The Podcast for the Ag Sales Professional
An agriculture podcast dedicated to selling in agribusiness. This Ag podcast focuses on the best practices for selling to farmers and livestock producers. We also focus on those salespeople who call on Ag buyers at the thousands of agribusinesses that serve the farming community.
Do this fun and easy exercise to build one of your most important selling skills A critical component to building connections with prospects and customers is the skill of empathy. You might be wondering why I called empathy a skill and not some built in talent or ability. That’s because I think you can develop […]
How to outsell your competition without the lowest prices, the best technology, or biggest marketing budget In the 1975, Van McCoy released a hit song and dance called “Do the Hustle”. The lyrics are very simple and so is today’s message. The lyrics were literally, “Do the hustle”. The irony is that it’s also the […]
Channel the power of DISC styles Bad news…down markets…increased costs…It’s all over the agribusiness headlines. Every day, the outlook for farmer profitability is reported as dismal and getting worse. When it comes to agribusiness company news, it doesn’t get any better. Sales and profits are down, generating work force reductions, mergers or location closures. This […]
How healthy is your prospect funnel? Prospecting and cold calling are some of the more difficult selling skills for salespeople to master. I am often asked to help salespeople improve them. My first question to them is always, “Tell me about your prospect funnel?” And guess what? Many do not have one. That becomes problem […]
How dysfunctional is your sales anatomy? Last week, we covered the proper functional Anatomy of a Sale. Podcast version. Go back and read or listen to it first to gain a better understanding for this article. Listen in as we discuss the 5 Systems that make up a healthy sales anatomy and the symptoms of […]
Let’s study the healthy anatomy first Listen in as we discuss the healthy anatomy of a sale. We will cover the Purpose and Key components of the 5 Systems that make up a healthy sales anatomy:
And the mental minefield you must navigate to use these truths Sure, selling skills are great and necessary to succeed. Asking good questions, how to present your products, closing, and dealing with objections. However, I see more people who fail in their time management skills than in their selling skills. 2. Confidence: To convince customers […]
Have these discussions immediately, even if you think you know the answers The answers to these seven questions are critical for your success as you join any organization. Originally, I titled this “7 questions every new salesperson should ask their manager”. But then I realized, the answers are critical to every new hire. No matter […]
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