High-profit selling : win the sale without compromising on price / Mark Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Mark, 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Selling.

Markup.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : American Management Association, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

All sales aren't created equal. This book shows readers how to close deals that truly make a profit.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: You Are Hurting Your Profit; What Is This Book Worth to You?; To Maximize Profit, Change How You View Your Customers; It's Time to Look in the Mirror; Your Confidence Drives Your Attitude; Can a Company Asking a Higher Price Really Win?; People Don't Buy-They Only Invest; Forget About Your Competition; CHAPTER 2: ''Profit'' Is Not a Dirty Word; Are You Chasing the Shiny Object?; Do You Think ''Profit'' Is a Dirty Word?; How Do We Define Profit?; What Does ''Immediate Profit'' Mean?; What Is Your Customer Worth Down the Road?

Calculate Your Customer's Profitability Sustainability Factor A Big Order at the Wrong Price Isn't Worth It; Intellectual Profitability Adds Up; Minimize the Profit Takers; ''Profit'' Is a Beautiful Word; CHAPTER 3: Use Needs and Benefits to Command a Higher Price; Chasing the Shiny Object; Determining the Customer's Needs and Benefits; Separating Good Information from Bad; What We Can Learn About Needs and Benefits from Apple; Using Follow-Up Questions to Categorize a Customer's Needs; Needs? Benefits? What's the Difference, Anyway?; CHAPTER 4: Creating Real Value Using Your Price Point

Forming Real Value Around Price Creating the Price Point; The Power of the Ultra-Price Package; Ultra-Prices and a Salesperson's Beliefs; The ''No Negotiation'' Philosophy; Sales Managers: Don't Empower Salespeople to Give Away Profit; Where Does the ''No Negotiation'' Policy Work Best?; Rules for an Effective ''No Negotiation'' Policy; Making the ''No Negotiation'' Policy Work, Despite So Many Rules; Using Time to Drive Value; CHAPTER 5: Prospecting That Works; Past Growth Doesn't Guarantee Future Growth; Finding New Customers Is Not an Optional Job Activity

Prospect or Suspect? Do You Know the Difference? Is Prospecting Ingrained in Your Daily Routine?; Can't Prospect? Then You Can't Sell; What Is a Prospect?; Not All Prospects Are Created Equal; Assumptive vs. Inquisitive; Tactical Comments and Questions: The Price Squeeze; Strategic Questions Lead to Long-Term Relationships; Aim High When Prospecting; Make Prospecting Part of Your Daily Routine; Holiday Prospecting; Just Do It; CHAPTER 6: Sell More by Talking Less; How Professional Buyers Use Silence; Give Control to the Customer; How to Use Your Personality to Ask Questions

Questions That Work for You How Much Time Do You Talk on a Sales Call?; Tactics Buyers Use to Speed Up the Sales Call; Why Salespeople Fail; An Example of Not Listening; Learn Your Customer's Language; The Best Follow-Up Questions; Put the Pride Aside: It's Costing You Money; Expand Your Question List; Do You Respect Your Customer?; The Two-Second Pause; Close Too Fast and You Lose Profit; The More the Customer Talks, the More You're Prepared for the Next Sale, Too; Keep Your Eye on the Prize; CHAPTER 7: Skip the Sales Presentation; Why Preparation Is Essential

Preparing a Sales Presentation Does Not Mean You Will Use It

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814420102

0814420109

OCLC:

777401211