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Shredders are available for rent. Many companies have the need of huge industrial shredders that shred 20,000 pounds of paper or more in an hour. Shredders of that size are too big to fit into an average office. In such circumstances, renting a shedder is a way out.Shredder rentals usually provide locked bins at your premises. You fill up the bins with everything that is to be shredded. When the bins are full, the workers of the rental company arrive with a truck mounted shredder. They carry out the entire shredding job in your presence. The shredding workers never make physical or visual contact with your documents. This qualifies you for FACTA and HIPPA c

Get a commitment - Qualify them first for pains/wants, budget, and decision capability, Then before presenting details about your product. Get a commitment to make a definitive decision upon completion of your presentation or the proof step of your sales cycle. For this to work, you must have asked really good questions to elicit the important pains/wants that are driving the sale. You must know that they have the money to buy it. And you must be presenting to the decision-maker.

You only have so much time in a day, so use it well. If you chase every deal that comes your way, you are losing real sales that you could have gone ou

Advergaming: Marketing's New Advertising Miracle Cure?
Any basic marketing class begins by introducing its students to the “Four Ps of Marketing”--Product, Place, Price, Promotion. Most business gurus will tell you that of these four, Product is the most important. Your product must have a unique value to the consumer or it won’t sell. Today, with virtual instant communication, it could be argued that PROMOTION is fast becoming Product’s equal when discussing marketing principles. If you promote your product in such a way as to capture the attention and hard-earned dollars of the prized consumer before any competitor has the chance, you’ve won the biggest battle in the marketing war.And marketing IS a war. Comp

The topic of this issue's article is a response to a question submitted by one of my newsletter readers.

QUESTION - "At the moment, my competitor's have a far better product/deal, due to circumstances out of my control. However, customers go to the competitor and then come to me to compare. How do I go about convincing the customer that our service/product is better even though on paper it isn't???"

ANSWER - Thanks for the question. I'm going to answer this to the extent that I can without knowing what it is that you or your competitor sell.

I believe that this is a common experience for many of us in sales. Customers use us for free for all kinds of freebies - information, demos, test drive's, consulting, etc. Sure, it is good to give away something free to expose people to your offering (my newsletter is an example of this).

This has gone way too far however, and it's our fault in the sales profession. We have been bludgeoned into thinking that we must do whatever it is that the customer asks of us. That we should jump through hoops like trick dogs, if that gets us just a little bit closer to *possibly* getting a sale.

Freebies should be used as a marketing tool. The purpose of freebies is to generate a lead. And that's where the free giveaways should end. Once you have the lead, and are able to engage the customer in live conversation, the marketing ends and the selling begins.

Successful selling is an exchange of value for value. It has always been this way since people traded grains and cloth for chickens and pigs. Today as sales professionals we are "representing" a company and its products. This is why we are called "sales representatives". We act as the agent, representing our company in the trade, representing our company in the exchange of value for value.

As sales reps, we offer significant value to our prospective customers. Yes our products have value, but I am not talking about that. The value that we offer is our knowledge and our time. We know a lot about our products, about our industry, about future trends in our marketplace, about our competition, and many other things.

We sell our products every day. Our customers (most of them at least) do not buy these products every day. So our knowledge has value. If you don't believe this to be true, then you either need to think about this a little more, or you work in an industry that is about to get disintermediated by ecommerce.

So what should you do?

Respect your value as a salesperson.

Get commitments from your prospects.

You only have so much time in a day, so use it well. If you chase every deal that comes your way, you are losing real sales that you could have gone out

Eleven Ideas to Generate More Direct Mail Responses
1. When writing copy for your direct mail marketing pieces, make sure to indent the first line of each paragraph. It, literally, pulls your potential customers into the copy you’ve written.2. Quote famous people or staff members often. Customers pay attention to what others have to say.3. Gather testimonials from satisfied customers, and use them often. They not only make your sales pitch believable, they make it seem that people ‘just like them’ need these types of products or services as well.4. Write up a situation, or case history, where your business solved a difficult problem for a customer. Show potential clients that you can actual

us for free for all kinds of freebies - information, demos, test drive's, consulting, etc. Sure, it is good to give away something free to expose people to your offering (my newsletter is an example of this).

So what should you do?

Respect your value as a salesperson.

Get commitments from your prospects.

You only have so much time in a day, so use it well. If you chase every deal that comes your way, you are losing real sales that you could have gone ou

Name Tags
Name tags are identification materials worn by individuals that display vital information such as name, designation and possibly designs such as logos and other artworks. Name tags industry is a high volume supplies industry catering to the events planning industry such as trade shows, conferences and meetings. The industry supplies identification materials such as tags, badges and plates to professionals, entrepreneurs and media planners.Name tags come in different forms according to the requirements of the customer. The letters can be engraved, stamped or screen-printed, and letters can be different colors like red, blue and green. The material can be pla

hould end. Once you have the lead, and are able to engage the customer in live conversation, the marketing ends and the selling begins.

So what should you do?

Respect your value as a salesperson.

Get commitments from your prospects.

You only have so much time in a day, so use it well. If you chase every deal that comes your way, you are losing real sales that you could have gone ou

Why Companies Give Corporate Awards
The music industry is very well aware of what the Grammy Award does, as well as the musicians who may be nominated. Those that work in television know the value of an Emmy Award. Hollywood and their movies are filled with awards, from the People’s Choice to the Oscar’s and everything in between. Even though each of these awards renders something different within each separate genre, they all hold a common ground. They all translate into honor and prestige for the recipient, making one stand out amongst the masses of their peers.College football has the Heisman Trophy, professional football has the Vince Lombardi Trophy, and professional hockey has the S

not talking about that. The value that we offer is our knowledge and our time. We know a lot about our products, about our industry, about future trends in our marketplace, about our competition, and many other things.

So what should you do?

Respect your value as a salesperson.

Get commitments from your prospects.

You only have so much time in a day, so use it well. If you chase every deal that comes your way, you are losing real sales that you could have gone ou

The Processes of Product Development
Product development may be defined as the process of conceptualizing and marketing a product. And this product can be something new to the market or something new to an individual company, or it could be a product which already exists and has just undergone improvement.Why is product development important? Well, it's not just important. It's a critical process to retain and maintain customer loyalty and be able to contend in the today's financial service situation. With an effective product development, customers and providers gain essential insights from the interaction and this helps the provider in better realizing the desires of its customers.All

You only have so much time in a day, so use it well. If you chase every deal that comes your way, you are losing real sales that you could have gone out and looked for.

Break any of these rules, and you are simply rolling the dice. (Yeah I know, this works for some people - but you'll never make it really big in sales winging it this way).

Notice that what I outlined above is the reverse order of the way many salespeople have learned to sell. The key thing that I am telling you to do here, is to present AFTER you have qualified the prospect and AFTER you have a commitment to make a decision.

If you have a long sales cycles involving multiple levels of decision-making, you can use this same approach. Instead of getting a commitment for a decision up-front, you can get a commitment to be taken to the appropriate next step. That could be a meeting with a higher-level decision-maker, or it could be earning the right to give a presentation to a more influential audience. I call this "chaining commitments".

This is the best solution. By getting commitments, you will stop wasting time with the people who aren't serious about you. By asking good questions up-front (a topic for another newsletter), you may uncover something that your competitor missed, giving you a chance to change the rules of the sale set early on by your competitor's getting there first.

If your product isn't better, I don't believe that you can persuade or convince someone that it is. Most people aren't stupid. They will figure out eventually that you are trying to pull one over on them, if they don't figure that out while you are actually trying to do it to them.

Lastly, even with the most competitive products, the number two product usually has some advantages over the number one product. Determine these advantages, and focus your selling efforts on the prospects who want such benefits. Create questions designed to uncover the pains/wants that would cause someone to want such benefits. Follow the process above of questions and commitments first, presentations last, and you'll find yourself making money even when you aren't selling for the number one company.

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