Critical Selling Skills for Small Businesses Innovative Selling Skills that Pay-off in Increased Sales and Satisfied Customers.

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Critical Selling Skills for Small Businesses Innovative Selling Skills that Pay-off in Increased Sales and Satisfied Customers

Session 1 Critical Selling Skills for Small Businesses 1

The Basics 2 Focus is critical – beware of distractions Business and marketing plans – implementation critical Create value added (not only price) – identify your “sweet spot” Establish credibility – knowledge, language, professionalism

The Basics 3 Define key benefits –differentiation - know your competition! Be consultative – sell solutions Strategize with associates – what works, what doesn’t Provide high quality customer service Objective – repeat business

The Basics 4 Don’t chase bad business! – use sweet spot as a barometer Be concise Don’t assume Be yourself! Dress appropriately

Prospecting 5 Define greatest strengths – uniqueness Define target audiences – prioritize; identify key contacts and titles References

Prospecting 6 Where are the prospects? –Competitive sites, Google alerts, industry directories, conferences/directories, associations, social media/LinkedIn, local online news sites and print Provide legitimate reasons to contact somebody –Current events, new products/services, special “deal” People invaluable to get to right people Monitor quality and quantity of leads

Prospecting 7 Research company before contacting Getting contacts – offers, i.e. articles, white papers on your site, on related sites Phone –Generate interest as early as possible – two or three benefits –Have additional benefits ready, if needed –Anticipate objections with up front selling –Mention references in same type of business

Prospecting 8 Phone –Be concise – short and sweet –Be yourself, use conversational tone –Be respectful of prospect’s time –Close with action item –NEVER! – sound canned, confrontational, arrogant

Prospecting 9 –Generate interest as early as possible – two or three benefits –Mention references in same type of business –Be concise – short and sweet –Close with action item –Use some graphics

Prospecting 10 Webinars Print Linkedin Goodle Ad works Conferences Referrals In person networking groups Associations

Effective Follow-up 11 Two messages in five business days, then once a week Keep it conversational, never get arrogant or upset, use humor if appropriate “Are you okay?”

Probing/Qualifying 12 Identify needs - what is important to prospect –Top priorities, consequences if not met Listen, ask questions, control the discussion –Avoid reacting, ask more questions if not satisfied –Start broad and narrow down Define influencers, time frames, budgets

Probing/Qualifying 13 Stress benefits in context of prospect’s needs Limit number of benefits – avoid “laundry lists Stress differentiation Plant seeds to establish buying criteria – set traps for competition Budget, authority, compelling event, timing

Probing/Qualifying 14 Avoid negativity – address competitive weaknesses in context of your strengths Do up front selling Create action plan with prospect Confirm next appointment