Restoring Trust in the Sales Industry can be hard! Listen in as I bring my knowledge and experience to this episode of #SellingWithSocial with Mario Martinez Jr.! Get your pen and paper handy to take notes - don’t miss it!
levitingroupJune 17, 2017
Two weeks ago, I met my new friend, sales guru and best selling author, Jill Konrath, at the San Francisco airport and Ubered to my place. Before long, we were craving some goodies so decided to hop in my car and head to the nearest grocery store. The next thing I knew, I ran over her foot! Nice work huh? Running over your mentor’s foot? Then I wrote this article about it.
Picture this: You’ve done a masterful job of engaging your customer. She loves you, loves your product and thinks it would fit nicely with her future goals. But then something happens. You lose the deal and what’s worse, you have no idea why.
levitingroupMay 30, 2017
Last fall, I traveled to Eastern Europe with a group of executives. While visiting Heroes’ Square in Budapest, a street vendor approached me and asked if I’d buy a fur hat. The conversation went like this..
levitingroupMay 23, 2017
Salespeople do this when they fall into a slump. We ask ourselves, “What am I doing wrong? Why did I miss that deal?” While these are useful questions, and questions that should be asked long after the deal is finished, don’t forget to ask yourself
levitingroupJanuary 31, 2017
We all know the path to a sale is lined with effective questions. Most salespeople have a series of great, thought-provoking questions for their prospects, but deliver them in an off-putting way. Buyers recoil when you go too deep, too fast.
levitingroupJanuary 24, 2017
Your prospect loves it and tells you you’re terrific. Furthermore, this is the exact product they’re looking for. Then out of nowhere they tell you the dreaded, “I need to think about it, we’ll get back to you, “or “I need to run it by so and so” .
levitingroupOctober 19, 2016
At some point, we’ve all let our emotions get the best of us, but how do we prevent our emotions from running our sales presentations and sabotaging our success? In this never before heard podcast, Shari Levitin, author of Heart and Sell: 10 Universal Truths Every Salesperson Needs to Know, interviews president and founder of SalesLeadership, Inc. and creator of Ei Selling System®, Colleen Stanley about her breakthrough book, Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success, and why our emotions—and how we manage them—play a pivotal role in both our work and personal lives. In this podcast, you’ll learn: Why accurately identifying…
levitingroupSeptember 12, 2016
I’ve heard it a thousand times. Freaked-out salespeople claim that increased product options coupled with competition from the Internet are costing them sales. “They can buy it cheaper on the Internet,” they complain. My response? “So what?” Since when do you only shop for the cheapest option? Do you only eat at Burger King? Or will you pay a little extra for Kobe Beef and a fresh shrimp cocktail every now and again? How? #1 - Make a list of intangible benefits you can offer. On the Internet, people often can’t get – and will pay extra for – a…
levitingroupSeptember 1, 2016
It might surprise you, but your biggest competition is not the cool new mega brand down the street, it’s not the slick young sales guy that just joined the team and it’s not that your product is for sale cheaper somewhere else.
levitingroupAugust 25, 2016
