Sales techniques

Effective selling is about stressing the benefits of your product. Discover key sales techniques from market research to overcoming objections.

Sales techniques - overview

Effective selling is about stressing the benefits of your product. Discover key sales techniques from market research to overcoming objections.

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Q&A: Sales technique

It takes skill, but training, practice and experience can help anyone get better at selling. Andrew Milbourn, sales director of Kiss the Fish, explains.

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Andrew Milbourn

Graduating in 1982, Andrew joined Haymarket Publishing as a sales executive and was head hunted by an international marketing business to work with the Spanish car giant SEAT.