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I recently blogged about "The #5 Way to Sell More by Using Social Media" - http://bit.ly/40xGYE - Twitter.
In that blog post I offer $2,000 worth of sales training or coaching or advisory services to the person who provides the most popular example…
I recently blogged about "The #6 Way to Sell More by Using Social Media" - http://bit.ly/ReZQ2 .
In that blog post I offer $1,500 (in sales training or coaching or advisory services) to the person who provides the most popular example of, or idea o…
I recently blogged about "The #7 Way to Sell More by Using Social Media" - http://bit.ly/27IPNP .
In that blog post I offer $1,500 in sales training or coaching to the person who provides the most popular example of, or idea on, how to use Facebook…
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I am looking for the best answer to the question "How can you make it easier to become a customer" and I'm giving away $1,500 worth of Trigger Event Selling services (sales training, coaching, or consulting) to get it.
A few months back I started b…
The easiest way to close a sale is to get in front of highly motivated decision makers at EXACTLY the right time - right after they experience a `Trigger Event` AND before they do start talking to your competition about it.
On Tuesday March 17th Dow…
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- Job Title:
- Chief Catalyst
- About Me:
- I am the creator of Trigger Event Selling™ and author of the upcoming book “SHiFT! Harness The ‘Trigger Events’ That TURN PROSPECTS INTO CUSTOMERS”.
For years you have been told there is no such thing as a silver bullet in sales. I can tell you there is A SILVER BULLET IN SALES, getting in front of the right person at EXACTLY the right time - after a decision maker has experienced a Trigger Event that makes them unhappy with what they have, but before they have started doing anything about it.
When you have timing the sale almost happens by itself - No challenges getting to the customer, understanding their dissatisfaction, presenting a solution, or closing the sale.
Every single day decision makers experience a Trigger Event that turns them, from someone who never would of bought from you yesterday, into someone highly likely to buy from you today.
When you leverage Trigger Events you get in front of these highly motivated, buyers before your competition, and you:
• Increase close ratios
• Shorten sales cycles
• Sell at higher prices
My knowledge of ‘Trigger Events' has resulted in:
• Winning a $1,000,000 prize in Tim Draper’s BILLION DOLLAR IDEA PITCH CONTEST
• Being a top sales performer at EVERY company that has hired me - including WorldCom where I was named the #1 salesperson within six months of joining the company.
• Coverage on NBC news, in The New York Times, Business 2.0, Sales & Marketing Management magazine, and The Wall Street Journal
I created Trigger Event Selling™ so others can:
• Identify the ‘Trigger Events' for their product/service
• Find out when these 'Trigger Events' happen
• Close more sales when ‘Trigger Events' do happen
Trigger Event Selling™ is focused on the ONE THING that is GUARANTEED to have the biggest impact on your sales: TIMING - Getting in front of the right buyer at EXACTLY the right time.
Stay informed of the latest ideas, resources, and success stories about using 'Trigger Events' to outsell the competition by joining the SHiFT group on LinkedIn – www.shiftnetworking.com.
If you are not a LinkedIn user you can stay informed of ideas, resources, and success stories on how to leverage ‘Trigger Events' to outsell your competition by using this link - http://www.feedblitz.com/f/f.fbz?Sub=45203
Contact me - http://ShiftSelling.com/contact - when you want a free introduction to Trigger Event Selling.
MY PASSION is helping entrepreneurs and start-ups OUTSELL LARGER COMPETITORS.
MY PHILOSOPHY is "Integrity Above ALL Else"
My MOTTO is "No Regrets”
Since its' inception - I am user number 3,956 of over 30,000,000 LinkedIn users - I have used LinkedIn to keep up with my personal and professional contacts, so we can be of assistance to each other.
I invite you to send me a connection request and join my LinkedIn network of over 6,300 people, which connects to over 50% of all LinkedIn users.
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I am 100% on board with what you just said... I think the key is really understanding what Skip means when he says hard sell. To me there is a big difference between asking for business and giving a high pressure sales pitch. To me it's kind…
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Seems like you've accomplished a-lot! If you have a moment, please take a look at my post. on managing a sales territory. Any pointers?
I've been in Industrial Sales for about 5 years, and recently accepted a Regional Sales Manager position, mostly for capital equipment. Environmental Instrumentation (gas analyzers, cems etc...) 100k+.
Any information would be outstanding.
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