Despite great opportunities and offers, the thought of setting up new offices in new countries has never been exciting for me.Not exciting because it required developing new relationships. New relationships, with clients, vendors, new team members etc.
The foundation of every relationship is trust and trust is earned overtime, that is why we have to take a leap of faith in new…
Good looking, entertaining, leading a desired lifestyle can be the reasons why you have a massive following online. You have built your brand on those pillars and it is your right to make that choice.
And then, there is that person who only wants to be known for the work they do. And even when it comes to the work they do,…
Some business stories I hear are worth telling and this is one of them. About a year ago I had the opportunity to work with a large technology company headquartered in San Jose, California.
The task here was for me to work with their sales team to draw real life business stories that could be used in the future for sales storytelling.…
This blog is for you if you are in sales. What we are focussing on in this blog is the most overlooked, but the most important part of the sales process. No, its not the sales presentation. Let’s find out what exactly it is.
Over the last one month I have worked with senior sales teams of a few organisation where the…
I couldn’t remember, so, I did not say is what leads to wasted sales opportunities. I learnt this at Paul Smith‘s Book Club on SPI and I am so glad that I attended this book club.
Why am I glad?
Well, its simple. When you want to learn something you look for information but the problem we face is in finding…
Going to meet a client for a presentation and wondering -What am I going to say when I see the client? Your sales storytelling is focussed on what you want to say.
Move the spotlight to your client from yourself and think – WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO SAY?
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Abraham Lincoln once said,
“When I’m getting ready to reason with a man,
Sales Storytelling is on the rise, and it should be, because it’s the most compelling way to talk about anything that you wish to sell.
But as a sales person, a key question you need to ask yourself before telling sales stories is – Am I telling this story for a sprint or a marathon with my customer?
Sprint = Short run…
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a group of lawyers where in a short period of time we had to craft 6 different stories which conveyed a point.
Did we manage to craft the stories in the short period of time we had?
Yes, of course we did. The group came up with stories that moved the audiences so much…
My last post on Pharma Sales Storytelling concluded that Relationship and Features & Benefits Storytelling were 2 key areas of focus for product sales people. In this post I will dig deeper into Relationship Sales Storytelling.
Relationship is a meaningful word used loosely in a sales environment.
In 2009 I was working as a Director of Sales in Australia and one of …
Recently I gave a talk on Sales Storytelling at a leading Pharmaceutical Company. In preparation for this talk I researched on Pharma sales industry, spoke to a few pharma sales reps and doctors ( key client for pharma sales reps).
In this preparation, there are insights I discovered which I think can be of great use to the pharma sales industry and…