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Are You Feeling like an Also-Ran when You want to be a Top Producer?

Written by: Cheryl A. Clausen

Article Overview: You're sales training may not have included the keys to standing out. Standing out enables you to get the attention of the right people, and get known among those right people.

Are You Feeling like an Also-Ran when You want to be a Top Producer?

You're sales training may not have included the keys to standing out. Standing out enables you to get the attention of the right people, and get known among those right people. Doing so starts the process of getting the right people contacting you leading to increased sales success.

When you look at yourself from the perspective of the prospect why would they want to know you? If you haven’t taken the time or made the effort to figure this out yourself so you can clearly communicate what’s special about you to the people you want to work with, you can’t expect them to do the work for you. As you receive many marketing messages yourself throughout the day notice the ones you pay attention to. You notice the messages that hold an interest for you. You don’t want to have to work to figure out how or why something would benefit you. Spoon feed why your prospect would want to know you to them.

What can you do better or with more expertise than anyone else? There may be many other people who do what you do, but you can develop a way to communicate how you do it better or with more expertise. The expertise you excel at doesn’t have to be related to the product or service you’re selling. Your expertise may be related to the way you use the product or service you’re selling to better fulfill the needs of your prospects.

How do you provide more value than others in your field? Creating personal value is the quickest way to move you out of the commodity market. Personal value increases your ability to both retain customers and obtain repeat sales from your existing customer base.

Sometimes you’re too close to yourself and your situation. Consequently it’s difficult for you to see and utilize your ability to stand out from the crowd so you can become a top producer. Use outside sources to help you develop a way to stand out and get noticed leading to the increased sales success of a top producer.

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