Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 25, 2021

A few weeks ago I was asked to coffee by a young man who I knew who was struggling a little bit with his selling. In my experience, there are 3 areas that are critical to selling success …. Prospecting – The ability to go out and to find new business. Keys to selling success. This applies to all aspects of selling.

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Adaptive Business Services

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, it’s also very simple … don’t sell. In its simplest form, stealth selling ditches conventional selling techniques. We are able to do so because the people who work for the company, the company that you are selling to, do none of these things. . Changes like considering your product or service. A walletectomy.

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Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2023

These services range from financial counseling to tarot readings. When we think about online selling, we usually think about selling products like clothing or electronics. But, it's advantageous for businesses to sell services online, especially now, when a plethora of services can be offered virtually.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 8, 2018

Selling is hard work but, if you have the right mindset and you can consistently deploy your process (this book teaches you what those are and how to do it), you will consistently achieve your prosperity goals. Selling is no different and, if you practice your process, it will become much like muscle memory. I like to call it reflex.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 12, 2024

Selling has also become more complex and this is largely due to changes in buyer behaviors. Non-responsive Pushy Poor follow-up Did not keep commitments They knew nothing about my business or my needs Did not meet my expectations I never knew where we were in the process They did not listen They got it wrong! Think about this.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You can talk about advanced selling techniques and tools all you want, but until you have a solid grasp of selling fundamentals … these exercises are meaningless. Is selling any different? You also have the opportunity to help the customer with their process as well as letting them know, up front, what they can expect from you.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Everybody sells – Think about referrals from other team members. Then there was the time that I totally screwed up the location of a brick-based monument sign in Denver and, in the middle of winter, the President and I drove out there and fixed it … after it had been completely installed. I was the go-fer. Lemons became lemonade.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 15, 2023

When defining and honing your personal selling style, you have a built-in advantage. In other words, instead of being the predator, you are the prey and you are constantly bombarded by those who wish to sell to you. The post Choose to do the Opposite – Selling 101 appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 27, 2022

We were selling expensive professional desktop calculators. . Lance would sell the $479 calculator by telling folks that this was what they needed but that they could only afford the $349 model. I can’t speak for you, but my radar goes up along with the hair on the back of my neck. They wanted the $479 unit. Bonus points.

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Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Agents who are actively selling multi-million dollar properties certainly know a few things that the rest of us don’t. You spend hours and hours each week pitching, emailing and following up. With the slogan, “Don’t sell without intel!”, Lesson #1 – Be the smartest in your marke t.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 16, 2018

In the past I offered open workshop s and lining up the people, the location, and the services drained 100% of the fun out of any session that I ever did. My focus is on B2B selling and these workshops all support this focus. I will not try to sell you anything and that includes a Nimble subscription. They are ….

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 14, 2021

I need to get better at explaining that my goal is not to change the way that they sell, they are professionals, but rather to give them a few ideas that might take their sales to the next level. Why can’t I just continue to learn and maybe pick up a little coffee money here and there? I have a tendency to be … too forceful.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 10, 2022

While our personal lives have returned to some degree of normalcy, business (and selling) has been changed forever. Now that things are opening back up, businesses have decided that either …. When I started selling, it was rare to use the phone other than to schedule an appointment. Please stay with me. Convenient!

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 11, 2022

One of the techniques often discussed in selling is that of creating a sense of urgency in order to move a client from the thinking to the acting stage. I don’t much care for the term “creating” as it implies some sort of artificial emergency that is conjured up by the salesperson in order to close the sale. Now add them up.

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 31, 2024

Some folks that I speak with are under the impression that, as I am a Solution Partner for Nimble CRM, I sell Nimble. It’s entirely up to the client whether or not they ultimately decide on Nimble or if they should choose to contract with me for my services. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I never ask for the order.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 1, 2023

While we can’t cover every aspect of selling in three simple steps, these are the critical ones. These 3 steps are the glue that holds the selling process together and they are repeatedly deployed throughout the sales cycle. When should I follow-up again? My insurance guy, Bruce, comes to mind. Are they struggling for an answer?

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ClickFunnels

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Funny enough, I actually recently had a personal experience with another lead generation business that you’re probably familiar with — Kelley Blue Book. I wanted to sell my car quickly for cash and so I Google searched for “sell my car for cash” and clicked on this result…. That’s how lead generation businesses work.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 7, 2021

You can have a 5-star rating on your own site from a thousand reviews, but it won’t seem that convincing because people will know that you could have simply made it up. The post 3 Reasons Why You Should Sell Through the Main Online Marketplaces appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Yet it’s a flawed system.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Effective use of this capability will bring qualified clients directly to you as opposed to you running around and digging them up. And … we are now back to 1977 when I first got started in B2B selling … Face-to-Face Cold Calls. The post On Door Knockin’ and Donuts appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 2, 2021

This is pretty easy to understand if your perception is that CRM will, at best, inhibit your selling. An Implementation Workshop addressing the following should be performed to define how Nimble will be set up and configured for your business. Sales, Marketing, and Business Processes to be supported. Sell the benefits.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 1, 2025

However, I made up for that with additional support for existing clients. I excel at these for the signage industry as I can also impart product knowledge along with selling skills. Ive spent the last three months up to my eyeballs in AI. – Personal Development appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 18, 2022

Most surprisingly, my CTO — the most start-up-ey guy I know — is still there. E.g., to be the head of all business services, or all web something or other. There, the rough deal is you often sell half your equity now and roll over half into an eventual IPO. Some folks will prefer post-acquisition life. 7 years later.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 29, 2022

Effective listening skills are critical assets in all aspects of both your personal and business life. In selling, being a good listener will be a determining factor as to whether or not you make this sale. Selling has often been referred to as “the science of communication and persuasion”. That’s a good thing!

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 24, 2024

I do integrate behavior and selling skills assessments into this process, but only with the top candidates. Like the military … break them down and build them up. For that matter, my selling style has also evolved, substantially, through the years. I also think that, the holy grail of selling, the “close” is highly overrated.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 13, 2021

I remember taking a selling skills assessment some years ago and one of the questions was about CRM. This was multiple choice and I answered “It helps you sell more”. . When you complete a task, set a new task for follow-up. If it helps you to sell more, you will make the time. Any CRM should be a selling tool.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 10, 2021

When I first got started in B2B selling, I was formally trained on how to use a variety of sales closes … “either or”, “Ben Franklin”, “Columbo”, and many more. Through the years I picked up quite a few more including the “Japanese Origami Folding Paper” close. Part of this lies in abandoning traditional selling techniques.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 31, 2018

What we want to explore today is how we can leverage social selling in order to assist us in achieving our goal of breaking into major accounts. Nothing happens until somebody sells something. Your chances of showing up at just the right time are nil! Your website – Social selling is attraction as well as outreach.

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Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Be aware of selling vs. non-selling time. Selling time is for being in front of a customer. Non-selling time is for prep and paperwork. Educate vs. sell – Establish yourself as the authority. They are your inbound selling tools. Read a book, take a course, try new things. Don’t be late.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 21, 2018

And, if we are talking about opportunities , let’s apply this to selling. As I’m turning 65 this year, I had probably best get busy. Selling is a tough business. Chances are good that they are already doing business with one of your competitors. It’s not all that different than my quest to become a shredder.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

One night, I got up in the middle of a class and I walked out. I did like selling and merchandising. I still liked selling and thus I began my pursuit of an outside sales opportunity. They got me out of Los Angeles and up here to Boise. So, I did the obvious. I never even went back to cancel my classes. I was done.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Every week it seems that I either run across, or I am introduced to, some really great new apps and articles that pertain to social selling. Backed up files are never where I expect them to be and it seems to slow down my computer at the least opportune of times. Have you ever: Lost a deal because you forgot to follow up?

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 17, 2024

If you lose the sale, it is likely the result of not following your process and/or screwing up in one or more stages of the same. Explain the process of investing in your product or service. Sell yourself and the company! This package must do your selling when you are not there. Focus on education vs. selling.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 1, 2024

Gary and I have stunningly similar sales backgrounds as well as our belief in the importance of developing selling fundamentals. You will need to … Increase your activity and/or Improve your ratios and/or Raise your average sale value However, let’s muddy up the waters. Your choice of activities can also affect your ratios.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 22, 2018

I spent some time last month helping a friend get set up on LinkedIn so that he might start to leverage that platform in order to find a good B2B sales job. He’s a younger guy who has a fairly extensive background in B2C selling. Read on at Maximize Social Business ….

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Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

One of the most basic tenets of selling is that you are going to have to figure out ways to stand out in a crowd. Repeat business. Just don’t muck it up by becoming lazy, overconfident, or complacent! It’s selling without … actually selling. . appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This technique has evolved over my 40 years of B2B selling. This technique is based on the premise that, when you are perceived as someone who actually works for the company, vs. as a vendor who is trying to sell something to that company … well … there is no comparison. How do you sell? You don’t sell!

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 27, 2022

I remember when I first got into B2B sales selling expensive office equipment. While techs never had any quotas, they were encouraged to sell time and material service, maintenance agreements, and supplies. Regardless, when I see sales behavior, my guard goes up. If you screw up, own up. They’re there.

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