We all make platitudes about – business being about reputation, it’s about who knows you and who you know – and yet how many people strategically ensure they are known by the right people?
Why Would You Ever Close A Sale?
Why do people use the term ‘closing a sale’? In this Vlog, Grant Leboff explains why it’s the worst possible term you could ever use.
No Thanks Just Looking
Why is it that when you walk into a shop, and the sales assistant asks ‘can I help you’, the first thing you say is, ‘No thanks. I’m just looking’. In this Vlog, Grant Leboff explains why you respond in that way and how that lesson can help you when selling in business.
The Lie About Open And Closed Questions
People don’t play the game anymore. Why do customers only give one word answers – when politicians, who are asked for a yes or no answer, can drone on for what seems like hours? In this VLOG, Grant Leboff explains why and how to overcome your dilemma
Why the ‘gift of the gab’ doesn’t matter in sales
What sort of person do you want to employ in a sales role? In this Vlog, Grant explains how the skills of a ‘typical’ salesperson have now changed
Getting inside your customer’s mind – Marketing Position
Ask most people what they consider is the safest brand of car, and the first one they’re likely to suggest is a Volvo. In this VLOG, Grant explains why.
A picture paints a thousand words but who cares?
Imagine trying to memorise a poem visually, where you’re not allowed to say the words out loud. You’d find it almost impossible. Grant explains that there’s a good reason for that and how it applies to your business.
Is your business customer centric?
Is your Business Customer centric? Of course it is! That’s what everybody says! In the VLOG, Grant suggests a way to test it.
Loyal Customers Don’t Give Referrals
When looking for referrals, who do you approach first, brand new or long term customers who have enjoyed using your product or service for many years? In this Vlog, Grant explains it’s not who you think…
Differentiation is overrated
Compare Coke v Pepsi. They are both sticky brown liquids. So just how different are they from each other? Grant argues that just being different from your competitor, isn’t what marketing is all about.