Dave Kahle Wisdom

Two Sales Techniques to Build Relationships with Occasional Customers

Two Sales Techniques to Build Relationships with Occasional Customers

Reprinted with permission of the publisher from HOW TO SELL ANYTHING TO ANYONE ANYTIME©2011 Dave KahlePublished by Career Press, Pompton Plains, NJ.  800-227-3371.  All rights reserved. One of the most powerful one-on-one sales calls you can make is what I call the...
Snippets for 5-Star Sales Conversations

Snippets for 5-Star Sales Conversations

Sales training for my first professional sales position consisted of memorizing two four-page, single-spaced presentations – word for word – and then presenting them to a group consisting of the other sales trainees as well as various executives.   The presentations...
Make it a Practice to Expand the Customer Relationship by Bringing Customers to Our Facility – Best Practice #31

Make it a Practice to Expand the Customer Relationship by Bringing Customers to Our Facility – Best Practice #31

by Dave Kahle Every now and then I encounter a salesperson who believes that it is to his advantage to have all the calls and requests from the customer go to him personally.  Picture a salesperson with his arms wide open, trying to encircle and control every...
Creating a Monthly Sales Plan – Best Practice #29

Creating a Monthly Sales Plan – Best Practice #29

by Dave Kahle         There are several very common temptations that routinely present themselves to the field salesperson.   One is to become too reactive.  When you succumb to this temptation, you eventually default to a...
Sets Annual, Specific, Measurable Goals for Sales Performance – Sales Best Practices #28

Sets Annual, Specific, Measurable Goals for Sales Performance – Sales Best Practices #28

by Dave Kahle The best salespeople are habitual goal-setters.  There’s a good reason for that.  When you set a goal, you survey the world of all possible things that you could possibly do, and decide which of those things are the most important. You then turn that...
Competing with Other Suppliers who have a Lower Price

Competing with Other Suppliers who have a Lower Price

by Dave Kahle Q.  How do you make in-roads with a prospect who is happy with another supplier, who is providing a similar product at a lower price?  Product is lower quality, but perceived as the same.  ...
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