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David Schooley
December 12, 2018

First step for upselling & cross-selling

David Schooley
December 12, 2018
First step for upselling & cross-selling

As your company develops new products and services it becomes important for your sales team to effectively cross-sell and upsell existing customers. Unfortunately, too many reps don’t understand the difference between a new business sale vs an existing customer sale and they apply the same process to each situation.

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David Schooley
April 24, 2017

Transactional vs Strategic

David Schooley
April 24, 2017
Transactional vs Strategic

The biggest difference between a transactional and a strategic B2B sale is the ability of the sales representative to differentiate correctly.

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David Schooley
April 22, 2017

The Power of Silence

David Schooley
April 22, 2017
The Power of Silence

Silence is a wonderful tool in sales. It can be used effectively in almost every type of conversation regardless of where you are in the sales cycle. Of course, silence is not a new tool in the sales world.

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David Schooley
March 21, 2017

Texting is Important

David Schooley
March 21, 2017
Texting is Important

Texting is an important part of a complex sales cycle. This is because sales is emotional--we’ve got humans spending money with other humans--and the more expensive a product, the more emotion is involved.

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David Schooley
March 16, 2017

The Three Pillars of Interviewing

David Schooley
March 16, 2017
The Three Pillars of Interviewing

In a recent conversation with a long-time friend, we got to talking about interviewing. He’s not in sales and he’s not in technology.

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David Schooley
March 14, 2017

Don't Step on Your Close

David Schooley
March 14, 2017
Don't Step on Your Close

Last week I was waiting in a line to order shaved ice. There were two clerks who handled all the duties in preparing this tasty treat.

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David Schooley
February 28, 2017

Face-to-Face Preparation

David Schooley
February 28, 2017
Face-to-Face Preparation

Face-to-face sales meetings are significantly different from phone meetings. Besides all the topics you talk about and solutions you demonstrate, an important part of a face-to-face meeting is preparation.

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David Schooley
February 24, 2017

You're Paid to Find the "No"

David Schooley
February 24, 2017
You're Paid to Find the "No"

Sales is about inspiring urgency. Whether you’re selling new cars or selling HR software to a Benefits manager, the goal of sales is the same: inspire them to buy your product quickly.

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David Schooley
February 22, 2017

What Snapchat Can Teach You About Using LinkedIn

David Schooley
February 22, 2017
What Snapchat Can Teach You About Using LinkedIn

In the world of social media, LinkedIn plays a crucial role in providing the connective network for your work life. However, times change, and where once people were focused on expanding their number of connections on LinkedIn...

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David Schooley
February 18, 2017

SchoolZone Introduction

David Schooley
February 18, 2017
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David Schooley
February 14, 2017

Show You Can Listen

David Schooley
February 14, 2017
Show You Can Listen

Shut-up and listen. So simple in theory, yet so difficult for many salespeople to practice. Often we want to talk about how great our product is, how successful our customers are, how much ROI our clients have received, etc.

David Schooley
February 12, 2017

Almost Always Contact the CEO

David Schooley
February 12, 2017
Almost Always Contact the CEO

The impact of the of reaching out directly to the CEO if you are a frustrated consumer of Comcast works brilliantly. This approach works in almost every consumer complaint scenario. In fact, I used it while I was building my new website on Squarespace.

David Schooley
February 9, 2017

Working with your CSM

David Schooley
February 9, 2017
Working with your CSM

Customers don’t buy your product---they buy the post-sale experience. Far too often sales reps focus on the bells and whistles of their solution, without illuminating the post-sales experience.

David Schooley
February 7, 2017

Always Take Attendance

David Schooley
February 7, 2017
Always Take Attendance

A good way to get better at sales is to stand in the shoes of the buyer. I always make it a point to ask different departments to let me sit in on sales-calls to understand how other salespeople sell. 

David Schooley
February 3, 2017

Remember to Smile

David Schooley
February 3, 2017
Remember to Smile

Remember ‘picture day’ in elementary school? You probably waited in line with your classmates to have a photographer take two or three shots of you. You probably also heard your teachers saying, over and over again, “smile.”  

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