International Sales

International Sales Best Practice – Ask Smart Questions

by on 19 April, 2009

International Sales Best Practices

International skills takes a lot of personal development. You need to develop an open mindset, curiosity and empathy. Today we are going to see how to increase your international sales with one added ingredient.

International Sales Success

An open and curious mindset to different cultures does not mean instant success. You also need to find the right information you need to develop your skills further and to uncover opportunities. How can you find this out?

  • With smart questions

Quote From Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Red Book Of Selling

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Engage me and you can make me convince myself

Last Month’s Cross-Cultural Communication Tip 4

cccctipscalendar70 International Sales Best Practice   Ask Smart Questions Cross-cultural communication requires: Good communication practices to adapt your marketing to different cultures

Smart questions do many things, but most importantly they:

  • Get your customers interested in you
  • Get you the right answers

Curiosity, an open mind, empathy and a little experience in your international environment make it is easy to pick up the right questions to ask.

When you encounter cross-cultural communication barriers your natural tendency to resolve the issue by finding the right questions to ask. This is a good start. With more experience dealing with different communication hurdles you learn how to connect with people of other cultures… and you learn the smart questions to  ask

So…

Salespeople become known by the questions they ask. – Jeffrey Gitomer

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