In his book Outliers Malcolm Gladwell proffers that those who achieve mastery in their endeavour of choice do so by investing at least 10,000 hours honing their craft. How are you doing on your path to sales mastery? Gladwell points out that it is not necessarily those most naturally gifted that succeed splendidly. He argues […]
Top performers want to know how their sales progress is measuring up to their sales goals, and how it compares to that of their colleagues. Poor performers want to hide under a rock. Don’t wait for your boss to tell you how you are doing this month. Be a top performer. Top performers exercise great […]
To improve your sales performance, practice good Sales Hygiene. Sales Hygiene refers to the cleanliness of your selling process and account data management. Clean selling and account data management processes are the foundation for continuously improving your sales results. Sales results get better when you identify causal links within your selling process. A causal link […]
Disturbingly often I meet with sales people who say “you know, when it comes to my sales calls I usually just wing it.” They have a twinkle in their eye and a look of mischief that implies “and it’s fun!” I bet it is fun. Poor paycheques however, are not so entertaining. Winging it leads […]
If you want to sell more, more often, dig deep to unearth your buyer’s needs. Generally stated Buyer needs are the problems your Buyer wants to resolve, and the resulting improved situation they desire. You knew that already, right? Where to from here? For each sales opportunity there are in fact three levels of buyer […]
Funny term, ‘Sales Velocity’. What does it mean, and why is so important to you as a person in business development? Sales Velocity is the speed at which your deals close. Faster is better [I know, you figured that out already]. The more deals you can close in a week, month, quarter, or year, the […]
We are in the business of helping our buyers fix their problems. We do this by providing great solutions. A great solution is the currency of the realm in business development and an astute seller can artfully describe the richness of their capabilities in this domain. It would seem that those who can solve problems […]
There is an old saying in sales that goes, “Your customer is not buying a power drill, they are buying the holes.” If old sayings become old sayings because they contain pithy wisdom, what is the wisdom here? It is that Buyers don’t buy features, they buy the benefits those features deliver. But I think […]
Ideas in this posting will help you: Make Money, and increase the ease with which you Close Business. I am privileged to spend time chatting with many business people who carry a revenue generation responsibility. They range from Sr. Executives, to Managers, to Key Account sales professionals. I am infinitely curious to learn how they […]
“There MUST be a better way to sell!”
After studying many sales methodologies and being thoroughly bamboozled by most of them I thought “there must be a better way to sell. One that is sound, effective and is easy to learn and apply.” That way is The Conversational Sales Method. In Sell More by Selling Less you will learn to master it.
Podcast interview with the Consulting Success®July 9, 2021 - 7:17 pmI recently had an interview on the Consulting Success® Podcast where I talked about the roadmap to mastery in consulting. To listen and read the full interview click HERE
Based in Vancouver British Columbia Rob Malec has been helping his clients increase the revenue their companies generate while operating more effectively as an organization since 2001.