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Sales Fundamentals: Sales Skills & Techniques For Sales People To Build a Successful Sales Process

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Introduction

      1:08

    • 2.

      Basic Selling Skill 1

      3:09

    • 3.

      Basic Selling Skill 2

      2:28

    • 4.

      Traits of a good seller

      3:15

    • 5.

      Decent and professional appearance

      1:58

    • 6.

      Effective sales communication tools

      3:42

    • 7.

      Use body language to your advantage

      1:42

    • 8.

      Empathy, put yourself in the customer's shoes

      1:53

    • 9.

      Develop empathy levels

      1:40

    • 10.

      Read customer signals

      2:09

    • 11.

      Develop a deal closing strategy

      2:19

    • 12.

      Traditional Closing Techniques

      2:04

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Welcome to the "Sales Fundamentals" course, with “ It’s All About Marketing”. It is no secret that the profession of sales has changed in recent years which has made the new generation of sales professionals very highly trained.

In the first part, you will learn about the basics of selling, in the second part, you will learn about communication tools in the sales process, and in the third and final part, you will learn about sales techniques for closing sales.

 
At the end of this course you will be able to:

- Understand the wonderful paradox of helping others get what they want, which leads to you getting what you want.

- Using goal setting techniques: a way to focus on what you want to accomplish and develop strategies to achieve it.

- Determine the competitive strengths of your products and services and the ability to provide them better so that you can be proactive in dealing with objections and be more successful in attracting more job opportunities.

Whether you are an expert or just getting started in sales, you can learn all the fundamentals of how to approach and do well in this quickly changing field. This course will provide you with an abundance of tips, tricks, and strategies to help you cultivate your skills so that you can successfully start a career in this ever-changing world.

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1. Introduction: Welcome to the silane smart course with it's all about marketing. It is no secret that the profession of sales has changed in recent years, which has made the new generation of sales professionals very highly strained. In the first part, you will learn about the basics of cylinder. And the second part, you will learn about communication tools in the sales process. And in the third and the final part, you will learn about techniques to end in cells. The end of this course, you'll be able to understanding the wonderful paradox. How can others to get what they want? Which leads to you getting what you want? Using Goldsmith and techniques, a way to focus on what you want to accomplish and develop strategies to achieve it. Determine the competitive strength of your products and services and the ability to provide them better. So that you can be proactive in dealing with objections and be more successful in attracting more job opportunities. I wish you a successful course. So let's get started. 2. Basic Selling Skill 1: Hello and welcome to the first lecture and the cylinder is Mark course. Today we will discover together what are the basic ceiling scales that all salespeople should possess? The best salespeople are interested in achieving results by working persistently to develop their skills, which leads to their achievement not only of certain goals, but also of long-term goals. In the first part, we will talk briefly about some of these skills. Relationship-building skills, getting along with people and having good communication talent are among the basic skills for building strong relationships with clients, which enables you to accomplish your tasks easier and make your decisions better. Here, there must be a real desire to help others by providing special treatment and providing distinguished customer service, which leads you to long-term relationships based on trust. Listening skill. Listening is the best way to understand the expectations, needs, desires, and motivations of customers, and how to provide effective solutions to their challenges. Without the skill of listening, the salesperson puts the entire sales process arteries. Listening allows you not only to gather complete and clear information about your customers, but also to build a solid relationship with them and demonstrate that you genuinely care about their problems and concerns. Conflict management and resolution. In sales expect to face complaints and rejections. These incidents may involve almost anyone. Says This can happen at anytime. Salespeople need to learn and practice how to practically deal with objections and have knowledge and ability only initially to manage conflicts. Searching for potential clients. Research in your list of potential clients is essential to maintaining health and sales portfolio. It does this by collecting and analyzing information about the potential customer and matching it with available to listen to that you can provide. If there's no match between your product and the customer, is allows you to save time by removing them and focusing on the next customer. Sales offers. Being good at presentation and public speaking is a great skill to have in the world of silts. Excellent sales offers on presentations. Demonstrate your mastery of the topic, your knowledge of the market, prozac, and customers, and build confidence around your brand. Self-closing skill. This skill may represent the essence of silane and it's abbreviated to the moment when the customer realizes the importance of your product and accepts the rationale for his purchase. And thus closing the deal is an essential element in the sales process. With this, we have finished the first part of the basic cylinder skills. But be sure that we will return and talk about all these skills in full detail during this course and upcoming courses. 3. Basic Selling Skill 2: Let's go through the rest of the basic cylinder skills that all salespeople should have. The second part here will present basic cylinders skills complimentary to the first part, which must be included in zippering and building the basic skills that we talked about in the first four stories, fill in skill. Silicon requires not only showing the features of your product, but also convincing customers that these features we'll solve it province and benefit them in some way. In most cases, you will need to clarify your message by filling story that has a deep impact on the target customers. And throw the fluency of your worst direction of conversation and the realization of the solutions you provide. The customer finds himself silly or product name. So information gathering skill, accurate information about customers, markets and capital reserves enables the salesperson to make better decisions. Engaged the right customers and close deals effectively. We anticipate solutions and the negative resistance. You can invert the customer to work a positive response. Convergence with technology and social media. This makes adopting new emerging technology development is for you. These technological development are inevitable and are constantly changing the way companies are run and the way the brain end customers. At the same time, social networks have become a major part of social and economic life, both local and global. And many companies are hiring social media managers to oversee the prisons of their brands in the digital environment and market. So it is necessary to be well-versed in this skill. Product knowledge. Insufficient product knowledge is not acceptable and award of sales. And the salesperson who goes into the field without having an intimate knowledge of the features, benefits, weaknesses, and strengths of his product will have difficulty create an effective presentation does exceed in establishing a connection and Lincoln customer needs with the right or the best available knowledge is the cornerstone of a successful so Limb presentation. By learning these essential skills, you will be prepared to sell other sex hold salesperson. Now, all you have to do is to develop yourself to see your sales numbers, right? 4. Traits of a good seller: In addition to the skills we mentioned in the previous video which you must develop, there are also stressed or qualities of your own that you must develop as well. In this lecture, I will talk about some of these threats and how you can work on them. First, it sort of empathy. It's represents your ability to understand and share the feeling of your customers by understanding their concerns from an objective point of view. A salesperson who shows empathy can gain customers dress, and build a good relationship with them by standing by them and not making prejudices. In order to master this threat, you must develop your ability to read the feelings and behaviors of customers. So the scale, author's name and curiosity. The second quality is your abilities advocates. People with high concentration are often able to organize themselves and know what it needs to be done in order to achieve their goals. Achieves the best results when it's coincides with the threat of empathy, then the salesperson listen to the customer and fields with them without dropping his focus on the specific goals. And thus is able to translate these goals into solutions. In order to master this tree, you must develop your ability to sit and clarify goals and set timetable. You must also have self-discipline and good conscience in order to serve your clients and develop your relationship with them. The third characteristic is the responsibility. The person with a strong sense of responsibility, not blame others when it is placed in a difficult situation. Accepts and takes responsibility for any mistakes that may occur without taking a defensive position, I was trying to blame the circumstances or on other people. In order to master this tree, we must develop your ability to take action with situations that require it. You also have to anticipate the consequences and evaluate alternatives and maintain a positive view of situations and clients. We should also accept criticism and useful suggestions to improve your performance. The fourth and final characteristic end this video is optimism. A salesperson who has a healthy amount of optimism can be described as someone who has the threat of persistence, which is an important trait in the sales world because of the frequent rejections is exposed to. Thus, successful salespeople are highly flexible and are considered the client's rejection of them. Not a rejection of themselves personally, but rather a rejection of the opportunity. In spite of their disappointment at times, this does not destroy their positive view of themselves, but rather prompts them to use a different approach and try again. In order to master the street, you must develop your ability to focus in order to find opportunities and your determination and providing solutions. And of course, to be able to distinguish what you can do versus what you can achieve. This, we have talked about some of the important traits that you must develop. 5. Decent and professional appearance: After we talked about the skills and traits that successful salesperson must possess, we will now turn to the topic of decent and professional appearance. The customers stress and u is one of the most important pillars of the sales process. And any mistake in your personal appearance can make potential customers uncomfortable, which may lead to losing their trust in you. Follow these steps so that your appearance is the secret of your success. First, Monsieur close with the clients glutes. People usually trust people who look like them, which leads to easy communication with each other. If you are meeting a client in informal atmosphere, it is best not to wear a suit and a tie, tries to dress appropriately for the client and the place. But if you are going to immediate in a company and it's better to have your variable attire to be appropriate, which will improve your chances of completing the deal. Second, maintain your elegance, whether you are in a formal or informal sales meeting, maintain your elegance at all times is. Some customers tend to pursue the smallest details and focus on them and any sign of a defect and your clothes can make them alienated. So it makes sure that your clothes are appropriate in terms of size. And keep your hair and nails clean and trimmed, and your show is clean and polished. This is, of course, within the limits of socially accepted the object. Third, beware of unpleasant others. You may think that this rule is self-evident, but you will be surprised at the number of people who violate it. Whether it is the smell of strong perfume, artists male of the mouth or the body, avoid anything that may gave you or your clothes an unpleasant odor before meeting one of your customers. Follow these basic rules of appearance and dress as violating one of these rules may hinder the sales process faster than you expect. 6. Effective sales communication tools: Hello and welcome to the second section of seven smarts course. Today we will discover together effective communication tools for salespeople. It is important in the word of sale to know the market. No, the best selling techniques. But that's not enough. In the end, there is no point in knowing the market if you do not know how to deal with your customers, effective communication is a link between your skills and knowledge and closing deals. First, make sure you speak the same language. The way you communicate with the customer may not be the most effective way. By doing so, even though you both speak the same language the way you speak from the zone of boats. So the terminology you use may directly affect the customers understanding of q. Try to match your way of communicating with the way the customers communicate with you in terms of rhythm and speed. And authorizes stay away from sophisticated and complex terms. As you have to be as clear as possible not to leave room for any misunderstanding or confusion with the customer. So what's the point of speaking the same language with the customer? Communicate in the same language. Communicate in the same way as your client. Communicate using sophisticated and complex serves. Second, What's your body language? Body language can then reveal a lot of information to the client. The way you sit and greed and how you behave while speaking. Is that an important part of the communication process that you must master? Eye contact, for example, is very important because it shows a sign of respect for the client and makes them feel that their opinion is audible. On the other hand, excessive bleeding with here is a sign of stress and insecurity. We hear about the languish and controlling in order to convey the desired idea to the desired person. And you must also learn to read the body language of the speakers to you so that you can read your customer better. Third, tell the truth. It's very hard to hide the fact in one way or another. The customer usually feels that and feels insecure about you. Lies usually can be discovered easily. Whether it is the tone of your voice, the language of your body, or just a conflict with the information you provide to the customer, then this will be difficult to gain the trust of the customer and you or loss of sale will be almost inevitable. Course, prepare well, be prepared and do your research on the customer and the market. Remember that there is no problem if you don't know something until the customer that you are not sure and welcome back to them later. But it is best not to tell that too much because this will make you appear unprepared and therefore untrustworthy. Your preparation before meeting the customer may be one of the most important factors that may distinguish you from your competitors in the world of sales. Fifth, give them space. In professional relationships. You have to know when to get close to the customers and when to give them some space. A lot of e-mails are going a lot with them, MSR them out, which will make you miserable or annoying. No one wants to deal with the salesperson or does not respect the customers time and privacy. All of these steps refer to different problems and stapes in the sales process. They are linked together with a simple concept, which is that the key to effective communication is empathy with the customer. Knowing how to see things from their perspective is the key to a successful business relationship between you. 7. Use body language to your advantage: Positive body language and cells show enhance. Showing your pounds while speaking indicates frankness and honesty. Openers, keeping the arms open and keeping your hands open and extended to the listener indicates frankness, honesty, and openness. These gestures contributes to the comfort of the other party during the conversation. A firm handshake. It is an indication of self-confidence as well as respect. Stretching out the Handshake first is often seen as an indication of interests. Smiling, smallest show's warmth and interests and the customer, which may make them comfortable with you and improve your chances of conveying your points of view and building a good relationship with them. About the language and the world of sales. Holding hands. When you cross your arms, listen to your clients is defensive image of lack of competence and lack of interests. And this will weaken the listener's response level and interrupt the flow of fruitful dialogue. Or the listener may have a defensive reaction. Avoid making the eyes of another person. Avoid meeting another person's eyes for prolonged periods are repeatedly, may indicate that you may have something to hide or you can never be trusted. Personal space. For many people, personal space is a sensitive topic. So be careful not to invade this area. Pay attention to your clients, but their language, What's may appear to you as a friendly act may be viewed by your clients as an infringement of their privacy. 8. Empathy, put yourself in the customer's shoes: Empathy is the ability not always understand, but feel the feelings of others allowing you as a salesperson to gain deeper insight into the emotional underpinnings of a customer problem. Empathy is essential during the sales process. In this lecture, we'll discuss some of these reasons. Empathy builds trust. One of the foundations of stress is a feeling that you are seeing and hearing by the other person. When salesperson exercise empathy, customers feel it, which leads to a sense of security and builds trust. Empathy improves the quality of questions asked, asking the right questions as one of the most important sailing skills. Salespeople who practice empathy, understand the customer easily and respond to customer requirements. Which leads to ask and right and deep questions and revealing more information. Empathy helps identify and solve a problem. When salespeople empathize with the customer, they gain insight into the emotional underpinning of their problem. This, in return, enabled them to identify the problem and express it in terms that resonate with the customer, which will lead to find the solution. Empathy maintains bones over time. The relationship between salespeople on their customers can weaken. That when salespeople exercise through empathy, we can sense when the customer is starting to move away from them. And it can modify their expenses to help reconnect with them. Empathy helps finished a sealed. By practicing empathy and self person gets an accurate measure of emotional state the customer is experiencing. This allows them to take every state towards finishing on time and in a manner that satisfies the customer. And the next lecture, we'll look at how you can develop your trade of empathy. 9. Develop empathy levels: You can effectively developed empathy, throw a seminar or series of videos. But rather it's requires focus and practice. The following factors or points you can draw on to develop the trade of MPD. First, slowdown, salespeople who rush into the conversation eager to say everything that comes to say, then that practice or build empathy. Empathy can only develop when salespeople slow down and pay attention not only to what the customer is saying, but also sweat they are doing, and how they use their body language to express their emotional state. Secondly, listening. It is very important for empathy. If you spend most of your science all can do urine, every cell. You will not be able to understand the customer's point of view and focus on the indicators that it transmits. Instead, try to get the client to do most of the talking, focusing carefully on what they say and how they say it. Third, yourself in the customer's strokes. It's not a word you often associated with CRM skills. Empathy requires the officer, you're allowed the customer to speak and you enrich our practice. Good listening. Imagine yourself in the customer's place. Ask yourself what it feels like the experience, what's customary fields? It can be hard to imagine yourself in the same customers place to make it easier. Imagined that you had a similar situation that you went through. Put yourself in the customer's shoes and write it down in note how he felt. Empathy is not iterate that you can develop overnight. It may require focused attention and daily training. Isn't that easy? That's well, change your sales results for the better. 10. Read customer signals: One of the most important skills you need to know to be successful in sales is your reading of the signs and body language their customers since they are ready to buy or an app, you won't learn this skill overnight. But if you're not constantly improve it, you won't be able to close many deals. Some examples of these signs are as follows. We often assume that questions about prices constitutes objections. While they are a way to close the deal. If the customer says that you're offering expensive, Is there a deal when buying larger quantities? This is actually a positive question. And then we'll try the same thing if you are asked to reconfirm the terms and conditions of sale. Example, is there a discount if we pay within 30 days? Is when a customer asks you something about products or services features, it means that they are showing genuine interests. Review it with them again, and then look for positive, but the cues, and don't think that the customer will object if they say, does the product work well with your other customers? This is perfect opportunity for you to tell them about some success stories. The product or service you are offering. These queues may seem illogical, often get so caught up in the next part of the presentation, they will miss the physical cues. We need to look forward to close a sale. For example, eye contact is one of the most important signals that you can monitor. You can make sure that the customer is looking at you and doesn't maintain eye contact. If your answers to this question is yes, then you are underwrite that. All you have to do is see is the right moment to end the deal. If the client's body is directly towards you and his hands is open to you. This means that he's interested in what you have to say. The customer is taking notes, review, and any materials you put in front of them or doing some calculations. All these signs indicates good science. Learning the variable on physical cues is one of the most important thing on skills. As it increases your confidence and alerts you to the right moment to close deals. 11. Develop a deal closing strategy: There are many skills you need to know if you want to become a sales professional. But one of the most important topics that always generates a lot of discussions and recommendations as the process of closing the deal. If your research tips and techniques for closing sales, you will find some of those techniques. Focus on individual tactics that may be useful in some situations. But this is not always the best method. There are no standardized methods that can be applied in all situations. The preferred is to develop the methodology that best suits your needs. The strategy of completing the sales process is based on several stages. Starting from the first contact with the potential customer. These include, first, it starts with dressed, really close a sale unless the customer lives in you and your product. Handicap is extremely important and is built on your integrity and commitment to provide the value on the solution. Second, listen to the customer. By paying attention to what the customer says, you will be in a much better position to deal with the questions and objections that they will raise most of the time. Third, overcoming these objections, which is a fundamental obstacle that must be overcome before it reaches the closing stage. You must anticipate it and deal with it professionally before proceeding forth. You must believe in your product or service on that. I believe in it. How can the customer will live in it? Most of the time, the client will be able to illustrate this point. Throw your words or actions. This is due to confidence, but it is also related to your overall knowledge of your offer. The last element is one that takes a long time before it is learned. It is kind of in this you develop in discovery and customer signals. Your ability to read your customer leads to know when the right time to close the deal. There is no single formula for achieving closure because each of us has his style or even different ways of working. But it is important to always rise, to improve, continue to refine our capabilities and learn from as many sources as possible. This learning process should continue throughout the life of our business. And this is particularly the case in developing your strategy to close sales. 12. Traditional Closing Techniques: You have done your research, comprehensive planning, and are well prepared. You feel a real satisfied author giving them all of your presentations. The customer has been on your target list for awhile. The objection raised by the client and the questions raised were answered in detail. Now the client is showing positive signs. You have reached the point where it is time to close the deal. There are many different types of clothes and picnics. If you want to do an Internet search, you will likely get over 100 different strategies. Are you supposed to learn it all? Of course now, here are some closing thick. Next, I recommend salespeople use summary closing. During this technique, the main features and benefits of the offer are reviewed. Point of the offer are summarized. Essence you have provided to the client are brief, theory formulated. It's a straightforward way of saying That's it All. Ready to move forward. Those in the balance sheet. This is a collaborative way of working with the client. You're friendly, discuss what are the advantages and disadvantages of your offer. But the main thing here is that you do not use this technique unless you are completely confident that your offer has more positive adventures. This statement, e.g. it seems that we have reached a positive conclusion. Do you agree? The goal of every salesperson is to provide a solution to the customer. Here are the focus on chicken, all the elements they need. There's an approach based on the premise and the conclusion of the deal. If you have worked with these clients for a long time, your credibility is strong and you have built a solid relationship is logical at that time. So I assume the end of the cell, the completion of the, you know, the clients well enough to say something like, We should we start. However, though not take its trunk relationship with the clients for granted, all you have to do is develop a glazing technique that matches your style and keep it as simple as possible.