Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In one cartoon the pointy-haired boss exclaims to Dogbert the Consultant who is trying to sell him an ISO 9000 program, to paraphrase …. How we should sell is constantly rephrased in order to suggest that … “This is new! I will agree that selling has come a long way since the Tin Man days. Fundamentally, selling has not changed.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 25, 2021

A few weeks ago I was asked to coffee by a young man who I knew who was struggling a little bit with his selling. In my experience, there are 3 areas that are critical to selling success …. Prospecting – The ability to go out and to find new business. Keys to selling success. This applies to all aspects of selling.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 12, 2024

Selling has also become more complex and this is largely due to changes in buyer behaviors. To learn more about our Nimble training and implementation services, please visit our Nimble CRM training services page. If you are in sales, you know that it’s crowded out there. So many competitors.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 8, 2018

Selling is hard work but, if you have the right mindset and you can consistently deploy your process (this book teaches you what those are and how to do it), you will consistently achieve your prosperity goals. Selling is no different and, if you practice your process, it will become much like muscle memory. I like to call it reflex.

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Hubspot

MARCH 27, 2023

These services range from financial counseling to tarot readings. When we think about online selling, we usually think about selling products like clothing or electronics. But, it's advantageous for businesses to sell services online, especially now, when a plethora of services can be offered virtually.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

You can talk about advanced selling techniques and tools all you want, but until you have a solid grasp of selling fundamentals … these exercises are meaningless. Is selling any different? The difference between “knowing” and “reflex” your selling fundamentals. The post Master Your Selling Fundamentals First!

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 16, 2018

My focus is on B2B selling and these workshops all support this focus. I will not try to sell you anything and that includes a Nimble subscription. Behavioral Selling Skills – 3 hours. My only goal is to introduce you to my services. You would need to pay me to create something unique. They are ….

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Everybody sells – Think about referrals from other team members. The post Selling Signs – Selling is a Team Sport appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. For these folks to hide in the background is counterproductive to their own development as well as to their own accountability.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 15, 2023

When defining and honing your personal selling style, you have a built-in advantage. In other words, instead of being the predator, you are the prey and you are constantly bombarded by those who wish to sell to you. The post Choose to do the Opposite – Selling 101 appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

DECEMBER 15, 2021

From what I have seen, this is the new normal for selling and why not? Neither of us knew anything about these folks although they had done business with the company before. The post The Simple 5-Step Process for Selling Success appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Guess what? I’ve been there myself.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 27, 2022

We were selling expensive professional desktop calculators. . Lance would sell the $479 calculator by telling folks that this was what they needed but that they could only afford the $349 model. If you would like to learn more about Nimble, or just chat a bit about selling … please schedule a free 30-minute Zoom consultation with me.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 11, 2022

One of the techniques often discussed in selling is that of creating a sense of urgency in order to move a client from the thinking to the acting stage. The post The Role of Urgency in Selling appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. As in … placing the order. Would you like to chat about sales or Nimble CRM?

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 31, 2024

Some folks that I speak with are under the impression that, as I am a Solution Partner for Nimble CRM, I sell Nimble. The post For the Record … I Don’t Sell Nimble CRM appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 1, 2023

While we can’t cover every aspect of selling in three simple steps, these are the critical ones. These 3 steps are the glue that holds the selling process together and they are repeatedly deployed throughout the sales cycle. The post A Simple 3-Step Plan for Selling Success appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The post Selling Signs – Effective Communication Skills appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Both are task focused but C is slower and more detail oriented than D. Book a free 30-minute Zoom meeting with me! Email – craig@adaptive-business.com.

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Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Agents who are actively selling multi-million dollar properties certainly know a few things that the rest of us don’t. With the slogan, “Don’t sell without intel!”, No matter who you’re selling to, remember they’re still human. And the best of the best never flinch.

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Sales Pop!

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Building brand awareness , enhancing customer service, boosting ROI, and fostering meaningful relationships with your customers – are just a few of the many benefits you can enjoy by using Facebook for marketing. Facebook marketing involves promoting your brand, conducting market research, and selling your product/service on Facebook.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 26, 2025

and telephony services or to a marketing professional who I know and trust or to an automated yet personalized and human-to-human LinkedIn prospecting system. The post Exceeding Client Expectations III appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. I would also be happy to connect you to managed I.T.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 14, 2021

I need to get better at explaining that my goal is not to change the way that they sell, they are professionals, but rather to give them a few ideas that might take their sales to the next level. The post “I Am Willing to Learn” vs. “I Want to Learn” appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Now, who would not want this?

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 7, 2025

In my mind, a tag is a segment of your database that you wish to market or sell to directly. and telephony services or to a marketing professional who I know and trust or to an automated yet personalized and human-to-human LinkedIn prospecting system. OK, tags are great for organizing contacts and you can have as many as you want.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 3, 2023

Regardless, isn’t selling all about relationships? Selling skills … not a data item. If you would like to chat with me to determine if Nimble CRM might be right for your business, please book a free 30 minute Zoom consultation with me. If a lot of data is what you are looking for … you would be in the can’t help group.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 7, 2021

This is why legacy companies tend to dominate in B2B (in the absence of truly disruptive startups, at least): they’ve earned industry trust over time, something that’s a core part of a long-term selling strategy. The post 3 Reasons Why You Should Sell Through the Main Online Marketplaces appeared first on Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 30, 2025

The post Making the Sale IS NOT the Same Thing as Making a Customer appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Please reach out to me at craig@adaptive-business.com for an introduction!

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 16, 2017

For the past several years, the focus of my writing has largely been devoted to social selling. Social selling has brought about some dramatic changes including selling-marketing mashups as well as specialized sales positions … SDR, BDR, etc. Social selling just makes you better at what, hopefully, you already do well.

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Selling is not a “chicken or egg” riddle. In today’s world of social selling, this task falls into two disciplines … being found and finding. Get your profiles in order – This is job #1 and do not, do not , become active in social selling until your social profiles are looking spiffy. Would you like to replicate them?

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Specifically, is having a high degree of urgency a necessary selling characteristic? Not all selling scenarios are created equally. The post Urgent Memo – Selling 101 appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Today’s topic is ….

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Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

And … we are now back to 1977 when I first got started in B2B selling … Face-to-Face Cold Calls. The post On Door Knockin’ and Donuts appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Put some videos on YouTube. Make your LinkedIn profile smoking hot! Get active. Engage and do so progressively ! More work but, better results.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 15, 2022

Promote them and their services (without being asked to do so) – Make a friend for life! Help them to sell more of their own stuff! If you would like to chat about selling or if you are interested in learning more about Nimble CRM, please book a free 30-minute Zoom consultation with me ! How about you?

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 1, 2025

I excel at these for the signage industry as I can also impart product knowledge along with selling skills. – Personal Development appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Im actually very good at all three, however, nobody knows about that. That would fall on me. The post My 2024 Year in Review – What Now?

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 31, 2021

Simply put, it focuses on those areas that salespeople want and need in order to be able to sell more and it minimizes those tasks that salespeople will traditionally chafe at. They are coded to sell. If they don’t sell, they don’t eat. Let’s see, I can sell or I can sit at a keyboard? It more than humbled me.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 21, 2018

And, if we are talking about opportunities , let’s apply this to selling. As I’m turning 65 this year, I had probably best get busy. Selling is a tough business. Chances are good that they are already doing business with one of your competitors. It’s not all that different than my quest to become a shredder.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 31, 2018

What we want to explore today is how we can leverage social selling in order to assist us in achieving our goal of breaking into major accounts. Nothing happens until somebody sells something. There are several social selling business intelligence tools that I would encourage you to deploy.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 22, 2018

He’s a younger guy who has a fairly extensive background in B2C selling. Read on at Maximize Social Business …. The post How to Leverage Social Selling Research Without Being Creepy appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. This will often involve visiting profiles to learn more about that person.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The post How Nimble CRM Integrates & Automates Prospecting on LinkedIn appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Please reach out to me at craig@adaptive-business.com for an introduction!

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

I did like selling and merchandising. I still liked selling and thus I began my pursuit of an outside sales opportunity. After numerous rejections, I took my first offer which was with a national company selling calculators, very expensive calculators, directly to businesses. Selling – Back full circle.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 29, 2022

Effective listening skills are critical assets in all aspects of both your personal and business life. In selling, being a good listener will be a determining factor as to whether or not you make this sale. Selling has often been referred to as “the science of communication and persuasion”.

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Adaptive Business Services

JUNE 2, 2021

This is pretty easy to understand if your perception is that CRM will, at best, inhibit your selling. Point to selling success examples, where possible, due to CRM usage. Sell the benefits. appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Commission based, vs. salaried, reps. Secure their buy-in.

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