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Selling a More Expensive Product/Service – Six Solid Suggestions!
By Dave Tear |
Before you start reading . . . let us agree on something. If you promise to read this entire piece (end-to-end) we will promise that nothing in it will be news to you. Do we have a deal? Nothing new here! Then why should I read it? (great question). You should read this because there […]
Read More 3 Ways to Make Sure you are Selling to the Decision Maker(s)
By Dave Tear |
Have you ever spent two, three, six (or more) months working on a deal? You have momentum. Everything seems to be going well. Your solution is perfect. Your contact returns your calls. She replies to your emails. She meets with you when you are at her office. She even goes to lunch with you, as […]
Read More 21 Bad Sales Phrases: Most of them Kill Deals
By Dave Tear |
Every once in-a-while we feel the need to nitpick. This is one of those times. Listed below are twenty-one phrases often used in sales. On the surface they are harmless. Below the surface (where it counts) they could cost you deals. The small things matter . . . and most of the time . . […]
Read More 5 Times You are Acting too Nice in sales (adding NO VALUE)
By Dave Tear |
Who wasn’t raised to “Be nice to people?” Growing up, how many times did you hear, “Don’t do that, you be nice to your brother or sister?” Your mom or dad often said, “That’s not nice, say you’re sorry.” That’s just good rearing. The kind of advice that you’d get in any parenting book. So, […]
Read More Just Because You are an Approved Supplier Does Not Mean Each Opportunity is Qualified!
By Dave Tear |
Well, this makes two blogs in a row where the title says it all! So, you are an approved supplier. Sure hope so! You HAVE to be an approved supplier to get in on the deals in 2025 (entry level stakes). But that does not mean that all of the deals you pursue are qualified. […]
Read More If They’re Not Talking, They’re Not Buying
By Dave Tear |
The title says it all! How many times have you met with your prospect (engineering, quality, purchasing, etc.) spent hours crafting a perfect solution, spent even more hours preparing a detailed quote, met with them again, submitted the quote, followed up, & then… nothing. They go radio silent. You know radio silent: that period during […]
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