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Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills

Red Star Kim

Nervousness – Shyness, modesty, lack of confidence and fear of failure can make fee-earners reluctant to organise meetings to take the next steps in building a potential client relationship. A challenging role requiring deep insight into potential clients and value propositions as well as a great deal of confidence.

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Book review: Sales Mind – 48 tools to help you sell by Helen Kensett

Red Star Kim

Some of these reflect Cialdini’s keys of persuasion and influence Influence – Cialdini’s six principles of the psychology of persuasion (kimtasso.com) Sales meeting guidance She advocates that the start of each meeting is for knowledge collection mode – asking lots of simple questions (What and Why). How it is better than competitors?

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Personal selling 101: What it is and how to do it well

Zendesk

To gain that deep understanding, sales agents should meet with potential customers one-on-one. Personal selling definition: When a sales representative meets with a potential customer to nurture them until they make a purchase. Personal selling requires using your excellent interpersonal skills and deep product knowledge.

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7 Reasons Sales is Still a Great Career (& 7 Reasons Why Not)

Hubspot Sales

Personal Growth Opportunities : You’ll grow both your professional and interpersonal skills in a sales role. Talking to strangers every day will help you improve your communication and problem-solving skills. Talking about one product, one set of features, and one value proposition can get monotonous.

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Which Type of Sales Job Is Right for You?

Hubspot Sales

According to The Bridge Group’s 2016 Sales Development Metrics and Compensation report , it’s most common for companies to base an SDR’s commission on the number of meetings or opportunities they pass to their partner reps and the number of meetings or opportunities accepted by those reps. AEs are held to quotas. Resiliency is crucial.