Effective sales personnel have to combine many talents. They must be technical experts at times and psychologists at others. They must create a good impression from the product of their business card printing down to their shoes. Towards that end there are many basic terms and concepts that must be understood. A few are as follows.
An "account" is a term applied to a customer. A "major" account is one with a large corporation yielding significant revenue. Obviously, a company would desire to differentiate between these and ensure the highest level of customer service is given to major accounts. Also, the best sales personnel should be directed to major account prospects.
Active listening is when a sales representative employs sound listening techniques to gauge their prospect and know exactly how to refine their pitch. The prospect often tells you exactly what needs to be said to close the deal. Unfortunately, many sales reps fail to take the simple step of truly listening to what is being said.
Added value is the extra benefits that accrue to a given product because it is being sold by your company. This can accrue from superior customer service after the sale. Or maybe it comes from an intrinsic talent. For example, a business card printing operation might have added value in producing cards specifically geared to a given industry.
A&P refers to advertising and promotion. There are the cornerstones of all marketing efforts. For a brand to stick it must constantly be promoted. Even the small things like business card printing goes toward brand identity. Make sure all items bearing your company's name fit your image.
A "buying signal" is an indication from a prospect that they are on the edge of saying yes. Professional sales personnel must learn to recognize this signal. Some easily identifiable signals are questions relating to shipping or other small details indicating the prospect is sold on the underlying product. A salesperson must close all deals when it gets to the buying signal stage.
Cold calling is placing outbound calls to potential prospects with whom you have no prior relationship. Cold calling can generate good leads, but it can also be a grueling experience. Companies must select only hardened personnel who are used to rejection to engage in this facet of marketing.
CRM stands for customer relationship management. This is the phase after the sale is done. It is just as important to keep customers as it is to sell them in the first place. Spending money to market new prospects then losing them to poor CRM practices is not a good strategy.
These are just a few basics of selling. The list goes on and can entail a lifetime of learning. No salesperson is ever done improving their craft.
First, You must do some research. Do some keyword searches on topics that interest you. WordTracker is a good place to do that. Choose a keyword phrase that has a high KEI for the most success.
Don't get distracted while you are building your website content. Focus on your chosen keyword phrase. Every article that you write and all of the content on your website should target that keyword. This is what a niche (or themed) website is all about. When you focus on a specific theme, such as terrier dogs, you don't have to compete with the websites that are about dogs in general. It cuts down your competition quite a bit and makes it easier for you to appear higher in the search engines.
Many newcomers to internet marketing choose internet marketing subjects as their niche. This may not be the best way to go. The general public is not looking for information on SEO; they are looking for information on an allergy, or a recipe or how to keep their teens away from drugs. Besides, the competition for Internet marketing is huge and is over-run by the "gurus."
Niche marketing takes a lot of planning before you even start creating your website. As I mentioned earlier, you have keyword research. Then, you need a product; probably several of them. You might want your own ebook based on the website topic or you might want to use affiliate marketing to monetize your site. There is also the option of using Google Adsense. A combination of all of these will reap the highest rewards. So, create a plan on how you plan to build content, monetize and promote your website.
You may also want to have more than one website. The good thing about niche sites is the ability to have more websites based on the general niche but narrowed down to a different niche. For example, if your first site is about terrier dogs, your second could be about Pomeranians. If you keep adding niche sites on the same general subject, you could end up with some very valuable internet real estate.
There's a lot of work involved in building a website. And, a lot of different things you must think about: your website topic, what type of website you want (HTML, WordPress, Joomla or some other script), your website template, your content, your product, etc. etc. If you have the money, you should contract some of this work out. There are several freelance websites that you can use to hire people to build your site, create your graphics and write your content.
So, are you ready to get started? Write it down into manageable pieces and take each step as it comes. Ask for help if you need it. And, go make some money!
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