Value Added Selling: How to Sell More Profitably, Confidently, and Professionally by Competing on Value, Not Price

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McGraw Hill Professional, 2003 - 276 pages
In a marketplace too often focused on price, Value-Added Selling provides sales professionals with a market-proven approach for selling customers on the inherent value of a product. Based on a value-selling model proven to work across industries and product lines, this step-by-step book explains how to define value in the client's terms, orient a pitch to fit the client's needs, and close the deal. It gives sales pros the tools and confidence they need to--now and forever--deemphasize price in the selling equation.
 

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VALUEADDED SELLING PHILOSOPHY
1
THE VALUEADDED ORGANIZATION
3
VALUEADDED SELLING
13
THE VALUEADDED SELLING PROCESS
35
IDENTIFY YOUR VALUE ADDED
41
VALUEADDED SELLING STRATEGIES
49
VALUEADDED TARGET ACCOUNT SELECTION
51
TARGET PENETRATION
59
LEVERAGING
123
VALUEADDED SELLING TACTICS
129
PRECALL PLANNING
131
OPENING THE SALES CALL
137
THE NEEDS ANALYSIS STAGE
143
THE PRESENTATION STAGE
165
THE COMMITMENT STAGE AKA CLOSING
175
HANDLING OBJECTIONS
185

CUSTOMERIZING
67
POSITIONING
75
DIFFERENTIATING
81
PRESENTING
91
SERVING
101
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
105
TINKERING
111
VALUE REINFORCEMENT
117
POSTCALL ACTIVITIES
197
VALUEADDED SELLINGSPECIAL TOPICS
203
HILEVEL VALUEADDED SELLING
205
TECHNOLOGY FRIEND OR FOE?
211
SALES LETTERS
217
VALUEADDED TIME MANAGEMENT
241
FINAL THOUGHTS
261
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