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For many small-business owners, sales is one of the toughest areas to master. This is especially true if you sell a high-ticket item that requires a significant time or financial investment on the ...

Larry Vaughn, Sales Manager, Commercial Print and Mail Division, Thomas Printworks; Theresa Cloutier, SVP Marketing & Customer Experience, DMM, Inc.; and Barbara A. Pellow, Manager, Pellow and ...

There is no point in sugarcoating it: sales is synonymous with rejection. A salesperson faces rejection every single day, no matter how good their product or service is. If you are selling apps to ...

Salespeople perpetually fight an uphill battle against rejection and adversity. Rejections loom especially large at the beginning of sales cycles. In 2007, it took an average of 3.7 cold call attempts ...

Customer objections are an unavoidable part of selling. While many sales reps think of customer objections as rejection, they are really a request for more information. Successful sales reps view ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Every product that’s ever been manufactured, and everyservice that’s ever been offered, has had its fair share offlaws. So the question ...

Sales representatives are charged with the challenging task of sealing the deal with each and every customer they come in contact with. When customers object to buying into the products and services ...

When selling anything, especially when face to face, objections and rejections can come in many forms. The skills of the salesman or saleswomen come into their own when trying to turn around declining ...

Many enterprise software startups at some point have faced the invisible wall. For months, your sales team has done everything right. They’ve met with a prospect several times, provided them with ...

It’s the most difficult common objection to overcome for most life insurance agents, especially those who are new or part-time to the business. It might even be worse than “I’m not interested.” At ...