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To CC or Not to CC…There is No Question

High-Performance Sales Teams Leverage Multiple Decision-Makers to Close the Deal In most B2B sales, you will need to deal with more than one decision-maker. To avoid getting limited by corporate politics and the whims of one decision-maker, you should enhance your entry efforts by contacting all decision-makers who can have an impact on your sales …

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Don’t Get Your Ask Kicked

Sales Tips / By Lance Tyson

High-Performance Sales Teams Make the First 7 Seconds Count In the early 1990s, I remember being so excited when pay-per-view had on a Mike Tyson boxing match. It didn’t matter who it was, Iron Mike’s opponent was going to get their ass kicked, usually in the first round. The hype and excitement lasted for weeks, …

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The Myth about Legendary Closers

Sales / By Lance Tyson

Trust Your High-Performing Sales Team To Close Legendary closers are like Bigfoot, like leprechauns. They just don’t exist. But if you look at the classifieds under sales jobs, companies are always looking to hire skilled closers. Somehow, closing has become some kind of mythical skillset only a handful of enlightened beings have mastered.

They Didn’t Put Him on the $100 Bill for Nothing

Sales / By Lance Tyson

Increase Sales Metrics by Using the Balance Close One of the best sales books you’ll ever read is Ben Franklin’s autobiography. He’s really the only American philosopher we had. And he’s one of our only inventors and philosophers. What made Ben Franklin such an expert in sales? The way he made decisions. For any …

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It’s as Easy as DDE

Sales / By Lance Tyson

Be Proactive with Objections to Drive Sales Metrics When we consider some of the toughest objections we deal with as salespeople, financial objections have to be on the top of the list. Budget and cost are difficult things to combat. I mean, either the money exists for your product or service, or it doesn’t, right? …

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Never Battle With the Buyer

Sales / By Lance Tyson

Resolve Objections With Points of Agreement to Increase Sales Performance If you look at any negotiation process, there’s a lot of wording out there about battling an objection. Now I’ve watched a lot of high-level negotiators in my life. But I’ve never seen high-level lawyers or high-performing salespeople battle.