Learn how and why people buy to improve sales performance
Tour de France 2017 started last weekend and it’s one of my favourite three weeks of the year. It’s on the top of my bucket list to take a trip to follow the Tour one day and soak up the atmosphere, the achievements and the excellence. When I watch the Tour, I recognise there are many lessons for business which can be learnt from the athletes. Continue reading “9 lessons for business from the Tour de France”
ThereWho is your ideal client? Can you think of that one ideal client you have who is a dream to work with? They buy from you without much effort at all. They love everything about what you do. This client is a perfect fit as far as what they need and what you have.
They see enormous value in your products or service and they tell all their friends about you. This person engages with you on social media, liking, commenting and sharing your posts without you having to ask. They happily give you glowing testimonials and reviews.
What if you could have an entire business filled with duplicates of this person?
One of the most important things in business is knowing who your ideal customer is. Defining your ideal client and knowing everything about them can help make your marketing much more effective. It can even help steer your research and development. Continue reading “Who is your ideal client? Seven reasons why you need to know”
In the last decade, we have had two major, once in a generation, advancements in technology, which have completely changed the way people communicate and gather information. As a result, business has changed forever.
As a business owner, you must understand how these changes have made a difference to the way customers buy and what you need to do as a business to survive in 2017 and beyond. Continue reading “Two reasons why business has changed forever”
There’s a saying about being a good listener — you have two ears and one mouth for a reason; listen twice as much as you talk. This is highly relevant in the sales game. In my experience, the average salesperson talks over 80 percent of the time while they’re selling!
People buy because they have a need. The only way for you to uncover your customers need, is to talk less and listen more. Talking too much is a sure way to lose the sale. Continue reading “Questions are the key to successful sales”
Do one thing every day that scares you. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Fear is a response activated by a perceived peril; either involving a risk of imminent danger, a threat to security or an overwhelming concern for a future event. Within the business world, these threats are more likely to be psychological rather than physical. There’s no denying that fear can in fact be helpful in certain situations and indeed help us in times of danger. However, when it comes to business, how you react can determine your success.
You’re not too bad at sales. You know how to communicate and create fantastic conversations with prospects. You know how to ask great questions. But there’s a huge piece of the puzzle you don’t have any control of. The customer! Regardless of how well you lead the sales process, there are seven things the customer needs before they can buy from you.
Your success throughout the sales process will be influenced by these seven factors so it’s important to understand what’s happening in the customer’s mind.
Continue reading “Take control of the sales process — 7 things a customer needs”
As an expert in business collaboration, I love talking to small business owners and entrepreneurs about collaboration. When I talk about this topic, I find people love the idea of working together rather than in competition. However, it’s not easy for some to come up with collaboration ideas for their business.
Here, I share with you three practical and simple collaboration ideas I have implemented in my own business. I encourage you to give these a try in your own business. Continue reading “3 simple collaboration ideas for business”
Firstly I want to make it clear that these SEO basics for dummies are from an SEO dummy — me! I am NOT an SEO expert. I do run my own website, I built it from scratch and right now I manage my own SEO on my blog. It’s still a work in progress.
I’m definitely not claiming I know everything about SEO, but I know from my own experience, sometimes hearing a few straight forward tips from someone on your own level can be a helpful place to start. Think of my efforts today as SEO basics for dummies, from a dummy!
SEO basics for dummies, from a dummy! Share on XOver the last few months, I have learnt so much about how to improve (not master) SEO, readability and which components are important to include in a great blog post. I want to share what I’ve learnt to help you write better articles.
The optimist and the pessimist. You’re either one or the other, aren’t you? The optimist is upbeat, always seeing the glass half full. The pessimist wallows in self-pity, moaning over their half empty glass. The optimist achieves excellence while the pessimist blames everyone and everything for their failures. Which are you? Can the pessimist become the optimist? Continue reading “The glass half full – can the pessimist become the optimist?”