The Makings of a Salesman

Salesmanship is the force that moves business. Without it all business would be at a stand-still. Just being able to sell does not complete the definition of salesmanship. A fraudulent person may be able to sell you a piece of swamp land, but because they were able to sell the... Read More

Stop Selling! for the Million Dollar Contract

During the introduction of the "Stop Selling!" philosophy, we typically use the example of buying shoes to make the participants aware of the infinite number of ways buyers decide on purchasing simple items.While using this example makes it easy to get a deeper understanding of buying behavior, it often creates... Read More

The Road to Achieving Training Success: What Holds the Key?

As a trainer, you will be able to see a single change in a single person, out of perhaps a hundred tries, as a success. That is a good percentage. Obviously, the more successes the merrier, and the smaller the number of tries, the more critical becomes the necessity to... Read More

5 Specific Questions Your Sales Letters Must Answer To Achieve The Best Results

Here's a surefire method to guarantee you achieve the best results from your sales letters. Rather than make a sales pitch that your prospects will very likely ignore, instead present your products or services as the answer to their problems.When you offer the help that your target audience is looking... Read More

Sales Marketing: 10 Amazing Secrets To Sell Any Product Fast.

Implement these smart sales marketing secrets and you'll be capable of selling any product fast.1. Sell your products at a wholesale price to retail web sites. You could sell them individually or in bulk.2. Set up joint ventures with other businesses to sell your product to new customers. They can... Read More

Reaching Goals in Direct Sales

From surveys and experience, we've noticed many setting excellent goals for their business. We've also noticed that while the goals being set are good, the results aren't. Around 90% of those in Direct Sales do SET goals, but never reach them.So the question comes to mind.....are you making the right... Read More

Leverage Avoidance Values for Irresistible Selling

What are values? Values are filters that everyone uses to help make sense of all the information we must process before we make a decision. When you appeal to a person's values you speak directly to their decision-making criteria.Values:In simple terms, values are what is most important to us. If... Read More

Four Ways To Increase Your Sales Fast... In 2-4 Weeks?

You built a very good web site...You have a great product...You know that people are in NEED of Your service...AND ALSO You want to Increase your sales FAST...There is no wrong with that.As a webmaster you should promote your web site. There are many methods of web site promotion. Some... Read More

Quiz: What Kind of Sales Shoe Are You?

Have you ever wondered what type of saleswoman you are? It doesn't matter if you run your own company or sell for someone else ? it is extremely important to know what your style is. What does The Sales Diva mean here? Well ? let me throw my high heel... Read More

How to Achieve Sales Goals by Focusing on Activities

When I broke into sales in 1986, I read several books that talked about how important it was to set goals if you wanted to achieve success. I bought into the idea completely and started writing down extensive lists of goals that I expected to achieve, along with due dates... Read More

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The 7 Deaths of a Salesman

In sales, you can work one of two ways. You... Read More

Less is More: Quick Tips to Improve Your Sales

I'll be brief. If not ? I'll negate my own... Read More

When The Clock Strikes Twelve!

I just finished reading another sales copy ending with the... Read More

Increase Your Sales With an Incredible Offer

What are you selling?Coaching? Consulting? Professional services? A product? Information?To... Read More

How Can A Smelly, Hissing Goose Teach You To Be A Business Leader?

In the 1990's we lived on a farm in Iowa.... Read More

Training for Trade Shows - 5 FAQs

Trade shows are so obvious. You go. You hand out... Read More

Seven Keys To Closing More Sales During The Second Half Of 2006

It's not too early to start planning for the sales... Read More

You CAN Be a Great Salesperson!

When you are in sales, you have the choice to... Read More

Business Appointment Success or Failure

One of the quickest ways to loose a sale is... Read More

Sales Lessons from Bob Vila

There's more to what he does than meets the eyeWith... Read More

Sell Yourself, As Well As Your Product

When selling a product to a consumer, one of the... Read More

The Reason Why They Buy

If you're a business person you want to sell your... Read More

The Power of Confidence

My experience has taught me that people want to buy... Read More

Youre Hired... I Think

I'm not a fan of "The Donald" and I had... Read More

The 6 Secrets To Sales Success

There is no magic pill, trick, teqnique, system or secret... Read More

Make More Sales By Creating How To Use It Product Updates

Do you have any idea what your customers have experienced... Read More

One Simple Persuasion Secret That Will Blow The Roof Off Your Sales

The next time you're shopping for clothes in a department... Read More

Order Takers vs. Sales Professionals

As business owners we all know that in a ideal... Read More

How to Maximize Sales by Minimizing Windshield Time

During the late 1980's I was a field sales representative... Read More

More Sales with Less Selling

Have you ever passed by a bakery display case without... Read More

In Sales, Words Just Don?t Compute

In studies conducted by Motivational Systems of West Orange, New... Read More

Want to Make More Money? Fish in a Bigger Pond!

Setting prices is a dilemma most service business owners encounter... Read More

Just Ask

For the 'big three' automobile sales consultants, the 'employee discount... Read More

Theres a Referral for Everyone

I worked for years as a mortgage loan officer. During... Read More

In Sales You Get What You Expect

If your mind is set, you will be unable to... Read More

Shout At Your Customers - Theyre Hard of Hearing!

Some people say we live in the Information Age.I call... Read More

How A Dancing Horse Can Increase Your Sales

"Yeah right!" I thought to myself as I started to... Read More

Finding the Need is Only Part of the Sale

Many of us in sales are taught to believe that... Read More

Grow Sales Using Image Tactics

In my dreams, I envision being the marketing consultant equivalent... Read More

What Does It Take To WIN A Sale?

What to do when you win or lose.You have given... Read More

The Key to Driving Sales is Understanding What Not How

What does it take to make a sale lately?In Sales,... Read More

How Business Coaches Avoid the Yearly Training Feeding Frenzy

What is it with appraisals? In September and October there... Read More

11 Powerful Methods of Sales Lead Generation

Are you searching for new and innovative ways of sales... Read More