Hello, do you have a website and sell something on the internet?If yes, may I offer you 10 amazing web promotion secrets to jump start your sales at your website!1. Find a strategic business partner. Look for ones that have the same objective. You can trade leads, share marketing info,... Read More
When Dr. Frankenstein exclaimed "it's alive... it's alive," he thought he had brought wonderful new life to the world. What he really did was create a monster. He took a bit from here and another piece from there and sewed it altogether. Then he was distressed to see how things... Read More
Part one of this article is available at www.bookcoaching.com/freearticles/article-31.shtml. Have you wasted valuable time and money on promotion that doesn't work? Have your announcements and news releases been ignored? Have you been too quiet about getting the word out how your product or service will help solve people's... Read More
Cold calling can be a great way to generate quality leads. You get to speak to the gatekeepers and stakeholders, and you get a great insight into their requirements and influences.But cold calling is an art-form. It can be daunting, it's always a lot of work, and you always need... Read More
One of the most useful and fundamental communications lessons that has been repeated to me over the years, ever since my earliest days of formal business training, is the fabled, famous, and fabulous "KISS" formula.In my college marketing class we were told "Keep It Simple, Stupid!" When I entered my... Read More
I went shopping for clothes today.My plan was to buy a navy blue sports coat, a couple of shirts and ties and maybe a pair of black shoes.Understand that as a sales trainer, I want people to ask me to spend my money. I'm not going to buy unless asked.... Read More
Growing up in the South, I used the phrase "big ol'" a lot. Big ol' truck. Big ol' house. Big ol' party. The phrase was one we used when the word "big" just wasn't descriptive enough.I think the following suggestions qualify as Big Ol' Tips. Look around the Web and... Read More
Have you ever stepped your way through the sales process only to be disappointed by your prospect's objection to your price?This situation unfolds all too regularly for many small business owners.The other day I was talking to Joan who was lamenting how she'd spent a ton of time developing a... Read More
Business owners of long standing know the cardinal rule "take care of your existing customers first". Today especially we see business owners looking constantly for the new customer. Hey, did you forget the customers you have. All of us want our businesses to grow. However, after a number of years,... Read More
Like the legendary search for the Holy Grail, the cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper, the same "holy crusade" goes on today by veteran and newly anointed business owners for the perfect wholesale, surplus, and drop-shipping resource. They believe that divine intervention will lead them to suppliers... Read More
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