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\u201cSell me this pen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who could forget the last scene in the movie \u201cThe Wolf of Wall Street\u201d? That\u2019s the scene in which Jordan Belfort (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) asked a colleague to \u201csell me this pen.\u201d They discuss the process as a simple matter of supply and demand. But sales experts know effective selling is never about simply listing the useful features of a product.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the digital age, selling is an art.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the art of sales, we turned to top sales experts in ASEAN. We compiled their advice on building a great sales culture, closing a deal, and so much more into an e-book: 50 Pro Sales Tips for 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 of the sales tips that experts shared with us:<\/p>\n

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This post originally appeared on the A.U.-version of the Salesforce blog<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Sales experts and leaders from ASEAN share tips on negotiation, lead generation, social selling, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sf_justforyou_enable_alt":true,"optimizely_content_id":"","post_meta_title":"","ai_synopsis":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"sf_topic":[1,15,54],"sf_content_type":[],"coauthors":[3],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sf_topic-infographics","sf_topic-sales","sf_topic-research"],"yoast_head":"\nHow To Sell Better in 2021 - Salesforce<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Sell Better in 2021\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sales experts and leaders from ASEAN share tips on negotiation, lead generation, social selling, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Salesforce\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T19:34:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T20:04:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/how-to-sell-better.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Salesforce\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Salesforce\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/2ae386e5431d87a4765b35117b6738e1\"}],\"headline\":\"How To Sell Better in 2021\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T19:34:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T20:04:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/\"},\"wordCount\":144,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/06\/how-to-sell-better.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-SG\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/ap\/blog\/infographic-how-to-sell-better\/\",\"name\":\"How To Sell Better in 2021 - 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