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Doing your best in sales offers you success, but you must work for it; you need to be vibrant, aggressive, patient, calm, approachable, have self-drive, and know how to handle/ approach situations with people.
The need to have an analytical eye shouldn’t be undermined; yes, you need to because you must study and understand your client(s) and know what they want before they even tell you, you must be able to face rejection in case of any, you must be able to know what to say at a specific time and when to keep silent, that’s all about sales.
Sales are part of human life, and more so in our everyday life, we face sales; it is a challenging activity; however, currently, it has been made easy for each sales representative with the provision of sales tools/software apps to make your life easy, especially those making sales as a profession or selling company products. Technology is here to help you kick away the old ways of doing things manually; this improves the sales process and helps you close deals in the shortest time period.
We move with sales all over, then it's good you have sales tools/apps or software with you on the go because they are a necessity. Let us take a look at sales tools/apps that you need to have one by one;
1. HubSpot Mobile App
This is a free app you would need to connect with your customers while on the go; it’s free, and therefore, affordable; if your company uses HubSpot CRM, then finding an associated app would help you catch updates would be the best. With this, you can still add information and any other updates as you go; you specifically don’t need to have a computer to do it, or in case you traveled, but without a computer, you can still add up the updates to a company platform using your phone, and this is quite flexible to any salesperson. You can download the app and get started today while you are on the move.
2. DocuSign
You can get your prospects or clients to sign documents anywhere and everywhere, even when you are on a journey. Drop the traditional means of carrying receipt books and registers for clients to sign. If you are a sales representative, get to the drawing board and revise your working habits; if you still go traditional, then it's high time you adopted the e-system of signing documents. This is so simple and flexible; it doesn’t waste time; therefore, if a client is ready to take up the contract, you can get them to sign anytime by simply sending them a DocuSign email and then getting it done there then. You can down the doc sign app free and get started.
3. Evernote
This is specifically meant for taking notes; it works more like a manual notebook, though, for it automatically adds certain features that are quite good enough, for example, location, time, and many others. Thus, you can use it to take notes during conferences, meetings, appointments with clients, and other things you would like to write down.
Price ranges are quite affordable: Evernote premium goes for $7.99 a month, Evernote business goes for $14.99 a month, while basic Evernote is for free, making it easy for all sales representatives.
4. Doc Scan
Very flexible than you could ever think, you don’t need to go to stationeries to get your document scanned; you only need to have the doc scan app downloaded and fully installed on your phone. To use it, you can snap a picture of the document you want to scan, edit, and crop, then save it as either a PDF or JPG, then send it out to a client or a person you are meant to send it out to. You can download the Doc scan app from the Google play store, and it’s free of charge.
5. Zoom
Allows you to attend meetings while on the go, on a vacation/a holiday, and of course, zoom executes that perfectly. Zoom has HD video, team chat, meeting encryption, audio notes, and recording features. You can attend a zoom meeting anywhere so long as you have the app installed on your phone. While in the session, you can switch to a video or audio, depending on what is convenient for you as a person or as a group. You don’t need to go out in the field to meet clients for meetings and appointments; if you have zoom, you can use it to accomplish all that work. You can download the zoom app from the Google play store at zero charges.
6. Slack
This messaging app; keeps you connected with your clients or even colleagues giving you updates on what could be going around. It gets a team to collaborate and work together while revising all the latest documents, making discussions, and making decisions. The app is for free for workspace, while the standard is $6.67 a month plus goes for $12.50 a month. You can download the free version or pay for the versions above.
7. HubSpot mobile card scanner
You are tired of carrying business cards, and sometimes you forget them at the venue where you went or where you were seated, thus losing out on a client or prospect/business. Oh, My God, that seems a little more hectic, so why don’t you kick away old traditional manual means of keeping business cards and adopt the usage of a HubSpot mobile card scanner. This allows you to scan business cards with a simple photo and automatically save the card's information to your phone database. This is a free app; you can download and have it fully installed on your gadget.
8. LinkedIn
Commonly known as an app for professionals, especially those looking for jobs, professional news, those aiming to build new skills, advertising mainly those in the business community, and research professionals looking for funding for the research projects, they all use LinkedIn. This app helps you to know more about the profile of your prospect or client so that by the time you go to meet them, you are familiar with their face and will be easy for you to penetrate through their story, also increases the level of trustworthiness and comfortability as well as opening up of either party. So you don’t just go for a meeting when you don’t know who you will meet; download LinkedIn and get it right away.
9. vTie
It would be best to look sharp, bold, and smart before you appear for a meeting with a client; smartness is key; it creates a sense of responsibility, trustworthiness, and faith depending on how you appear and approach a client. On the other hand, being smart physically and coming to a client calmly and humbly runs the process of selling smoothly and may not meet many rejections. If you will wear a tie and are not sure about getting a link tied, you can visit the vTie app to help you out on this. Just download the app and use it anywhere or anytime you need it.
10. Twitter
This is a messaging app through direct messages (DM) but can also be used for advertising by tweeting about live conferences, events, what is happening now, and campaigns. It's more fluent with hashtags, and they tend to attract several followers if they go viral. Tagging influencers is another way of getting more traffic and followers; they retweet the message/tweet and thus open it up to a wider community for a good follow-up. Twitter is useful for advertising; it’s a free app; you only need data connectivity and downloaded on your mobile to get started.
11. Quick Voice
This helps to record what was discussed or talked about during a meeting or conference. This helps to keep and retrieve records of what was done/said so that you don’t have to forget, and anytime you want to get back or refer to what was said, you could go back to your Quick Voice and check it out. This is a free app; you can therefore download it and have it installed onto your phone.
12. Dragon
This transcribes voice notes/memos into texts; therefore, if you capture voice recording with Quick voice in a meeting or conference, you can use the dragon to have those voice recordings turned into texts; it’s suitable for both text messages and emails. There is a free trial version, and there are also packages to pay for example; a month is $15 while a year goes for $150.
13. SmartUp
This is very good for salespeople and business people; convincing a client to take up a product with a full business language sounds more real as compared to forging and putting words together to make a sentence; if you are a salesperson; therefore, you need this to study business basics or do a mini MBA with SmartUp so that you can have those entrepreneurial sessions and aspirations on your fingertips so that you can be able to bombard and close a deal there and then, bear in mind that most people are moved by facts not just words.
The price ranges are available here; for starters, the price is $79 a month and for 25 users, $155 a month for 50 users, $225 a month for 75 users, $287 a month for 100 users, $499 a month for up to five communities and 200 users. In contrast, Enterprise prices are availed only when a customer requests one.
14.Time Buddy
This helps to schedule meetings irrespective of where you are; it updates time zones for each region, making it simpler to schedule appointments for your team collaboration or group to catch up on discussions and other developments. You give it a single touch, and it updates the other participants since it works along with Google calendars to simplify work; it’s a free app.
15. HeadSpace
Your mental health is vital, and that is why headspace is here for you; this takes care of your mental health by meditating for you exercises that will help release your mind and free up stress. Therefore, Headspace is what you need at this cheaper cost, that is, $7.99 per month, $12.99 every month, while Monthly Family Plan goes for $19.99/month.
16.Uber
This app is completely free; all you need is to download it and install the required details to get started on the go. Uber rides are cheap and safe; if you have a business trip and you don’t want to hire a car or even having a few resources, then you can switch to uber its economically efficient, safe and they drop you at your exact location even if you are not aware of the directions. You can pay by cash or by credit card or mobile money depending on the option you choose, and the charge is done automatically depending on the time take along the way while traveling.
17.SpotHero
Whether you use an uber, taxi, or travel by business car, you still don’t have to suffer from packing pressure when SpotHero is here, this helps you find a nearby parking space to your destination, and then you can book it in time before reaching your goal making it convenient for you and not to be on pressure for delaying to attend a function due to parking issues.
18.Yelp
You don’t need to be bothered by what to eat or carry food buckets when you have yelp fully downloaded and installed on your phone; it makes getting to your restaurants easier. In addition, yelp helps you find the best restaurants in any location; hence you can schedule your meeting with a client from there or go to get some food or a cup of coffee.
19.WhatsApp messenger
This messaging app is fast, easy to use, and cheap; you need data and internet connectivity to access the app. It delivers messages in microseconds, you can do a video or audio call with WhatsApp to anyone and anywhere in the world, and it is not limited to any location. You can download the app from the Google play store and start chatting.
20. XE Currency
This helps you know exchange rates, get cheated, download the app, and start a business. It helps you capture live exchange rates depending on your destination and monitors currency.
21.Google Maps
You are not aware of where you have to go for your next destination, but you have to go there because it’s a business appointment or meeting; Google maps are here for you; they help you get to your destination safely. You can download the app and start the practice; it requires internet connectivity and your location turned on.
In conclusion, sales representatives need to have so many apps and tools; the above is just a small highlight.
22. MonkeyPesa
The world of marketing is in a crazy revolution. Every passing day, there is new software on the market. The software makes the work easier with automation.
MonkeyPesa CRM is in the bracket of an all-in-one business automation tool. From sales automation, CRM, marketing automation, accounting, project management or customer response.
With the devotion to help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), MonkeyPesa is a user-friendly tool. The pricing, features, analytics, easy-to-interpret dashboard make it ideal for you.
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MonkeyPesa’s primary platforms are:
Human Resource Management
Accounting
With the advancement of technology, making a sale is supposed to be too easy. The reverse is true. Marketers find themselves scheduling calls on one platform. Then, they go forth to respond to social media requests and queries on various sites. To add insult to injury, you will have to exit all these to go user another toll to align your calendar with your activities.
Owing to that hustle, MonkeyPesa has developed a tool that centralizes all these aspects into one tool to accomplice all these tasks.
It is a catch for small and medium enterprises, from social networking tools, project management to CRM, document management, calendars, team management, email marketing, phone management, flawless lead management and HR controls. You get it all.