by Janet Efere | Jan 9, 2016 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, sales training
What’s on my selling wish list for 2016? Why not dream for a bit? I may be a sales trainer, but I still need to sell, so if I was in ‘sales heaven’ and I could have whatever I wanted, I think this little list would cover it: 1. No one will ever ask...
by Janet Efere | Jan 4, 2016 | marketing, sales tips, sales training
How to massively improve your sales conversionsThis is such an easy thing to do, but so few people do it. What am I talking about? Following up. ‘80% of sales require 5 follow up calls after the meeting. 44% of salespeople give up after 1 call.’ Source:...
by Janet Efere | Dec 15, 2015 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, sales training
How to keep selling during the holidaysI’m going to keep this brief (because I bet you’re sandwiched inbetween buying presents, going to parties and watching school nativities right now!). However, the fact remains that for a lot of businesses (retail...
by Janet Efere | Oct 24, 2015 | marketing, sales tips, sales training
Upselling? Cross-Selling? Help! I’m Confused! Upselling and cross-selling. Do you these two phrases confuse you? If they do, you’re not alone. As if it isn’t enough to worry about selling the main thing that you do, you now need to sell other stuff...
by Janet Efere | Oct 13, 2015 | marketing, sales tips, sales training
Effective Follow up Strategies to stop your leads going cold We’ve all been there – you get a great enquiry from an interested customer, you’ve talked, asked and answered questions, they are absolutely hooked and then….. you never hear from...
by Janet Efere | Aug 15, 2015 | customers, marketing, sales training
How not to write a sales letterWhen I am training people how to sell, the importance of effective communication comes up again and again. It helps set you apart from the masses, the ones who can’t be bothered and the ones who are just treating you like a...