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ISSM Certificate in Sales & Marketing: find out more

Wanting to sell more?  What’s stopping you?

Do you need to be better at selling?     Institute of Sales and Marketing Management courses provide sales skills and techniques designed to help you sell more, and sell more easily.

Are you good at selling but can’t prove it?   Institute of Sales & Marketing Managers courses will give you that credibility by offering awards, certificates or diplomas in Sales & Marketing.

Salient has teamed up with Green Labyrinth to be able to provide ISMM certificates in Sales & Marketing.  The first course starts on April 20th from 6.00 to 9.00pm and completes on May 15th.shutterstock_143058028 bobble-heads

ISMM courses help you sell more by focussing on the three core aspects of knowledge, skills and attitude

  • Introducing a simple process and a variety of adaptable techniques
  • Providing proven skills and techniques for finding and winning sales
  • Helping you to develop effective sales plans and strategies that enable growth
  • Providing the means to implement and complete plans and gain the rewards
  • Focusing on developing productive relationships and ethical approaches
  • Showing how you can easily overcome barriers and objections and win respect
  • Developing the necessary self-belief and self confidence that allows you to enjoy success in selling

Who would benefit?

  1. Those new to sales
  2. Those needing a ‘refresher’ to maintain, develop and add to existing skills
  3. Sales people needing ‘proof-of-proficiency’ in selling

–          Learning how to sell successfully by relying on field experience can take time and can develop unproductive habits.

–          Learning how to sell using ISMM courses will bring success more quickly, easily, and more frequently.

Courses are flexible; discounts and public funding may be available for eligible delegates.  They are run at Bowman House in Royal Wootton Bassett.

For more details and to book onto the next course starting 20th April, contact: Sarah from Green Labyrinth on 01793 843128 (other dates are available), or email [email protected]

Alternatively, call Andy at Salient on 01793 843118

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CLASSIC SALES CLANGERS

It is all too easy to fall into these traps when selling.  Some of you may well have experienced these already; they will be painfully obvious and clear to you.  However, sometimes you may also be unaware that you have slipped up or missed some opportunities. There are many I could have selected!  Here are five of the most common clangers:

Classic clanger no.1:  can happen at that first contact.  Maybe you have contacted who you think is an ideal prospect, but they turn out to be uninterested or have no need for what you are offering.  This is down to sales & marketing preparation: did you find out enough about them before contacting?  Are you talking to the right person?

Remedy:  If you haven’t already, plan your approach and START asking them questions!

Classic clanger no.2  Perhaps they stop you in mid pitch, to point out that your offer doesn’t match their need.  Did you ask enough questions?  Are you too eager to talk about your product and haven’t taken the time to qualify their need by asking simple questions?

Remedy:  Start asking now!

Classic clanger no.3  Did you make your pitch and then give them time to consider?  If you went back to them over a week later you may find they have gone elsewhere for the product.  Unfortunately, customer memory is very short and someone else can end up benefitting from the sale.

Remedy:  Agree with them the best time for the follow-up.  If you are unsure, call in a couple of days; not necessarily to ask for the business, but to check they are still happy with the offer or if they need more help to decide.

Classic clanger no. 4  You are being pushed on price but you have no more room to manoeuvre.  You’re stuck!  You don’t  have to ‘take a hit or walk away’.

Remedy:  Have a contingency; an extra something you can throw into the mix to move the situation forward.  This could be more product, or a related product, or an extra service; ideally, anything that costs you little, but will be seen as good value by the customer.

Classic clanger no.5  ‘Let me know if and when you are ready to order from us’.  THIS IS NOT A LEGITIMATE CLOSE!  If you leave the deal like this, the most likely outcomes are: they will forget all the good things about doing business with you; they will be persuaded to buy from someone else; they will delay their decision or even the project.

Remedy:  Don’t be afraid to close!  If it’s the wrong time, ask them when. Better still; ask them what more you need to do to win the business, then do it!

These are just some of the classic clangers that are easy to make when selling, and suggestions for how to prevent or remedy them.  As with everything, just a few simple techniques and selling skills can make all the difference when it comes to increasing your success and improving your business ‘conversion rate’.

If you’ve dropped a clanger, or are wondering why you don’t win as much business as you deserve, call Andy at Salient.

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