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

How Salespeople Can Create Immediate Believability And Credibility

It pays to be specific. I believe that statement is true. If it is true, why do so many salespeople pepper their sales presentations with phrases of generalities? There are two primary reasons. One is habit and the other is instinct. So many people in and out of sales... Read More

How to Sell a Feeling

To be totally in tune with the needs of your customers or prospective customers you have to listen to them. Listen to them ? it sounds easy enough to do but not everybody gets it right. What you must always bear in mind when you are selling something is that... Read More

The Biggest Mistake in Sales Prospecting

Recently I received a prospecting voice mail message from a salesperson. The salesperson explained his company was "the leader in Microsoft hosted Exchange solutions" and he encouraged me to visit his company's website. That was it - that was the "meat" of the voice mail message.If you received that salesperson's... Read More

Small Business Computer Consulting Freeloaders? and How to Avoid Them

If you've been in the small business computer consulting industry for more than 10 minutes, you've probably already encountered a fair amount of freeloaders.Regardless of whether you call these folks moochers, tightwads, cheapskates, tire-kickers, cherry-pickers, or time vampires, left unchecked these vultures can wreak financial and emotional havoc on virtually... Read More

The Canned Sales Pitch Myth

Canned or scripted sales approaches are rarely successful, because one size does not fit all in selling.Studies conducted by the public opinion researcher, social scientist and author Daniel Yankelovich in the late '70's and the Stanford Research Institute's VALS (values, attitudes and life-styles) study that assessed buying motives in the... Read More

Three Types of Salespeople

"There are three kinds of salespeople; those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who are wondering what happened." You've probably heard that one before. Actually, there are two different types of salespeople and they are easy to tell apart. The first type is the improvisor.... Read More

Successful Sales Strategies: Winning the Close Ones

The "Three Cs" in building customer relationships are a key component of professional selling skills.Indianapolis, IN (PRWeb) November 23, 2003 ? The deal is coming down to the wire. The buyer perceives the competitor's solution as marginally superior, but the slight underdog still wins the sale. In this case, the... Read More

Sales Leads: 10 Sure Fire Ways To Unleash An Avalanche Of Sales

If you knew a few sure fire ideas that have helped me, you may unleash an avalanche of sales and make more money at your website.Below are the secrets to help you generate sales leads:(1) Utilize holidays to increase your visitors or sales. You could give away free electronic greeting... Read More

7 Steps to Selling Artwork

Selling arwork is easy when you follow a road map. In this article you learn the step by step guide to marketing art for profits. Now onto the plan!1. Decide that you want to sell your artwork!Now, I know this sounds ridiculous on the surface but look at it a... Read More

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You Dont Need Health Insurance!

Seems almost every situation in our lives is centered on... Read More

10 Power-Packed Ways To Spark Your Sales

1. Spend money on targeted advertising instead of mass media... Read More

Sales Marketing: 5 Fantastic Secrets To Attract New Customers Now

If you have problem attracting new customers, the sales marketing... Read More

Grrr! Why Arent I Making SALES?!

Selling online can be very difficult, more difficult than in... Read More

Sales Marketing: 10 Explosive Strategies To Amplify Your Sales

Marketing is a skill. Once you master it, you can... Read More

Really WINNING Over Customers

Three qualities are needed to sell anything in life. They... Read More

Are You Missing Out On Sales Through Fear of Pain? Improve the Persuasive Power of Your Words!

Education plus Motivation is a powerful formula. But how do... Read More

8 Must Questions to Ask in Every Sales Situation

Solving people's and organization's problems is ultimately what business is... Read More

Sharpening Your Sales Skills

Making a living in sales can be very rewarding, however,... Read More

Get Tough

You deal with rejections, frustrations, disappointment, and possibly disrespect on... Read More

The Road to Pendingville is Paved with Good Intentions

If you've been in sales for any length of time,... Read More

Sales Skills are Life Skills

I love the art of selling. LOVE IT. When I... Read More

Positioning for Profits!

Last Friday, I was spending one last day of freedom... Read More

The Biggest Mistake in Sales Prospecting

Recently I received a prospecting voice mail message from a... Read More

Order Takers vs. Sales Professionals

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

Smart Discounting: The Right Way To Discount Your Products

If a store had a great discount in the middle... Read More

Do You Have to Be Aggressive to Make Sales?

A few weeks ago I was onsite at a company... Read More

Practice Building: Create a Powerful and Targeted Call to Action for Your Prospects

A "Call To Action" is an invitation for your prospective... Read More

Customers For Life

Who's talking to your customers? Is it your competition? Why... Read More

Dont Close Your Eyes Or Let Deaf Ears Fall Upon You

To listen to your customer is important, and to hear... Read More

Sales and the City

It's all about relationships!Here is how a popular TV show... Read More

The Business of Closing the Sale Without Killing It

You must be able to coordinate your sales talk to... Read More

Successful Selling in 21 Steps

1. Dependability was chosen as the most important.2. Integrity was... Read More

Why Salespeople Fail

Since 1990 I have focused on the three primary barriers... Read More

The Art Of Persuasion: 7 Tips To Successfully Persuade Anyone

The saying "No man is an island" is an undeniable... Read More

Sales Performance and Motivation: How to Get Your Edge Back

Performance and motivation are like chocolate & peanut butter; the... Read More

How To Write Sales Letters That Deliver

Tired of sending out sales letters that generate anemic response?... Read More

How To Give Your Sales Job A Strategic Tune-up

In happens every year in June.Six months down and six... 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

Failed Salespeople Share Similar Traits

We are each responsible for our own success - or... Read More

Turning Sales Techniques Into Sales Success!

The goal of all sales training is not just to... Read More

Pressure Washer Business; Cleaning Composite Decks

There is a new trend in the way wood decks... Read More

Success Secrets Of A Famous Vacuum Salesperson

I have to admit, I have an 'addiction'.Sometimes this addiction... Read More