The Ultimate Sales Machine - Chet Holmes

If you want to boost your company's growth and learn to deal better with the ups and downs that tend to appear, then the book "The Ultimate Sales Machine", by marketing and sales specialist Chet Holmes, was made for you.

Often, what prevents the organization's rise and development is the lack of knowledge necessary to dominate all areas of the business.

Learn here what to do to unlock your mind and your corporation using the best tools for success and essential tips to become a true winner.

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About the book "The Ultimate Sales Machine"

The Ultimate Sales Machine was published in 2007 and contains the essential instructions on how to be a true entrepreneur.

Presents the best sales strategies with important tips on how to solve your organization's problems and achieve the highest level of success.

About the author Chet Holmes

Chet Holmes is a producer, composer, and author.

He is one of the leading experts on the market and is known worldwide for his enormous marketing and sales expertise.

He has created over 500 ad campaigns and has worked for 50 of the richest 500 companies according to Fortune magazine.

To whom is this book indicated?

"The Ultimate Sales Machine" is fully recommended for leaders and entrepreneurs who want to know the best marketing tools and get the biggest tips on how to create the biggest and the best selling machine.

Main ideas of the book "The Ultimate Sales Machine"

• Running a business requires good time management first;
• Quality training helps raise performance standards;
• Best corporate policies require planning and targeting;
• The strategy is the overall impact of a sale;
• A successful behavioral assessment helps in recruiting the best employees;
• The ideal customer is the one who buys faster and more often;
• Public relations can be incorporated into your organization through events and trade shows;
• Visuals aid in good sales performance;
• The sales ability consists in knowing how to work in a team;
• What we think defines who we are;

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Overview: The three main points of management

When we are talking about successful management, we must be aware of three main points: Maximizing productivity, constant training, and effective meetings.

Increasing productivity has to do with time management.

The book advises you not to be a "minute manager". Do you know what that means?

Well, the minute leader distributes his day without any administration to everyone who wants some of his time. The famous phrase "Give me a minute?" It is a frequent occurrence among these people.

Understand that this directly reflects on productivity.

We know that the growth of an organization requires a dialogue with its employees, but this moment needs to be organized and directed in meetings and mainly divided into what the work calls areas of impact.

These areas can be understood as any branch of the company that causes problems in job development.

It is essential that you divide your time so that there is a meeting in each area and with each group separately.

When maladministration hinders the manager's own task management time, the author gives six key tips that may be the solution to this problem:

• The search to solve the problem should be in the act of contacting it;
• List six main tasks that will be performed during the day;
• Establish a time to accomplish each task;
• Create a daily schedule;
• Performing difficult activities first helps prioritize your time;
• Discard emails or lists that will not be made;

Spot Quiz

The "Spot Quiz" are weekly or monthly quizzes consisting of questions about the organization's culture and efficient customer acquisition methods.

Understand that all this must be done in an organized and relaxed manner so that there is motivation on the part of the team.

Building a company that is a true sales machine requires investing in meetings that strengthen the knowledge and importance of working together.

Investing in Workshops is a great idea for problem-solving and a great way for employees and leadership to listen.

This method also helps in unifying thoughts and bringing the different levels of the company closer together. A great way to gain access to employee information, knowledge and professional growth.

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Overview: The Secret of Sales Impact

According to the Author Chet Holmes, a good and really impactful management has to be totally strategic.

Understand that tactics are needed primarily for decision making or ideas that need an immediate response.

The strategy is a detailed plan, studied in order to achieve long-term goals.

In addition, strategists are prepared to deal with the client more fully. A strategist employee has efficient training behind them.

The customer really interested in the product or service wants to understand the background about what you are offering. For this approach to be effective, educational marketing must be part of your team's routine.

Informing about the sales criteria or why your product should be chosen is an excellent business tip.

Understand that smart selling offers market information, not product information. This is one of the keys to efficient trading.

More than this doubt, managers want to know how to recruit superstar employees.

They are those who stand out in the team, who have the knowledge and can solve the worst problems, even without having subsidies for it.

A great recruitment method is to do a behavioral assessment.

For this, the book indicates a test called DISC.

This test is responsible for assessing four skills:

• Dominance: Strong ego to dominate sales;
• Influence: People of high influence have better communicability;
• Stability: Balanced emotional aspect that presents patience, persistence and attention;
• Compliance: Caution in actions and decisions and a good relationship with the team and the organization;

And how to win the best buyers?

It takes preparation, market knowledge, c o mpetitive learning and, above all, a lot of effort.

Chet Holmes explains that this motivation strategy is called Dream 100.

It's a program to win over your first buyers and, most importantly, to change the mindset and knowledge they have about your organization.

Understand that this number is fictitious.

You can choose any other number as long as this is the chosen goal to reach.

Overview: Satisfactory and efficient sales tactics

The biggest successes in marketing and sales require seven main points:

1. Invest in advertising;
2. Direct mail that acts as correspondence sent in order to make sales;
3. Corporate literature, ie the history of the company;
4. Invest in public relations by making events and fairs that benefit their clients;
5. Personal contact between sellers and customers;
6. Trade shows to educate the market with the main intention of: Get noticed, drive traffic and capture leads;
7. Use the Internet to reach more people;

Thinking about sales does not necessarily mean the business itself, but rather how to adjust the entire sales process to be more effective and accurate.

This has a lot to do with the approach or presentation of the service or product, and most importantly, worrying about the presentation script, looking for ways to make this talk as direct and interesting as possible.

Understand that making use of visual aids in training programs is not only more attractive but also helps you learn and fix what is going on.

The same goes for contact with leads or customers. When people use their eyes for some activity, the brain remains more active for a longer period of time than when listening to something.

Also, pay attention to the colors and images and give preference to stories with characters that are part of the daily life of the listener.

Pay attention to your posture

It is important that you be aware of how you communicate.

Your words, tone of voice and body language are responsible for passing the message to the listener. Be aware of message convergence.

These three modes of communication must be acting together.

Speaking with your hands in your pocket, sitting or not getting ready to face the audience, are some mistakes that should not be made by people who want to be a sales machine.

Winning the dream customers

We know we've covered Dream 100, but understand that a true winner needs to reinforce, correct and manage their plans whenever they can.

In this list, which may be a hundred people or as many as you think you should, look at your potential customers and create a database.

You need to know the history and needs of your customers, this is a great way to always be ahead of the competition and offering the best products to best serve you.

Chet Holmes teaches that a great method is to track the success of their dream clients.

Executive Briefing is one of the main ways to aggregate leads and potential buyers. To build this method clearly, note these tips:

• Use market data and not product data;
• Explain the purchase criteria in your favor;
• Reveal your highlight of the competition;
• Learn from mistakes.
• Express your personal argument only after explaining technically about the product in question;

For these tips to work, be consistent. It is no use planning all this and not taking the project forward.

Building a dream team requires motivation, and reaching dream clients takes effort.

Overview: The skills of the winner

According to Chet Holmes in his book "The Ultimate Sales Machine", the main sales skill is to know how to work in teams and always seek personal improvement.

It is the company's responsibility to create training, policies, and procedures that are role models for salespeople to follow.

You, as a leader, need to be able to identify what level of learning your team is at.

The lowest level is memorization and the highest is when professionals perform the activities through subconscious competence, that is when the employee has learned the function and can shape according to his own personality without changing the essence of the proposal.

Teach the team the importance of desire creation in sales.

The seller needs to address a list of issues that can be solved with the featured product.

After the sale is executed, follow-up the seller is important. The customer needs to feel important and not just a number on your business list. This process is the most important.

Customer loyalty has a lot to do with empathy with the seller. When introducing your product, make the customer interested in your work, your approach, and the way you treat it.

The book teaches that the true formula for success is related to the trust and respect that generate influence and increases the potential for control over the sale.

For this, the work has divided ten steps so that you can actually perform an effective follow up. They are:

1. Cover letter;
2. Follow-up call;
3. Create healthy links;
4. Share moments, even if it's for business talk. Do it in a fun way;
5. Send an email, letter, ie continue to follow up;
6. Include the family in the meetings. This helps to create a more intimate relationship;
7. Provide fresh ideas to your customers;
8. Continue to follow up with him. Make friends;
9. Offer courtesies. For example, some training or consulting;
10. Strengthen your link. Be present;

The link favors business, sales, and life.

The act of setting goals and how we seek to achieve our goals define who we are.

And this has to do with RAS. This is our reticular activation system that acts directly on our desires and thoughts.

Problem solving and dedication is also a RAS action.

Understand that it is often not used as it should. We waste our time thinking of losing or letting discouragement overtake us.

Using the mind to your advantage

An effective way to take advantage of this system is to participate and create proactive workshops that address the solution rather than the established difficulties.

This is a great way to control our thoughts and educate our minds.

Another way to keep your mind working in your favor is to put your thinking on success.

Focusing on positive things helps increase energy and motivation.

The organization is also an excellent way to assist in the functioning of the reticular activation system. You can manage your strategies and goals according to the execution time. Between short, medium and long term.

Evaluate the performance of your team and encourage collectivity.

Think about it.

What do other authors say about it?

Jeffrey Gitomer, in "Little Red Book of Selling", says that the most important aspect of making a sale - is also a great weakness of every salesperson. Ask questions. Questions are critical because the first personal question sets the tone of the meeting, and the first about business sets the tone of the sale.

In the book by Brazilian businessman Flávio Augusto, "Value Generation", he shows how, instead of just working for capital, it is also important to generate value for customers. Creating value in other people's lives will create value for you.

Roger Dawson, in his book "Secrets of Power Negotiating" reveals his tactics for succeeding in a negotiation. He points out that most negotiation happens through nonverbal communication.

Okay, but how can I apply this to my life?

• Schedule yourself. Even if something changes your routine, always be available to return to plan whenever possible;
• Update staff knowledge and they will be more efficient. Invest in training;
• Do not procrastinate problems. Establish the solutions;
• Study market data, not product data.
• Have determination in your plans that you will succeed in your goals;
• Promote your business and recruit leads. Invest in advertising;
• Inconsistency goes hand in hand with failure. Be persistent;
• To train your team, you must be prepared. Study your business;
• Create links with your customers and establish the success of your business;
• To increase sales effectiveness also increase the motivation of your organization. Invest in the collectivity.

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