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    Every home-based entrepreneur is, above all else, a sales person. Improve in prospecting skills. Plan a sales campaign. Learn the tools and tactics to be better at negotiating and closing sales.

    How to Effectively Market a Service-Based Business
    By Sheryl Batchelder

    In some respects, selling a product is easy. You have an item you can show and demonstrate to people when in person, and something you can take photos of for your marketing pieces. Even more important, your prospects can use multiple senses to make a buying decision. For example, they can hear the hum of the car’s engine…they can see the beautiful and vibrant color of the artwork…they can touch the clothing’s fabric…they can smell the designer perfume…they can taste the delicious baked goods. You have numerous ways to make the product “real” for your prospects.

    Why Social Media is So Important to Your Home Business

    By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

    As one of the top-rated blog platforms, Blogger, owned by Google, represents an authoritative voice in social media. Anil Sabharwal helps shape the product direction for Blogger, which boasts hundreds of millions of active readers. He is a recognized serial entrepreneur with more than 10 years of senior leadership experience in the high-tech sector.
        Recently, Home Business Magazine® spoke with Anil Sabharwal, senior product manager for Google Apps about home businesses and social media.

    Interview with Jill Konrath, author of Selling to Big Companies and founder of SellingtoBigCompanies.com.

    People’s Reluctance to Engage in Negotiations Can be Overcome with The EASY Process
    By Don Hutson

    Does the prospect of negotiating make you tense? Do you find yourself avoiding negotiations whenever you can? You may have “negotiaphobia.” Research and experience combine to show there is a good chance the “negotiaphobes” in America have left enough money on the table to pay off our National Debt! Why is it that today so many people are reluctant to engage in negotiations?  

    Interview with Mark C. Thompson


    If you want to succeed in business, look no further than the advice of Mark Thompson (www.markcthompson.com). He’s served at the executive level of Charles Schwab & Co. and collaborated with the likes of Warren Buffett, Steve Jobs, and Brian Tracy,. A widely sought speaker and author of many books, including “Success Built to Last,” Thompson often addresses sales and productivity issues. Thompson took a break from attending sessions at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City in September 2010 to speak with Home Business Magazine®.

    Keith Rosen describes the process of overcoming the fear of cold calling (from http://allbusiness.com )

     

    HP: 7/13/11

    Discover the Three Keys
    By Judy Garmaise

    The truth is clear: The majority of salespeople don’t take follow up seriously. After talking with a prospect, they leave one follow up voicemail or send one e-mail, and that’s it. A small minority will take it a step further and call or e-mail one additional time, but hearing that someone followed up three, four, five, six, or even seven times is rare. However, that’s exactly how many times you must follow up to get someone’s attention.

    Lasting Impressions Sell! Bet Your Business Card On It
    By Karen Saunders

    It's the trade show of the year, and you're poised to meet, greet, and network up a storm because the precise buyers for your product or services are here.

    Use Testimonials and Other Techniques to Improve Your Marketing Response.
    By Paul Groth

    Why do you need to prove your credibility? Potential customers want to know who they’re dealing with. They want to know if you are a legitimate business.

    When You Focus on Redefining What You Already Have, You Can Take Your Current Offering and Leverage It to New Levels
    By Daniel Burrus

    As a salesperson, you're trained to ask customers what they want in terms of your product offerings.

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