon – Co-author of The Challenger Sale and Jolt More than ever you need to coach your team so they can think for themselves, take responsibility for their performance and do what you hired them to do. If you want to turn your team into top sales performers, sales coaching must be your focus. Let this practical and easy-to-read book show you how. Mark Garrett Hayes is an accredited coach and trainer, and is passionate about helping sales leaders to dramatically boost sales performance and accountability.
A Sales Manager’s job has become all the more demanding in the new era. However, the fundamentals remain the same. This workbook, like its predecessor “The Leadership Essentials”, is designed to offer practical guidance to young and ambitious sales managers to help them excel in their chosen profession. Sales Management is a proving ground for genuine business developers. It’s a challenging field. The 10 essentials for sales managers discussed in this book will assist sales managers in delivering to the highest standards and becoming sales leaders. Sales Managers have to achieve ever-increasing sales targets, strategize and manage key accounts, build high-performance teams, execute sales planning and review, acquire the right talent to keep the sales juggernaut moving forward, organize on-the-job training, provide purposeful coaching, offer holistic mentoring, develop sales skills of team members, and thereby developing the qualities required of sales leaders. Readers of this book will benefit directly and immediately from the shared tips and techniques, reflections and experiences. Instead of being theoretical and preachy, this book attempts to keep the sales manager’s essentials simple, practical and doable. Sales personnel at all levels will positively benefit from the contents of this book written by the authors with nearly half a century of cumulative experience in the lifestyle goods and pharmaceutical industries.
Through extensive research into elite coaches in the world of business and sports, this book investigates the mindset, skills and behaviours required to be a top sales coach and provides a range of practical models, tools and techniques for sales leaders and professionals to use.
This book from the Quintessence series offers essential know-how on the theory and practice of sales, the main turnover and value driver of any business. Sales can be seen as the “front line” where key business successes are prepared and put into practice. Sales managers and salespeople, but also professionals from production, technology, and marketing will benefit from the concise presentation of the relevant topics. Having read this book, you should have a good understanding of the key stages of the sales process from acquiring new clients (or selling to old ones) to closing the deal, and be familiar with the most typical sales performance issues described here. Moreover, in order to create a strong sales environment, you will know which qualities are needed both by sales leaders and ideal salespersons, and how to build a winning sales team and a high-quality sales organisation. Finally, by applying the principles of sales-centric business management, you will be readily equipped for immediate and lasting sales success.
The coauthor of Lessons from the Art of Juggling teaches us how to "re-think the way we think, " by introducing an approach to thriving on change called "synvergent thinking, " the art of balancing convergent and divergent thinking modes, logic and imagination, reason and intuition.
A good question is a salesperson's most powerful tool, one that can be used in every stage of the sales process, from making appointments to closing the sale; yet, most salespeople are ill-equipped to use this tool effectively. As a result, they deal with price issues, and wonder why the customer purchased from someone else. Question Your Way to Sales Success will transform the way you think and operate by offering specific, practical advice on how to ask better sales questions. A powerfully asked question... *Collects deeper and more detailed information about your customer. *Makes your customer think about what you want him or her to think about. *Creates the perception of your competence in your customer's mind. * Gains agreement from your customer. Learn how to use the techniques that separate the superstar salespeople from the mediocre.
Expert Q&A that wins the deal--every time! The key to more sales is closing more deals--and sales guru Stephan Schiffman knows all the tricks and techniques you need to do just that. Organized in a simple question-and-answer format that allows you to implement new strategies virtually overnight, this new Schiffman classic is a gold mine of practical information for all salespeople--newcomers and veterans alike. The 250 Sales Questions to Close the Deal offers cutting-edge sales questions in six core areas to help you: Initiate contact with prospective clients Build rapport with your customers Help secure the "Next Step" with every prospect Craft customized presentations Cope with setbacks or obstacles Negotiate and finalize the best deals No matter what you're selling--or to whom you're selling it--you'll sell more with Stephan Schiffman by your side!
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