Sales Conversations: Speaking With Credibility & Authority

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How are you navigating your sales conversations? Words are very powerful when thinking of how people perceive information.  In fact, vocabulary shifts the influence we hold in our sales conversations. Your very own Sales Maven, Nikki Rausch, is here to offer tips, techniques, and strategies to master your sales conversations. Discover methods to place yourself in…

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Condescending Clients: How To Handle Them

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Do you ever wish you had a strategy on how to handle condescending clients? Every once in a while when selling, you’re bound to come across condescending clients who don’t treat you with much respect. When you run your own business you may decide to fire these types of clients. However, there are times when…

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Give Credit Where Credit Is Due: Are Others Taking Yours?

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Have you ever noticed others cashing in on your credit? Maybe someone took your idea and claimed it as theirs. Many of us have had this happen a time or two in our careers. Not all people believe in the old saying, “Give credit where credit is due.” What about someone you learned from taking…

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How To Use A Microphone For The Best First Impression

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How do you feel about speaking into a microphone? Is having your voice amplified fun for you, or do you shy away from a microphone? How important is it that you make a positive first impression when meeting people for the first time? Would you be surprised to learn that it only takes 1/10 of a second…

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When Resolving Client Issues, Don’t Say This

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Resolving Client Issues: When you pay money for a product/service and something goes wrong, what do you most want to happen next? Do you want a resolution from the company/individual? Do you want swift action taken? Maybe you want an apology.  Or do you prefer to “hope” the right thing is done by you? Most…

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Are You Maximizing Business Referrals?

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Do you ever wonder if you’re maximizing your business referrals?  When’s the last time someone sent you a referral? And how long did it take you to follow up with the referral? Check out this week’s tip on how to maximize referrals in your business. You may be diminishing your chances of getting another referral…

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Build Credibility Quickly When Networking

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Do you love to network? Do you look forward to attending networking events? I asked these same questions while presenting to a networking group recently and not one person raised their hand. The next question was, “How many of you network because you see the value of building your community and it’s where at least…

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Build Credibility Quickly When Networking

Rapport, Honest Sales people, savvy selling

Do you love to network? Do you look forward to attending networking events? I asked these same questions while presenting to a networking group recently and not one person raised their hand. The next question was, “How many of you network because you see the value of building your community and it’s where at least…

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The Silent Credibility Killer

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It’s been said time and time again, people buy from people they know, like and trust. In order to build trust with clients, you need to be credible. Do you give your hard earned money to someone you don’t believe in, don’t trust, or question if they know what they’re talking about? When you ask…

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Over Promise & Under Deliver

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When’s the last time you committed to something for a client and because life got in the way, you ended up dropping the ball? Did it negatively impact your relationship with your client? Did you have to go back and apologize or did you just not bring it up the next time you interacted with…

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Technology In Business Isn’t Always The Answer

Have you ever felt like a business was so in love with their cool new technology they forgot to connect with you as a customer? A new trend that comes to mind is the restaurants where you walk up and place your order on an iPad and pay without having to talk to the person…

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You’ve Got The Look: It’s All In The Eyes

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When’s the last time you heard, “The eyes are the window to the soul?” What would be your guess as to how many songs have been sung about the eyes?  Here’s just a few that come to mind:  “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You”  – Franke Valle “I Only Have Eyes For You,” –…

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How To Respond To Questions While Creating Curiosity

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Do you know how to respond to questions while creating curiosity? Where would you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 on your level of curiosity? (1 being “not curious by nature,” 10 being “I gotta know more!”)? Year’s ago, I learned a communication technique that involved using the phrase, “I’m curious.” After…

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“Just Kidding”: Is It A Rapport Breaker?

When someone makes a negative comment to you and then follows up with, “Just Kidding,” do you believe them? Do you ever wonder if some part of what they said when they said “just kidding,” they actually meant? I was in the audience at an event recently, and the speaker singled out a person in…

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My Name’s Not “Dear”: In Business Nicknames Aren’t Cute

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Nicknames aren’t cute in the business world and won’t build your rapport. Rapport is like a bank account. You’re either making a deposit, or you are making a withdrawal in each client interaction.  Do all that you can to build up your rapport “bank” balance to keep the relationship strong and moving forward.  We all know…

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I’m New: New & You

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Learning to do something new can be uncomfortable. It requires change.  Most of us internally groan a little when we have to “change” something.  My long time teacher and NLP trainer use to quote, Mark Twain when talking about change, “The only person that likes change is a wet baby.”When we’re in front of a…

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Rapport Building With Clients: Get In-Sync

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A simple way to build rapport with prospective clients and deepen your rapport with existing clients is to learn how to get in sync. When it takes less energy (when you are in-sync), your client’s ability to pay attention, converse and ask questions increases. Rapport building with clients is a big part of sales and…

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