June 30th, 2010
Here is question number four (and my response) to the salesperson’s ‘would you or would you not’ quiz. Is this something you would do at a first sit-down meeting with a prospective client?
4) Summarize a transaction you are currently working on with a well known client.
The benefit of doing this is that your prospect knows you are working with a well known entity Read More...
Tags: asking questions, credibility, disclosure, integrity, name dropping
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June 15th, 2010
At Selling with Creativity we are working through a list of a dozen actions a salesperson might do or say at a first meeting with a new prospective client. Here are actions four through six. Remember, it’s your first time face to face with a new client. Are these things you would do or say?
4) Summarize a transaction you are currently working on with a well-known client Read More...
Tags: asking questions, being of use, discussing competitors, first meeting, name dropping, office tour, prospect meeting, small talk, someone you'd like to know
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May 26th, 2010
Here is question number two (and my response) to the salesperson's 'would you or would you not' quiz. Is this something you would do at a first sit-down meeting with a prospective client?
2) Ask a question about a picture on their office wall.
Too hokey? Does it seem to much like a glad-handing salesperson trying too hard to be chatty? Despite this risk Read More...
Tags: asking questions, authentic, client meeting, connecting, first meeting, follow-up, Informal meetings, small talk, someone you'd like to know
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May 1st, 2010
This blog is a merger between structured creativity and selling. There is a natural union between the two. Since 1993, I have been exploiting that union for myself and for my clients. This blog is perhaps just another iteration of that exploitation. It is a sales blog, but underpinning everything in it, is structured creativity Read More...
Tags: asking questions, authenticity, being of use, follow-up, improv, informal vs. formal, making lists, micro-marketing, someone you'd like to know, sourcing, status, Tin Men
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