Competitive Selling: The Guidebook to Proactive Calling in a Reactive World is about the toughness and edge you need to be successful in the highly competitive world of professional sales. But it doesn't just give you theories . . . it gives you tried and true techniques to follow to be a proactive caller, in very practical terms. If you ever struggle with the actual words to say when you are prospecting, Competitive Selling will give you a solid foundation in the words to say and how to approach the call with confidence. Selling is filled with rejection, but if you expect the "No"s--and even welcome hearing them--you can be the one in control and work on turning around even the toughest potential clients. The louder the environment is for prospects and customers, the more highly skilled you need to be at quickly capturing their attention and following a set roadmap to the close of the sale. Dive into Competitive Selling and become better than the competition at starting high in an organization, following up, leaving an intriguing voicemail message that results in a return call, gaining a critical "next set time," and using email as an effective touch point. Prospecting for new business is not glamorous, but if you have a solid plan and the drive to follow through on your goals, you will be successful. Marisa Pensa and Stacia Skinner will help you attain that success.

Become a Dominant Predator in today’s dog-eat-dog sales environment There’s a hard fact that we all have to face: Buyers have evolved. They’ve become shopaholics. They almost never consider a single vendor when making a buying decision. Instead, they call you—and your competitors—and choose from multiple options. They know that pitting you against your competition always works to their benefit. In today’s sales environment, only the strongest and smartest live to sell another day. Master sales strategist Landy Chase calls these top performers dominant predators—salespeople who consistently win business, at higher prices, by crushing the competition at every turn. He knows exactly how they do it because he’s the one who teaches them how to do it. Now, it’s your turn. In Competitive Selling, Chase reveals the master strategy of the dominant predator, offering a proven, step-by-step process for entering the fray as a prepared and confident warrior. You’ll learn how to: Identify your competition before meeting with the buyer Open competitive selling opportunities Out-flank your competitors using the Client Needs Analysis Eliminate competitors without badmouthing them Stand out to the decision makers Win sales even as the higher-priced option It’s a jungle out there. The goal in today’s winner-take-all world of selling is to make every selling opportunity an unfair fight—in your favor. You have to adapt to your surroundings and take control of your environment. Be assured, your competitors are out there trying to do the same thing. Competitive Selling provides the techniques and skills for seizing the advantage before they even see you coming.

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Focusing on Business to Customer (B2C) internet business, and on firms that offer intangible products and/or services that can be directly consumed via the world wide web, Strategic Management and Online Selling also covers immaterial products and online news information or home banking. Considering how firms with similar specific characteristics are able to realize competitive advantages, this topical book discusses an area of particular contemporary importance and increasing academic study.

An updated and revised version of the business classic Power Base Selling Power Base Selling, originally published in 1990, left readers with an understanding of and language for gaining political advantage within accounts. Now famous among sellers, the concept of aligning with powerful customer individuals or "Foxes" is taken to a new level. The New Power Base Selling offers an updated and more in-depth edition of the original classic with an empirically based breakthrough to significantly increasing sales performance. It explains how competitive selling is as much a matter of politics, customer value, and strategy as it is a management science. Based on data from one of the most comprehensive sales surveys in the sales training industry, along with over 50,000 deal reviews, The New Power Base Selling will help salespeople quickly outfox the competition, impress customers with unexpected value, and achieve new levels of professional success. Create Demand, as well as competitively Service Demand Quickly leverage "Situational Power Bases" to drive up win rates Provide customers with value that advances their critical business initiatives Effectively use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social tools in a sales campaign Increase customer satisfaction and competitive differentiation See measurable gains and exceed quota when you leverage customer politics, value, and competitive strategy.

"The Selling Fox" ist der Nachfolger zu dem sehr erfolgreichen Titel "Power Base Selling" vom gleichen Autor. Der Band bietet eine Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung, wie man seine Vertriebskonkurrenten erfolgreich aus dem Feld schlägt und gibt Tipps, wie man Absatzchancen einordnet, wie man erkennt, an welchen Kunden man dranbleiben sollte, wie man Glaubwürdigkeit austrahlt und vieles andere mehr. Anhand einer Fülle von Fallbeispielen, Strategien und Taktiken lernen Sie hier, wie Sie ihre Konkurrenz durch bessere Ideen ausstechen, übertrumpfen und schließlich ausmanövrieren. "The Selling Fox" ist die unverzichtbare Lektüre für jeden Verkäufer. Autor Jim Holden ist Gründer und President der Holden Corporation, ein Unternehmen im Bereich Wettbewerb und Verkaufspolitik, das das Power Base Selling Programm erfolgreich eingeführt hat. Zu Holdens Kundenstamm gehören u.a. AT&T, UNISYS, Bell Canada, Data General und eine Reihe renommierter Unternehmen in aller Welt.

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