Everybody is familiar with the old retail chant, "Location, location, location!" It speaks volumes about making the right decisions from the start to make your retail establishment a success. Once you've decided what it is your store is offering to the general public, the next step you'll take is finding... Read More
I'm not a baseball fan. Never have been. In fact, I hate the sport. However, I am a Barry Bonds fan. Here's why: Barry Bonds possesses the exact same intangibles every great sales letter possesses. He's loyal, consistent, powerful, and hits a ton of home runs, year after year after... Read More
How many of you have a corporate web site? Everybody says "Yes".How many of you know its proper URL? OK, most of you.How many of you have read everything on the web site? Numbers are dropping like stones here. How many of you contributed information on the web site? Anybody... Read More
Some of the best sales people I have ever met, were able to meet all of their sales goals without ever selling a thing. They simply recommended their products to their customers.They were able to do this because they spent years building their book of business.Whenever a current customer walked... Read More
If you went to see your doctor, and he mentioned a particular over the counter drug to you, or a particular type of food that was healthy, chances are, you would listen to this advice, than go out and buy the product.Why is it that when a doctor recommends a... Read More
If Chicken Little were alive today he wouldn't be running around forewarning us of the sky that was about to fall. He'd be too preoccupied alerting everyone about another potential disaster - which may in the end prove to be just as erroneous as his first prediction. Nevertheless, if the... Read More
Ask any salesperson, "At what point in the selling process does the 'Close' take place?" Eight out of ten will answer, "at the End". To be fair, they are not totally incorrect but they are, nevertheless, more wrong than right proving in principle and in practice, Perado's Law: Twenty percent... Read More
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
You can make a difference in the second half! You can't do it by doing the same things the same way.You can make a difference in the second half every year! You can do it by thinking differently and being different. For example:Always link your ideas to action steps. Always... Read More
Selling isn't something you do to people, it's something you do for them. If you feel as though you're being pushy or twisting arms when you are interacting with prospective customers or clients, you might be doing just that. To be successful in sales, you do need to be in... Read More
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Would you pay $12,500 to discover the keys to great... Read More
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Junk mail. We all get it. And it goes straight... Read More
When you are in sales and you come across a... Read More
Here are four simple things you can do to take... Read More
The above quote, "Eighty percent of success is showing up."... Read More
Telephone canvassing, or cold calling, is the practice of sitting... Read More
To be more effective at developing relationships, one should always... Read More
Yesterday I received a call from a financial planner named... Read More
Cold calling can be a great way to generate quality... Read More
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Back in the days when I sold for CTV and... Read More
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When it comes to buying mortgage leads, there are many... Read More
I would like to share a disturbing little secret with... Read More
When it comes to effective selling, one simple fact never... Read More
Article I of a two-part series.No matter what customers say... Read More
Part I of this article explored how strategies of Neuro-Linguistic... Read More
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You've met a new prospect, accurately assessed their needs and... Read More
I was sitting at my desk last week when my... Read More
Most people who consider trade show planning think of it... Read More
1. Settle On The Right Way ForwardThe purpose of your... Read More
So now the time has come to invest in Lead... Read More
Hypnosis has been a taboo word for far too long.... Read More
Lead Generation is vital to all businesses. All companies try... Read More
It's early January 2004. The Green Bay Packers are just... Read More
As I prepare this issue of this Newsletter, at 37,000... Read More
After careful consideration, we have chosen our vendor, and it's... Read More
There are hundreds of books available to teach you how... Read More
There are many fund raising ideas on the market today... Read More
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You have all seen them,the sales letters that never ends.... Read More
Ahh. Selling. Sometimes, this is a word that is dreaded... Read More
When a request for proposal (RFP) comes in, you get... Read More
"Hello, is (pause) puh-TREE-shuh home?"So started my weekend lesson in... Read More
We all learned in Sales 101 we must follow up... Read More
Just about every clothing store uses mannequins. There are many... Read More
You could just send out your brochure to potential customers... Read More
"I was at your site for all of two minutes... Read More
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It's easy to spend days, weeks, or months speaking with... Read More
Lance has what it takes and then some.Did you know... Read More
Linda felt like she had reached a plateau in her... Read More
Does your Sales Pipeline leak? If you answered no, you... Read More
Business owners should be more like doctors.Forget selling and start... Read More
Robert Louis Stevenson said 'Everything in Life is Selling' and... Read More
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Where many marketing conversations get off-track are the ones you... Read More
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