To Understand Customers – LOCATE

Posted on Apr 18, 2009 under Advice, Sales | No Comment

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Listen actively and deeply, try to understand the customers and know their needs and goals. Observe their body language to know what they’re really feeling. Combine what you have discovered with what you want to know still. Ask questions to discover more information that you need. Talk; share some information about yourself and your company so that they would get to know you better and feel more at ease. Talk with other people and ask them to help you get to know your customers better so that you could serve them more effectively. Empathize sincerely to build trust between you and your customers.

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External Motivation

Posted on Mar 16, 2009 under Work Attitude and Values | No Comment

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There are two kinds of external motivation: fear and incentives. Fear is a powerful motivator and it is a usual response to a threatening situation. It is highly soul destroying and stressful. It stifles imagination, limits one’s potential and makes one stagnant. Failure causes the person to lower their standards.

Incentives, on the other hand, challenge you to respond positively to a reward, such as bonuses and commissions. You get to enjoy something because you’ve done well.

The only thing is that the impact of external motivation is temporary. They are short-lived, set limitations and cannot sustain us through bad times.

Sales Morale

Posted on Feb 15, 2009 under Sales Motivation | No Comment

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A primary ingredient for obtaining consistent high performance levels from sales professionals is continuous sales motivation, and the most effective way of maintaining sales morale is to provide them with a comprehensive and innovative sales simulation program. This will help them develop core sales skills through practice, and will also stimulate their sales drive by increasing their motivation levels.

For a sales simulation to produce the desired results, it should be realistic and objective. Participants must be given clearly defined objectives and tasks which must be successfully carried out. Recruiting agencies must realize that candidate support is necessary for long-term career prospects.

Difficult times call for small incentives

Posted on Jan 08, 2009 under Advice, Sales Motivation, Work Attitude and Values | No Comment

incentives1Motivation is one of the hardest things to achieve in this troubled economy yet it is fairly easy to attain to attain by understanding the needs of your employees as you go through daily life in the workplace. Weekend meetings to give praise to your employees who excel and to bring up issues that will make everybody work better, improving conditions and the pat on the shoulder most people need goes a long way in getting people to work better. Simple measures like maintaining what little perks have been left and fighting for them like the free coffee and other perks of your sales staff will go a long way. The rights of your employees should also be enforced to allow them to see they are important to a business.
Customers are always right yet when reprimanding is necessary, do it in a discreet manner that does not shame people for it only harbors discontent.

営業チームのモチベーションを高める方法

Posted on Jan 01, 2009 under Imp @ja | No Comment

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チームの全体にモチベーションを与えるためには、次のことを頭に入れておきましょう。モチベーションの低さという病気を治療するには、対症療法では不十分だという事実です。 チームのリーダーとして、部下にモチベーションを与え、彼らのキャリアを成功に導くのがあなたの仕事です。 業績の問題を一手に引き受けなければなりません。さもなければ、部下たちは時とともにあなたへの信頼を失い、いつか不満を爆発させるでしょう。 チームと重要な内容の対話するとき、常にあなたが会話を切り出すようにしましょう。 チームに所属する人々は一人一人異なる人格を持っており、 それぞれの仕事のやり方 があるということを理解し、あなたからの働きかけもそれによって変えましょう。個性を尊重しなければなりません。 部下に助けの手を差し伸べ、理解と忍耐を示しましょう。 最後に、チーム全体の価値観となる何かを探さなければなりません。 ただ何もせずそこに立って、 チームの誰かがいなくても問題はひとりでに解決してくれると思っていれば、有能なチームメイトを失うことになってしまうでしょう。 彼らの価値を認め、尊重していることを伝えましょう。それを自覚することは、自信につながります。 モチベーションの高いチームは成功するということを常に忘れないようにしましょう。

Motivating Factors

Posted on Dec 28, 2008 under Advice, Sales Motivation, Work Attitude and Values | No Comment

MotivationThere used to be a notion that people were motivated purely by money in their work and the performance of work related functions. In today’s world however, people have begun to realize the importance of not just earning a nice amount of cash but to have time for other pleasures such as time with the family and others. Time out is one of the best ways of relieving stress from work, specially in sales where it’s always a hit and miss game.
Today, as the recession begins to bite hard, sales is going to become tougher by the day but a long as there are people that can be convinced, sales are a good possibility. maintain a positive attitude inside and out so a failed sale doesn’t have after-effects on the next customer that comes along. Say thanks, even for a failed sale for they listened to your sales pitch just the same. Recognizing people and making them feel important is one of the keys, making them more than just victims but customers who are respected and cared for.

外国人労働者に労働意欲を起こさせること

Posted on Dec 19, 2008 under Imp @ja | No Comment

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他国からの共働者を招く事は、職場で 直面する大きなジレンマです。言語の違いは、しばしば彼らを職場の他の者から孤立させ、時には望ましくない仕事結果を招いてしまいます。 彼らが意欲を起こしかけている時には、それが致命的なものとなります。 その一方であなたや職場の皆と上手くやって行けるように、他人と接触しようとするさらなる知恵を必要とします。 上司が職場の全状況を把握し、一人一人の従業員に一番見合った接し方を見出す事が重要です。 別の文化圏の従業員に意欲を持たせる事は、難しい課題となることを理解する事は重要です。なぜなら、あなたとは特に違った価値観や背景を持つからです。 忍耐は美徳です。 そして必ず良い結果が訪れます。

Motivating Foreign Employees

Posted on Nov 26, 2008 under Advice | No Comment

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Having a co-worker coming from another country is one major dilemma one faces in a workplace. The language difference often separates them from the rest of the workforce leading to undesirable work results at times. It is also crucial when it comes to motivating them. It requires extra skills to be able to reach out, and on the other side for them to be comfortable with you and the workplace. It is important that the leader of the team interpret the whole working scenario accurately and come up with a strategy that will work best for individual employees. It is important to understand that it will be a difficult task to motivate employees coming from another culture because they particularly have different values and backgrounds from your. Patience is a virtue. And it works all the time.

Motivate your Sales Team

Posted on Oct 06, 2008 under Sales Motivation | No Comment

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To be able to motivate your team, you should know that the only way to do it is to treat the disease of un motivation not just targeting its symptoms. Being the leader of the team, it is and will be your job to motivate them and take them out of their miserable work life. You must confront performance issues at once so they wont back fire at you when time comes. You should be the one to start a meaningful conversation and dialogue with your team. Remember that your team members have different personalities, different work styles and should be approached differently too. Respect that difference. You should reach out and be able to extend your understanding and patience. Lastly you must try to look for the thing that your team truly holds valuable. Just standing there doing nothing at all. And pretending that everything will iron out by themselves may cost you your best team mates. Let them know that they are highly valued and respected so as to build themselves some decent self confidence. Always be reminded that a motivated team succeeds.

Effective Selling

Posted on Sep 29, 2008 under Advice | No Comment


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Sales motivation means all the planning that goes into making a sales target and in an effective manner. It can either be through the total number of clients acquired or reaching the sales quota at a given time. Sales motivation is important to complement the manner of which to execute the sales procedure by way of a systematized scheme. To devise a sales strategy, some points need to be considered.

Check your location. This mainly pertains to the place where you are planning to sell effectively.Go by the general rule of demand and supply in determination of your sales location
Direct mails method. Contrary to the popular belief, direct mailing is still a very effective and frequently used means of sales and marketing. This is the time to get your brochures and pamphlets printed and start mailing them to your prospective clients without delay.
Personal telephone calls. you are dealing with your regular clients, you can promote your new products by making direct phone calls too.