Sales Training Advantage for Results
By GERARD ASSEY
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About this ebook
'Sales Training Advantage for Results' is a uniquely designed system to transform one into a STAR Sales Consultant by helping them, discover the secrets that drive the top world's sales professionals. It is designed to help the individual or the team create the habits and lasting changes, by enabling them replace current unacceptable patterns that are costing their company sales with new ones that will eventually help them achieve their sales goals faster and more consistently.
As budgets continue to shrink and the competition continues to increase, mastering the sales process the 'professional way' is a vital part of survival. People no longer buy a product or a service for its features; customers now want to know how that product or service will benefit them before they make a purchasing decision. To be successful in this environment, salespeople must be adept at both uncovering customer needs and demonstrating how they can fulfill those needs.
Establishing value does not start with a prepared presentation, but with a search for the customer's real needs. Customers care more about solving their problems and meeting their objectives than they do about the range of services the Sales Person and his company has to offer.
'Sales Training Advantage for Results' will provide a very structured, formatted & step by step approach to help 'win & keep customers for life'! No gimmicks, no jargon, just emphasis on relationship building to enable you gain market advantage & get you results- a course on 100% building value & long lasting partnerships with customers!
A must for anyone in Sales-right from the frontline to the CEO!
Praises, Raves & Reviews
"Gerard is an absolute STAR salesperson with huge doses of each of the attributes mentioned in this book. This amazingly structured book he has put together, with his long years of experience both on field as a sales professional, and as a coach & mentor for several sharp minds across the world will bring out the best in you. If you have bought this book, let me assure you, that it has all there is to learn about consultative selling! Just go get that sale!!!"
Radhika Shastry (Former Managing Director), RCI-South Asia
"Gerard Assey takes the sales person on a compelling journey in mastering the art of selling and salesmanship ...a must read for anyone aspiring to become a successful business executive"
Mike Selvarajah, International Business Executive & Associate Director, BELL CANADA
"Sales people like to learn from sales people & it's also a fact that there is none better to enlighten you on systems of achieving sales than Gerard Assey. He is providing value to MRF through training our sales force for 10+ years and the results speak for themselves. This book would serve as a ready reckoner to achieve excellence in selling through adopting the systems described by Gerard"
V. Chacko Jacob, Assistant Manager-Learning & Development, MRF Ltd.
"Gerard, once again, your book is brilliant! I especially value and recommend to all Sales Managers & Company Owners willing to improve their company performances, your straight-forward and common-sense approach towards Sales Management."
Renaud Guttinger, General Manager, JCL LOGISTICS INDONESIA
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Sales Training Advantage for Results - GERARD ASSEY
Gerard Assey
Sales Training Advantage for Results
By
Gerard Assey
© Copyright 2022 by Author
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Publishing Agency:
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All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means- electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the author.
CONTENTS
1. Dedication
2. Forward
3. Praises, Raves & Reviews for ‘Sales Training Advantage for Results’
4. Preface
5. Getting the most out of this book
6. The Sales Profession! Why it is the most Fascinating,
YET most hated profession?
7. Key Attributes of a Professional Consultative Sales Person
8. Sell yourself before you sell anything else!
9. Why your Self-Esteem matters! How to build a high self esteem
10. Key Activities of a Professional Consultative Sales Person
(Effectively managing your Day and Activities)
11. The Selling Process-The 6 Step Selling Plan outline
12. Preparing and Planning for your Call
13. Approaching Customers (Phone and Face-to-Face)
14. Fact-finding: Uncovering the Needs and Pains of Customers
14. Proving Value of your Products/ Services
16. Standing out and differentiating from the Competition
17. Handling Customer Concerns and Objections
18. Providing your Recommendation/ Solution
19. Closing the Sale
20. Tips to Negotiate Effectively
21. Negotiation Questions to Ask Yourself-Preparation Checklist
22. At-a-Glance-Summary of the 6 Step Selling Plan
23. Post Mortem-Evaluating your Call
24. Post Call-Win or Lose, Stay Professional!
25. Using the Telephone to your advantage!
-The Tele-sales Profession and what the Telephone can help you
do
-The How and What of Cold Calling
-Aim of cold call
-Data for cold calling
-Dealing with Gate-Keepers
-Working with scripts- The cold call (Pre-call/ The call/ Post-call)
-Telemarketing Campaigns- Campaign Planning and Monitoring
-Handling turn downs/ rejections and keeping yourself motivated
-Key Factors for a Tele-marketer to enable you stand out
-Some important lessons in Tele-marketing
26. Retaining your Customers for Life- Importance of Great
Customer Service!
27. Taking this forward!
28. About the Author
DEDICATION
This book: ‘Sales Training Advantage for Results’ is lovingly dedicated to ‘The Great Name, Above All Names, the God of the Impossible, the One and Only One’ Who has blessed me beyond imagination.
A work of this nature can never be accomplished purely by the efforts of one person. It often is the culmination of a progressive learning process-firstly through my own experience in Sales and Management, through trial and error, along with the many people in my working career, coupled with the many courses, books/ videos/ CD’s that have also significantly impacted my life.
Consequently, some of the ideas involving the skills & techniques reflect the concepts that I have internalized which we use in our programs.
To all my clients, customers, sales personnel and associates that worked with me and taught me the numerous lessons- A BIG Thanks!
And finally to you my reader- Thank you for obtaining this copy! I have done my part. Now it is your turn to apply these concepts by putting it to practice!
We both need each other!
...But those who hope in ADONAI will renew their strength, they will soar aloft as with eagles’ wings; when they are running they won’t grow weary, when they are walking they won’t get tired
Isaiah 40:31 (CJB)
FOREWORD
I am privileged to write this foreword for this meticulously compiled one stop manual for a Sales Professional by my friend and colleague Gerard Assey - a brilliant sales person himself. If you have bought this book, let me assure you, that it has all there is to learn about consultative selling!
I met Gerard way back in 1987 when both of us joined an organisation that shaped our careers in sales and firmly got us hooked to selling as a profession - and it soon became a way of life. The learning’s from that stint at GETIT yellow pages built several careers in sales for fresh, enthusiastic youngsters that have never looked back since. I went on to become the Managing Director of an American Hospitality multinational for their South Asia operations and several of our colleagues too climbed the corporate ladder swiftly - armed with the ability to be able to close deals. We were bound by that one thread - our passion for consultative selling!
The key to this form of sales is to completely understand the current and future needs of your prospective customer and then make a bespoke recommendation to enable her to make an informed buying decision. This is easier said than done! It requires tremendous amounts of patience, empathy, restraint, sensitivity and squeaky clean ethics. All of us human beings can sell at one level or the other, which is why you were hired in the first place. But a Master sales person is one who can do it with panache in a manner that is non-threatening and keeps the customer engaged throughout an extended period of time.
Gerard is an absolute STAR salesperson with huge doses of each of the attributes mentioned above. This amazingly structured book he has put together, with his long years of experience both on field as a sales professional, and as a coach and mentor for several sharp minds across the world will bring out the best in you.
Just go get that sale!!!
Radhika Shastry
(Former Managing Director),
RCI-South Asia
(Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory...Ps 115.1)
PRAISES, RAVES & REVIEWS
for
‘Sales Training Advantage for Results’
Gerard Assey takes the sales person on a compelling journey in mastering the art of selling and salesmanship. This book captures the essence of consultative selling and the approach to win-win partnership between the salesperson and the customer. In today’s world of global competition and the constant change taking place in the local marketplace, this book is a must read for anyone aspiring to become a successful business executive
- Mike Selvarajah,
International Business Executive & Associate Director,
BELL CANADA
Creating a workable system to achieve consistent high sales is a big challenge for any company. It’s a fact that sales people like to learn from sales people & it’s also a fact that there is none better to enlighten you on systems of achieving sales than Gerard Assey. He is providing value to MRF through training our sales force for 10+ years and the results speak for themselves. This book would serve as a ready reckoner to achieve excellence in selling through adopting the systems described by Gerard
- V. Chacko Jacob,
Assistant Manager-Learning & Development, MRF Ltd.
"Gerard, once again, your book is brilliant! I must say you have done a fabulous job in covering this fundamental and critical topic. I especially value and recommend to all Sales Managers and Company Owners willing to improve their company performances, your straight-forward and common-sense approach towards Sales Management. Your book provides the right guidance for Sales of every level to build up their inner confidence and improve their sales performances. Thanks to the right mind-set and a good grip on the selling and buying processes!" - Renaud Guttinger,
General Manager, JCL LOGISTICS INDONESIA
In a highly competitive field, today’s sales professionals’ approach is mostly driven by the market forces or competition. This often is counterproductive and leads to his failure. Gerard has tried to address this in his book which helps a sales professional remain organised and optimise his skills. Coming from a master who has headed highly disciplined and competent sales teams, the book is timely and bound to be a big hit
- A.M. Sundar,
CFO & Company Secretary, SNOWMAN LOGISTICS LIMITED
Interesting narrative on the sales process in the changing markets, a practical and an implementable one; if practiced well, can add value to both corporates and the customer. A must read for a budding professional and to the seasoned ones to re-visit basics like never before.
-Raja Rajasekar K S,
Deputy General Manager-HR, KONE Elevator India Pvt. Ltd
For two decades of my professional life I have followed the principles of ‘consultative selling’, stretching the concept beyond sales to communication - this has contributed in a major way to successes along my career. I remember looking for guidance on how to improve my consultative selling skills and found none. Glad that Gerard’s book is timely, especially since the field of ‘sales’ is not looked upon too kindly. By detailing a step-by step systematic approach on understanding client needs first and then working to meet these needs, the book is designed to nurture a ‘sales professional persona’ to mirror not just the brand or product, but also the company’s image of ‘customer first, product or service next’...
-Sangeetha Rosemarie Rajeesh,
Research Uptake and Communications Manager,
Leveraging Agriculture for Nutrition in South Asia Consortium
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Sales is considered one of the toughest jobs, but Gerard has made a step by step, structured approach to make this sales function as appealing and passionate...
- Antony Prakash K,
Head & General Manager HR, CEAT LTD
PREFACE
Thank you and Congratulations on obtaining a copy of this exciting book titled: ‘Sales Training Advantage for Results’ which has been designed exclusively for you- to help you be better at the job and more professional.
As you will notice later, after reading the book that the book is uniquely designed to help transform you into a Master Sales STAR by helping you, discover the secrets that drive the top world’s sales professionals.
It will help you or your team create the habits and lasting changes by enabling you replace current unacceptable patterns that are costing your company sales with new ones, that will now help you achieve your sales goals faster and more consistently
The entire book has been split into several step by step, easy and digestible modules, to help you take back and put to practice each step into a real life situation. That way these skills that you will learn will stay with you, enabling you to become more Professional and Successful in a sales role.
Interestingly, you will find that this entire program is suitable for anyone relatively new to selling, as well as, the more experienced ones, who wish to refresh or fine tune their existing skills, by giving it a more professional and systematic way of working, in line with today’s’ need for this type of Consultative or Relationship building approach.
Hopefully by the time you complete this entire program, it will benefit you in several ways...
Firstly, to ensure that you are equipped with the Professional Skills, that will not only help you in the business world, but on the Personal side as well. It will provide a step by step professional approach that will enable you take your customers through, to help them deal with you in ways, as you will see later, using a Consultative or Relationship building approach, thus leading to a lasting