SALES DEVELOPMENT Archives - New Results

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Hello welcome to our blog page. You’ll find lots of blogs here about training, coaching, facilitation, personal and professional development, oh and some New Results news too.

We hope you enjoy them, please feel free to share and comment.

Referrals and cross selling in your business development strategy

Why does cross sell need to be on your business development agenda?

 

We have been working with professional services firms helping them to make referrals and to cross sell. It’s an area that is often, overlooked in business development. In some cases, firms assume that cro…

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Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers and sellers

Who are you? No, not a blog about football chants or The Who's 1978 classic album, it's about the whole seller vs. gatekeeper piece.

"Gatekeeper". I'm not a fan of the word; no issue with the people, it's the word. Actually, you know what, it's less the word, it's more about what it now …

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Calendar

Should salespeople come with a sell by date?

 

I was thinking of this the other day. How on earth do you understand if your salespeople are, fresh, in date and wholesome? You need to think about this and you need to review regularly where your salespeople are.

In lots of other professional organisations and professional…

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Router

The route(r) to better performance

 

I was asked to do a short presentation to explain what New Results does. So naturally I took along one of our old D-Link routers...

Imagine the excitement on the day that this (then) new router arrived: full of the promise of increased performance. Deciding that I was the rig…

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myth

Common sales myths and their truths

Over the 30 years or so that I've been in sales/sales management/sales training, there's been the occasional myth that continues to do the rounds.  Here are three that still get trained out or cited as being true.

Myth #1: 55% of the meaning in face to face communication comes from body l…

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party

Selling to decision-makers & influencers. Lessons from a kid’s party.

It's great when a business owner recognises who the decision-makers and influencers are. Here's a short story about a kid's party.

If you have children under the age of 10, chances are they're at birthday parties on a frighteningly regular basis.

Really, just how many friends can a …

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wedding

How is closing like a marriage proposal?

A lot is said about “closing the deal” or “closing techniques”, and some of the traditional methods are still very useful and at the same time, some new closing techniques are worth exploring.

Firstly let’s define what stages there are in winning more business, increasing your sa…

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training

How is our training different?

When I was 25 years old, you couldn’t tell me or train me in anything, as a salesperson I knew it all, I was hitting my targets, achieving my bonus and living the life of riley. It is only now a few (ahem!) years on that I realise how little I really knew and understood and how important person…

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telephone, phone

Help! What’s the best way for phone based selling?

Phone based selling is an important part of many organisations overall sales strategy.

The phone acts as a quick and efficient way of having conversations with a number of prospective customers. From charities to aerospace engineers, we have had the opportunity to work with a huge spectrum…

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crime, crime scene

Is your soft selling a crime?

Broken windows and soft selling. How do these fit together?

Let me explain. I have been rereading Malcolm Gladwells “The Tipping Point”; part of the book talks about the well-publicised broken windows theory that was first introduced by social scientists Read More


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Helpful resources...

We spend a lot of time researching our training courses and once we’ve found something useful we love to share it. So here’s some useful free resources for you to read, watch and use.

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Assessing Your Learning and Development Needs

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Building Trust in a Digital World

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Your Networking Guide