Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
I do not advocate cold calling in High Probability Selling. However, cold calling is necessary at times. You do need prospective clients and customers. If you don’t have a customer list from which to solicit referrals, and you also lack an advertising/marketing budget, cold-calling to a highly targeted list is the fastest route to finding [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
The secret is in the “QUALIFYING”. There is no magic to closing the sale. You don’t have to memorize “hokie” closes or trick someone into buying your product or service. The most important step in the selling process is to ask great questions.
Customers DO NOT buy products or services you are selling. What they buy [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
The customers you already have could be your biggest lead source, and you may not even realize it. Think about it this way, every customer you have, most likely has brothers, sisters, parents, cousins, and friends, so why not tap into it.
Here are a few ideas to draw leads out of your current customers.
1. Whenever [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
Every day in sales and business is critical. That lead you receive today, could very well be in the hands of your competition tomorrow. That is why I can’t stress enough the importance of taking full advantage of your leads once you receive them. Leads are not meant to sit around pinned onto bulletin boards, [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
A customer relationship management (CRM) system uses technologically-driven strategies to assess customer needs and buying behavior. This allows businesses to market their products and services more effectively. The ever-increasing level of technology available to a CRM system can, however, provide an overwhelming amount of information to a company, not all of it useful.
Large corporations compile [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
It’s time to put your trusty CRM software to work; to let it earn its keep. You’re about to blast an email out to several thousand potential customers. First you run a search of people and companies you want to target. You soon realize something’s wrong when your list is far smaller than anticipated. A [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
Customer relationship management (CRM) is one of the most effective tools for improving customer relationships and therefore increasing revenue, customer satisfaction, and customer retention. Unfortunately, some CRM strategies fail. This leaves CRM vendors and their customers baffled, but there a few common reasons why a CRM strategy will fail.
1. Too much focus on the CRM [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
How many leads have come into your business since the beginning of time that never closed? That is a salient question. Who knows how many, but I bet there are a lot.
Whether a small company or a large one with a sales force, the leads that are always best are the ones that are easy [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
Customer Relationship Management, abbreviated “CRM,” is the term for a business strategy that is designed to improve customer service. CRM is also designed to increase customer satisfaction and gain new customers, thus increasing a business’ revenue. CRM is a term that can be applied to software and an entire business strategy.
How Does CRM Work?
Essentially, CRM [...]
Posted November 13th, 2008 by admin
Microsoft Business Solutions CRM data conversion deserves FAQ type of article, where IT people could get initial directions. Even if it seems as a trivial task, we would suggest you to think about these possible scenarios: objects mapping between your legacy CRM: GoldMine, ACT, Siebel, Lotus Notes Domino. When you think about MS CRM switch [...]