Selling Strategy - 5 Ways To Success

Web sites exist for essentially two purposes. The first is to provide information. The second is to sell. If your purpose for being online is to sell products or services, but you don't have tons of sales experience to fall back on, this article is for you!Selling is not some... Read More

Cold Calling Pressure Reduction

Who likes cold calling? Most salespeople don't like cold calling, and do as little of it as possible. There are a number of reasons why most of us don't like it. One reason is the way we view cold calling. People who don't like cold calling view each call as... Read More

How To Make The Most Out of a Business Networking Event

You're not alone. Most people are uncomfortable walking into a roomful of strangers. But networking at business events can help you grow your business, as well as allow you to do hands-on marketing research. Learning to mingle and to follow-up with business networking contacts is crucial to your self-employment success.... Read More

Breaking Through The Comfort Zone Barrier

After completing a workshop on personal productivity or time management, we usually find participants react to the instruction on goal-setting in one of three ways:1. Some workshop attendees really don't want their lives to change nor does a greater level of achievement appeal that much to them. Therefore, they do... Read More

Solution-Sell is a Myth!

Who among us is not already up to here with the omni-smarts who wax poetic the benefits of "Solution Selling." Now it may seem strange for me, the author of the book "Up Your Income! Solution Selling for Profitability" to cast aspersions on the merits of this approach. Nevertheless like... Read More

How To Take The Right Steps To Increase Your Selling Results

Steps - it is unrealistic for most salespeople to expect to make a sale in a single step. Most sales don't end after a single phone call. If you're selling a complex product or service you won't get the order after a single face-to-face sales call. There are a number... Read More

6 Ways To Get More From Your Promotions

1. Settle On The Right Way ForwardThe purpose of your promotions is to get more sales, not to soley enhance the image of you or your company. As a salesperson you must understand this right at the beginning or you will be wasting your's and every one else's time.You must... Read More

9 Ways to Keep Clients Coming Back For More

A lot of effort is put into getting new clients. We all know our client base will change. Previous clients can move to a new area, sell their business, close down, or change their priorities. So finding new business is always important - but so is keeping your previous clients.... Read More

Whats the Secret to Repeat Business?

When you think about ways to gain repeat business from your customers, you probably turn your thoughts to marketing efforts such as advertising, public relations and other means that will allow you to repeatedly be seen. However, without one particular element included in your plan, your efforts to entice customers... Read More

Selling Commodities

"How do you create a perceived value to differentiate yourself from the competition, when you are both selling a commodity?" That's a question I'm often asked in my seminars. It uncovers a problem that is spreading to almost every industry. The rapid pace of technological development and our ultra-competitive... Read More

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Leveraging Yourself Up To Executives When Selling

The fastest way to get a decision made is to... Read More

The Power of Thank-You

When was the last time you thanked your customers?This often... Read More

Selling Your Way To Success

I wonder when we decided to become a sales person.... Read More

Lead Companies, Eight Features To Consider

So now the time has come to invest in Lead... Read More

Are You Scaring Your Customers Away?

"Hello, is (pause) puh-TREE-shuh home?"So started my weekend lesson in... Read More

Voice Mail That Sells

As a business owner, I receive my share of sales... Read More

Three Big Ol Tips for Better Sales Letters

Growing up in the South, I used the phrase "big... Read More

Sales Training from the Ghostbusters

Picture this scene from the 1984 smash comedy movie from... Read More

Are You Selling What They Want To Buy? Is It An Appropriate Solution?

Let me tell you about my friend Peter who has... Read More

Caring - The Secret Sales Strategy

Sales information resource Just Sell, calls caring "sales love". Here's... Read More

Selling Commodities

"How do you create a perceived value to differentiate yourself... Read More

If I Wanted To Sell For A Living, I Would Of Majored In It In College

By a show of hands, how many of you grew... Read More

Five Things More Important to Buyers than WHAT Youre Selling - I

Article I of a two-part series.No matter what customers say... Read More

Complacency and Fear are Sales Busters

Prospecting is the engine that propels anyone in sales. Without... Read More

Revenue Growth Through Alliances

Any company in today's global economy must eventually face the... Read More

Long Sales Letters vs. Short Sales Letters

Everywhere I turn, I'm being asked to weigh in on... Read More

The Problem With Technology At The Point Of Sale In Financial Services

BackgroundThere's a conundrum that currently exists between the customer and... Read More

Recommending Products Vs. Selling Them

Some of the best sales people I have ever met,... Read More

Qualifying Your Prospect

How do you respond when an absolute stranger calls, at... Read More

How to Blow Rapport Really Fast

Do you have 5, 10, or 20 years of sales... Read More

Asking The Right Questions

On an introductory call, how do you gather all of... Read More

Throw Out Your Selling Language - Unlock Your Natural Voice

I was sitting at my desk last week when my... Read More

Selling To Your Difficult Person

We all have people whom we find difficult. We don't... Read More

Selling Services

Selling a service isn't the same as selling a product.... Read More

The Damaging Admission - A Persuasive Technique

We would all like to think that our product or... Read More

Clear Up Blurry Communication

One of the top brewing companies in America is a... Read More

Three Ways to Increase Mortgage Applications

If you are in the mortgage business, the very first... Read More

Everyones Favorite Topic - 3 Tips for How To

I believe that everyone understands that no matter what business... Read More

Do You Have Enough Prospects To Make Your Numbers?

Several years ago I worked with a CPA who wanted... Read More

Diverting the Flow of Customers to Your Business

I was a lucky kid when I grew up. Lucky,... Read More

How To Profit From Initial Consultations

"I'd love to work with you, but?"How many times have... Read More

Top Seven Ways to Write An Order-Pulling Sales Letter

Ready to put your Web pages up? Ready to sell... Read More

Buying Mortgage Leads - Three Things to Consider

The time comes for all mortgage brokers and loan officers... Read More