Starting the sales conversation by talking about your product guarantees
only
one thing: a tough time meeting quota for you and your
team.
OK, - so how should you open the conversation...? That is
what DLS teaches! By re-framing the sales conversation and focusing on what matters most to
your customer and doing it in such a way that the customer really feels you
understand the situation, you have complete control of the sales
process; from start to finish!
Jeff Thull wrote his breakthrough classic "Mastering the Complex Sale" in 2003. Since then, this book has become a popular reference for many sales professionals in the IT field. Based on Mr. Thull's research of top producers, this book shows us why product centric selling is the least effective sales model today.
A good resource for practitioners of Data Led Selling, the book covers how to optimize sales and marketing strategies as well as tactical execution. With this approach you and your account team can now deploy engagement strategies that resonate and connect with customers at the highest levels of decision making and power.
Mr. Thull's research reflected in his three books, help us manage
the IT customer's complex
buying decisions.
IT
Customers are drowning in complexity and Mr. Thull
maps out a solid approach to turn this into our advantage
and win more sales.
If you are in sales management and responsible for a team and its results, then this book is for you. Rick Page has been there!
All too often the sales teams are managing pipe-line by wishful thinking, - hoping and praying. Mr. Page helped start the Complex Sales movement and his methods have been implemented by many high tech companies with great success.
If you ever wanted or needed a solid step-by-step strategy for your team this is the book to get. Hope is not a strategy - consitent execution is.
This powerful book shows how to discredit your competition (in a professional manner). It blows away old beliefs about selling.
Simple, and real: You are not just selling to your customer. You are also selling against the current provider. - And we first must block their advancement.
When we ignore the incumbent as part of the sales process, our good business ideas may end up giving your competition further amunition to to cement thier relationship with the customer.
There is nothing that ruins spontaneity and the rhythm of the presentation as when the speaker runs back and forth to his laptop to advance slides.
Look professional with a RF presenter's mouse.
Have you ever seen someone trying to present using a combined mouse/remote?
During a presentation, the poor soul tries to advance to the next slide, - then mistakenly hit the wrong button.
Woops! Now slide mode is turned off and the presenter has to has one of the technical people for help...! Very frustrating and distracting - not to mention making the presenter look un-professional.
Don't let that happen to you - take control with the RF presenter's mouse!
The SP400 at great distances too - even through walls. Imagine your entrance: running from the back of the room - already presenting and advancing slides!
Of course there is also a built-in laser pointer to help your audience focus on key points of your presentation.
All we end up doing is providing a lot of free consulting. Using the techniques in this book let's you block the competition and protect your proposal
This book has been the Bible for Worldwide sales training at Oracle's Complex Sale staff and the powerful methodology covered here continues to contribute significantly to the bottom line!