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We’re a think tank of ideas. We share our favorite sales tips, techniques and insights for modern sales professionals.

Online reviews

Online reviews  Written by Jamie May  When I use an app in the play store, try a video game, or eat out,

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+1

+1 Written by Jamie May  The plus one or the +1, is a sales technique for on the road reps, canvasser or

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Networking

Networking Written by Jamie May  Networking is simply the act of meeting people and promoting your business mouth-to-mouth. If you’re not a

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Canvassing & soliciting

Canvassing & soliciting  Written by Jamie May  You don’t see canvasing much any more because the office is a ‘nice to have’

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Brand Ambassador

Brand ambassador  Written by Jamie May  Someone who creates an personified image for a brand. Usually a sexually attractive person. Most likely

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The If-Then close

The If-Then close Written by Jamie May  The if-then is as simple as it sounds, a good technique if you don’t know

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Impending event close

Impending event close  Written by Jamie May  This is for raising urgency. The impending event close, involves coming up with an upcoming

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Inoffensive close

Inoffensive close  Written by Jamie May  If your prospect is a dominant type. In sales there are pattern interrupts, which are designed

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The IQ close

The IQ close  Written by Jamie May  Everybody likes to feel smart, and you can certainly use it to win a customer

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Just in time close

Just in time close  Written by Jamie May  Just in time sales enablement, or Johnny-on-the spot-close. Is great for minimising follow up

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Let them disagree close

Let them disagree close  Written by Jamie May  I’ve noticed an increasing trend that many sales conversations are no longer with a

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The logic close

The logic close  Written by Jamie May There’s two types of Logic negotiation. The first is a simple acronym Legitimise (qualify out

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Give & Take Close

Give & take close  Written by Jamie May  All negotiation is give and take as a basic function. All of these examples

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The handshake close

The handshake close  Written by Jamie May  Handshake contracts are a form of verbal contract and can be Legally binding. Handshakes only

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The Gil close

The Gil close  Written by Jamie May  Most people have too much ego for this technique. Marketing would probably be shocked. In

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The hurry close

The hurry close  Written by Jamie May  The hurryclose can feel a little icky and stereotypes the old fast-talking hustler. There’s also

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Future close

Future close  Written by Jamie May  The future close is a negotiation that will be completed in the future, also called the

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The Guilt close

The guilt close  Written by Jamie May  Using guilt to close a negotiation can feel sleazy. Like all closing techniques there’s a

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The hard close

The hard close  Written by Jamie May  This can also be called mode-1 negotiation. The easiest way to explain this is in

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Legal Close

Legal Close Written by Jamie May I’ve posted previously about the importance of understanding the law in sales. This post is to

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The hero close

The hero close  Written by Jamie May  They say that good salespeople tell stories. The hero close tells a story to your

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Future Tense close

Future tense close  Written by Jamie May  Listen to your prospect talking about the negotiation and look for present/ past tense in

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Humour close

The humour close  Written by Jamie May  Not everyone is funny all the time and I’ve certainly had several jokes in sales

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The handover close

The handover close  Written by Jamie May  This is similar to good cop bad cop; but more similar to having a dedicated

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The recruitment trap

The recruitment trap  Recruitment sucks. It’s either expensive to use a recruiter or it takes too much time and effort to place

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Be a sales ninja

Written by Jamie May Be a sales ninja  I had a sales manager tell me that I was losing deals because of

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The first offer

The first offer  Written by Jamie May The oldest negotiation trick in the book is ‘always reject the first offer’. It is

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Offering a discount

Offering a discount  Written by Jamie May  Offering a discount is the crutch of a bad salesperson. However, I am certainly guilty

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Merchandising

Merchandising Written by Jamie May  One of the greatest sales negotiations of all time, was George Lucas retaining the rights to Star

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The Jedi Mind Trick

The Jedi mind trick  Written by Jamie May  It’s called the Jedi mind trick because it is so effective in negotiation. When

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The frozen technique

The frozen technique  Written by Jamie May  Ask for the agreement up front, fully expecting the no. Then ‘Let it Go’, ‘Let

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Customer Advocacy

Customer advocacy  Written by Jamie May  I remember starting a new job, amazingly there was a café in the building. It wasn’t

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Follow the leader

Follow the leader Written by Jamie May  It’s easiest to explain this negotiation technique by switching sides to purchasing. If you know

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The Golden Bridge

The golden bridge  Written by Jamie May  This closing technique comes out of conflict resolution, but originally from Sun Tzu’s The Art

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Front of mind close

Front of mind close  Written by Jamie May  Also called the ‘follow up close’, ‘stay in the game close’, or the ‘keep

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