{"id":4026,"date":"2020-05-21T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2020-05-23T20:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T00:40:25","slug":"thoughtful-thursdays-a-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/thoughtful-thursdays-a-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughtful Thursdays &#8211; A new normal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are not used to it yet, it may be a good idea to accept that the way of making sales calls is not going back to the way it was, anytime soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online and telephone retail sales with curbside pickup are becoming and accepted way to shop. Courrier businesses are booming and having difficulty keeping up with the demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In person business to business sales calls are becoming rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that has not changed are the basic elements of the sales process. The way in which the steps are executed may be different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internet based methods of communicating are replacing the in person face to face call. Webinars have become a common venue for networking. When will the next trade show be, and will you attend?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amid the difficult times, many businesses have found that home based offices for their employees is here to stay. Cutting overhead is the order of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The time is now to review your sales tactics and adapt them to the situation the pandemic has given us to work in. Remember that the basics of making a sale remain constant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Confirmed need<\/li><li>Demonstrated value<\/li><li>Competitive advantage<\/li><li>Ability to supply on time<\/li><li>Urgency<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>However you sold in the past, today it will likely be done without in person contact. Is this is the new normal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good selling,<br>Richard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a question about sales?&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sakanashiandassociates.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact Sakanashi and Associates Inc.<\/a>&nbsp;and I will respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are not used to it yet, it may be a good idea to accept that the way of making sales calls is not going back to the way it was, anytime soon. Online&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/21\/thoughtful-thursdays-a-new-normal\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,61,3],"tags":[60,75,73],"class_list":["post-4026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sales","category-sales-management","category-thoughtful-thursdays","tag-sales-2","tag-sales-management","tag-thoughtful-thursdays"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4027,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4026\/revisions\/4027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sakanashiandassociates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}