Investment Strategy

Stimulate e-commerce for small firms

The event E-Commerce Awards is an event aimed at stimulating e-commerce to small, medium and large companies, and the recognition of the main drivers of e-commerce projects.

Classification of awards
There are 2 classifications of awards: “Places of sale” and “Service Providers”. Our projects are presented in the classification of “Sites of sale” Within this classification, there are 8 different categories, each with an individual award.

You can make your vote by clicking on this link: VOTE PLANTILLASCOIMBRA.ES
In this section we compete with major industry such as Carrefour, Auchan, Yves Rocher, Casa del Libro, Game, PC City, El Corte Inglis, Fnac, Condis, etc … and the chances of getting finalists are scarce but we want to participate to check the of the project on these “large retail sector.”

Prize for the best “pure play e-tailer”
Great place award for best sales distribution channel which is exclusively online. exclusive online shop operates only through the Internet.

In this section, as above, our goal is not to win but to identify the level of the project on the major industry as Privalia, Pixmania, BuyVIP, Venca, Vente-Privee, etc … where they have their own teams on staff to work their projects constantly.

Many things that make seller wrong

Really am starting in this big world of sales, I found a problem for me is great: the prospective client to make the change brands, knowing that my brand is even higher quality and average price currently manages the brands, but I feel that it is difficult to make out of habit even be better …

This late in the day becomes a bit stressful and would like to see if I can recommend something to break down this barrier that I’ve found. Thank you …

Peker Patricio response:

Hi Jack, it depends if you sell the product is widely consumed and frequent replacement (eg “mayonnaise”), or whether it represents a major investment and purchased very occasionally (eg “car”).

I know that you have the pressure of having to sell for food, there are bills to pay, and sales quotas to achieve, but what I believe, in any case, is that you should remove some pressure on the client in the sense that “must change because it is convenient”, and rather IRLE wondering how was that made the initial decision to use the brand you are using right now, if others had used before and what motivated him to change.

Give other examples of customers who initially (as he) used other brands and also felt at first some suspicion about the desirability of a change, but when started using your product noticed that offers just such a benefit who had never experienced.

We also give warranties, references, offer evidence and Reassure in the sense that they want him to replace 100% currently used, but have the opportunity to have another option to later choose to continue with what you currently use, if using your product, or if for some things used for other current and yours.

That is what I propose is to have more choices, more freedom, more choice and more power when negotiating with suppliers (by having more alternatives).

Sales is much more to know a Number of techniques

Many business tend to think that any activity carried out is itself a sales process. Nothing is further from reality! The truth is that administrative or technological tools such as CRM systems are not a sales process.

The purpose of a sales process is to verify in real time and objectively the chances of winning a sale. Hence, the sale is not a single activity is a set of activities designed to promote the purchase of a product or service and these activities are performed during various stages.

What is the Sale

The sale itself is a process, goes through different phases. Most of the best models emphasize the fact of selling based on an identified need, rather than describing features and benefits list. However, in reality, is not sufficient that the seller believes that the customer has a need: it must be willing to discuss and analyze their needs.

Before you can identify the needs of a client must create a climate of confidence to invite the exchange of ideas. This environment requires a careful balance between creating a link and the use of persuasion. Before addressing the needs and facilitate a decision is necessary to sell himself.

Steps or Phases of a Winning Sales Process

A good sales process often goes through the following phases:

• Create Customer Relationship
• Understand Customer Needs
• Meet Customer Needs
• Negotiate Win-Win
• Handling Objections and Closing

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Innovation to Achieve success in the future

Innovate in our lives. We can not continue doing the same thing, we find an evolution in both personal and professional. How about those habits you know you should eradicate? Are you working on it?

Improve and grow as human beings. Currently are releasing a variety of technologies that enhance our brain and our mind: Visual Thinking, Mind Mapping and NLP, to name a few. If we use these technologies in our favor human development can continue leading our own lives and therefore the organizations of which we are part.

Learn to create our own future. Many years ago, at the end of the decade of the 50 of the last century, a major U.S. university asked the graduates of a certain generation if they had a life plan, that is, if they defined what they wanted to do with his life and if those purposes or goals had them in writing. Only 3% said yes, 20 years later they returned to survey the graduates themselves and researchers information they got was surprising.

That 3% percent that there was definite plan of life was worth writing, economically speaking, more than 97 per cent, but not only that, but also enjoyed better health and above all, they were happy with what they did . Many were even philanthropists.

Dear reader, I ask: do you know your mission on this planet? Do you have defined what you want in life? Do you have written goals and objectives? If you answer yes, it means that most likely belong to this select group of people who do achieve success in life. Congratulations. Otherwise, you have time to raise awareness of its current situation and act accordingly.

Also keep in mind that past success does not guarantee future success. We must not rest on our laurels. Let us always as a source of enthusiasm and motivation and change immobility. We must always be open to innovations, the acquisition of new knowledge, skills and abilities.

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How to reach the success that starts from oneself

Success is built or destroyed in the everyday. It’s the little things that today you can do, or not do-that make the address of your destination. The “bad” is that the vision of success removed as a result of winning the lottery, getting the promotion or fix your life with a big bang and unique.

The wonderful thing is that this notion leads us to recognize that the potential for success in all. Because there are extraordinary things that require a superhuman effort or unusual talents, but small and simple actions today do or stop doing.

Put another way:

Your success depends a lot more of your habits of heroic deeds.

A once heard someone say that if you work on your goals for ten years, will enjoy a successful overnight.

Look at this list of possible actions:

• dedicate 10 minutes to plan your day
• Clarify your goals this week
• Maintain a productive approach in your hours of peak energy
• Say “No” to what may distract
• Sit and talk to and listen to your partner
• Drink plenty of water to keep your body hydrated
• Read for 20 minutes reading nutritious for your mind and soul
• Be honest with yourself and with others
• recognize the other you were wron
• Keep a personal journal with reflections and learning
• Make a list of magical moments for you can be thankful this week
• Meditate for 10 minutes
• Eat what you know will give you energy throughout the day

All have one thing in common: they are very simple and easy to make. It is also easy not to do them. It is very easy to let you go on without answering the call that you did. Or put off the conversation with your child. Or rationalize why you do not have time to exercise.

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Talent possessed by each employee in a company

Anyone who has made contact with several companies of the most diverse areas agree with me that that phrase was never real anchor in reality the average employee, enhanced by the fact of profound mismanagement were made at HR during our now famous 2001 crisis .

Today we talk about “talent retention”, which sounds quite logical, if we see the same people who during such crisis was bolted to your desk giving thanks to heaven for the job I had, argued that … “If I go out here is much worse, I can not work anymore!”, Seeing search ads swelled staff time, began to “rise” again sending your CV, attending meetings and being able to consultants finally “change jobs”, which until a few years ago seemed impossible.

On the other hand are organizations, which take their toll on his paintings the “potholes” caused by the changes (more frequent). The managers and supervisors face a problem that does not find solution and therefore seek help in the HR area under the pretext of “do not know how to retain them.”

Whether at this point the situation could be approached from different angles, one of them surely the “role of boss in the process of employee retention”, and given that the problem has 4 main actors: the employee organizations The labor market and human resources, I propose to focus during these minutes in the role of HR as “senior specialist” to solve this dilemma.

Conceptually if we are to address new problems (brain drain) with old recipes (concept “put on the shirt”) are likely going to get poor results, so I infer that a good strategy might be to establish “common interests” between the company and the employee. In other words “search, analyze, clarify, explain and communicate effectively” “why” is each of my employees to work every day to the organization.

Of course 99% say before the first indictment “for hire”, which continues to be true but clearly shows that the response is just the first step in the conversation served only to “open play” in the necessary deepening of the concept of interest of the employee.

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