Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 10, 2021

When I first got started in B2B selling, I was formally trained on how to use a variety of sales closes … “either or”, “Ben Franklin”, “Columbo”, and many more. There is an exception to my choice of closing techniques and that is the use of the assumptive close. Part of this lies in abandoning traditional selling techniques.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This technique has evolved over my 40 years of B2B selling. This technique is based on the premise that, when you are perceived as someone who actually works for the company, vs. as a vendor who is trying to sell something to that company … well … there is no comparison. How do you sell? You don’t sell!

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Techniques and tactics as well. If you have a question about virtually any aspect of selling, a simple Google search will reveal a bounty of answers and, frankly, most of them will be quite good. Your focus needs to be on selling and not on reading. I happen to be cursed with a boundless thirst for new knowledge. I think so.

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Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Be aware of selling vs. non-selling time. Selling time is for being in front of a customer. Non-selling time is for prep and paperwork. Cushioning, providing reasons before asking tough questions or having to deliver uncomfortable answers, is a powerful technique! They are your inbound selling tools.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

HubSpot Sales aims to help growing businesses transform the way they sell to match the way people buy. What to check out: The Remote Sales Playbook: 30+ Resources to Help Sell From Anywhere. Adaptive Business Blog. We strongly believe that social selling augments, rather than replaces, traditional selling.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

I would rather be selling. You are presented with a couple of options for content creation and both can be driven by my favorite technique … content repurposing. The post Content Repurposing appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. Still, I went ahead and did so while having no idea as to why I was doing it.

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Adaptive Business Services

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

One of the most basic tenets of selling is that you are going to have to figure out ways to stand out in a crowd. Act like you work there – This is a very subtle technique and its effectiveness is compounded when used in conjunction with having achieved the status of a trusted advisor. Very crowded! You need to be … R.U.M.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 30, 2022

It was a modified version of Xerox Professional Selling Skills. Now, I know more closing techniques than I have fingers and toes and I use … none of them. The post Asking for the Order appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. In 1977, I received my first six intensive months of B2B sales training.

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 10, 2024

I remember 20 years ago selling a sign to an attorney. Many of those may be related to marketing which I abhor or they might be used to clumsily circumvent those selling activities that I consider to be both personal and professional. Will my old school experiences and techniques be applicable to their industries and responsibilities?

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Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 19, 2023

I have read literally a ton of articles lately about the latest evolutions in selling. Changes in how we sell. How to make selling easier while at the same time more effective and efficient. Selling is a contact sport and that means being in front of the customer and building trust and relationships. Want some?

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 27, 2022

I remember when I first got into B2B sales selling expensive office equipment. While techs never had any quotas, they were encouraged to sell time and material service, maintenance agreements, and supplies. Throw away the objection handling and conquering techniques. They’re there. Tin Men kind of stuff.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Finally becoming open to the possibility that this phenomenon might be an effective business tool (nobody talked about social selling back then), I jumped in with both feet and … it seemed that none of it would ever make any sense. Social Selling augments, rather than replaces, traditional selling strategies and techniques.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Every week it seems that I either run across, or I am introduced to, some really great new apps and articles that pertain to social selling. Sales Automation: The Ultimate Guide – Sales automation may just be the answer to all your selling woes. Step 2: Develop questions and techniques. No, really. Step 6: Screen.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 6, 2021

With a cost-plus pricing strategy, businesses only focus on the costs of producing their products or services. When this technique is used by retailers who sell physical goods, it’s often called markup pricing since they simply mark up what something actually costs for how much profit they want to see from each sale.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 24, 2021

On those occasions where assumptive closing techniques don’t take care of securing the order by themselves, but always used in conjunction with them, my trusty fallback has always been the order form close. The post Sales 101 – The Order Form Close appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. It gets better. .

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 24, 2019

Educate vs. sell – Establish yourself as the authority. Cushioning, providing reasons before asking tough questions or having to deliver unwanted answers, is a powerful technique! Beware of selling vs non-selling time. Selling time is for being in front of a customer. Being diplomatic helps.

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Adaptive Business Services

JULY 22, 2020

Servant leadership is not a strategy or management technique. The post Three Ways Servant Leaders are Building Successful Sales Teams appeared first on Adaptive Business Services. It is an attitude. It is the selfless spirit of supporting, encouraging, coaching and defending your sales people. Connect with Max on LinkedIn.

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Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This includes B2B lead research, setting appointments and meetings, and/or booking demos of the company’s products and services. The goal is to fill the calendars of Account Executives, test new product/service lines, and engage in messaging and outreach techniques that can be adopted by the company’s internal team.

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Adaptive Business Services

AUGUST 2, 2017

I started B2B selling in 1977. Looking back, about the only selling skill that I really excelled at was product knowledge and I could give one hell of a good demo. I decided that I just wanted to sell but, could I sell? Pay me if I sell something and leave me alone if I don’t. My selling style changes.

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Cience

JANUARY 6, 2020

In most cases, the buyer persona is defined by a company prior to creating a product or service. It outlines what you sell and to whom and describes what business problems and tasks you can solve for a particular business. Advanced techniques include Predictive Scoring and developing Lookalikes to current best customers.

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Adaptive Business Services

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Yet, it’s also very simple … don’t sell. Throw every sales technique that you have ever learned right out the window. In its simplest form, stealth selling ditches conventional selling techniques. Changes like considering your product or service. Sounds crazy, but it works. We’re about to go stealth.

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ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Even though I learned a huge amount on marketing, leadership and business development, the whole thing was slowly eating me from inside. “So, did you sell anything today? I loved learning and practicing persuasion, negotiation techniques and networking. I decided to change my business. I want to go on a cruise!”

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ConversionXL

MAY 1, 2014

Make sure you’re doing relevant searches for your business, services or products on places like Mention.com, and the various social networks. With a little competitive analysis you can create compelling copy, especially if what you sell isn’t unique. Where you go depends on the product or service you’re selling.

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Sell Or Die

MAY 31, 2018

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Lead Fuze

AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the best resources on the internet for anyone who sells stuff. Highly informative articles giving detailed advice on successful techniques to employ as well as fun co-conspiratorial content to inspire motivation. Sell) and marketing (Where Marketers Go to Grow) blogs on the site. Adaptive Business Services.

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Adaptive Business Services

MAY 28, 2025

They invested in teaching us how to sell really sell starting with the basics and drilling the fundamentals until they became second nature. No endless flood of LinkedIn tips, email hacks, AI tools, or daily “10 new sales techniques you must try!” Sure, it was old-school selling. No internet.

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Adaptive Business Services

JANUARY 29, 2025

Enhances individual performance – Sales people in a team environment learn from each other better ways to sell. The book is all about supercharging sales performance, bringing the joy of selling to your team, and becoming a leader that people respect and remember.

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