{"id":5099,"date":"2019-02-21T02:05:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T02:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2019-02-21T02:05:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T02:05:27","slug":"communication-channels-and-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/communication-channels-and-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication Channels and Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In sales, you\u2019re constantly communicating with a customer or\npotential lead to hopefully close a deal. The best salespeople are usually\ngreat communicators, ones who can easily connect with their clients and\nunderstand their point of view, which leads to an easy sales transaction. Coincidentally,\npoor communicators usually can turn away their clients by utilizing\ncommunication strategies that do not foster an environment that allows for a\ntwo-way dialogue. Here are a few ways where salespeople can improve their\ncommunication channels (the medium through which they communicate): <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prompt Responses <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s through email, a phone call, or a text, people\nexpect a quick follow up. Today\u2019s technology in society and culturally proves\nthat anything that takes too long will not survive. Following up within a few\ndays with a potential lead is an important first step in communicating with\nthem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Streamlined Channels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email is great, but it\u2019s tough to utilize an asynchronous\nchannel to keep in touch with clients where things can easily get lost in the\nshuffle. Email is still incredibly important, but utilizing a more\ncomprehensive system like Hubspot as a CRM system would be incredibly\nbeneficial in streamlining communication channels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Search for\nInefficiencies <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Study where things go wrong and where things get lost in the\nsales funnel. Something as simple as the way an office is set up can be a small\nbut difficult roadblock to overcome if multiple people are involved in a sales\nprocess. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In sales, you\u2019re constantly communicating with a customer or potential lead to hopefully close a deal. The best salespeople are usually great communicators, ones who can easily connect with their clients and understand their point of view, which leads to an easy sales transaction. Coincidentally, poor communicators usually can turn away their clients by utilizing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":192,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5100,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions\/5100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}