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Drop the Sales Jargon: 10 Ways You Are Sounding Like Every Other Salesperson
By Dave Tear |
Sales is hard enough on its own. Prospecting. Rejection. Scheduling appointments. Researching the prospect. Understanding the competitive landscape. Knowing your prospects PAIN points. Uncovering budgets and spending patterns. Manipulating the decision-making process. A pretty tough game. There is no need to make it even harder by saying stupid things. But, some salespeople do. Oh, do […]
Read More Not Another Negotiation!
By Dave Tear |
Negotiation. One of the worst occupational hazards of the sales profession. Most will say: Not fun. Nobody ever looks forward to it. We want it to end up a win-win for both sides (but does it ever really turn out that way?). It is inevitable. Inevitable? Does it have to be? Hmm. Hear me out. […]
Read More People Buy from People they are Comfortable With
By salescoachesco |
A common phrase in Sales: “People buy from people they like.” True. Another over-used phrase: “People buy from people they trust.” No argument there. Like and trust are important things to strive for in sales. Good end game goals. But, you don’t start there. You start by helping people become comfortable with you. That takes […]
Read More Where is the Value in Always Agreeing with Everything Your Prospects/Customers Say?
By Dave Tear |
As people (in our personal life), being agreeable with others (friends, family members, etc.) is a fine quality. A quality that rarely (if ever) will get you in trouble. There is no harm in being a “great guy” or a “very understanding woman.” In our personal life. As employees (in our business/work life), with management, […]
Read More When Salespeople Do What Everyone Else Does they Reduce their Product to a Commodity
By Dave Tear |
Hang on: Explanation coming. Think of yourself or your Sales Team (on sales calls, on the phone, on e-mail, while prospecting, during follow-up, dealing with customer issues, and on and on and on . . .) What are they doing? What are they saying? How are they acting? In June of 2026 you likely have […]
Read More 7 Examples of how Your Business is No Different Than All the Others
By Dave Tear |
“You don’t understand, Dave, our business is different.” If I had a nickel for every time I heard that over the last 30 years, I’d have a stack of nickels this high! (it’s a pretty high stack). Nineteen out of twenty times when a business owner or VP or Sales Manager says this about their […]
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