A Simple Truth - Authentic Sales Tip

A Simple TruthDo you have the right stuff?Are you consistent in your business?Do you build relationships easily?Are you approachable?I'm writing this E-letter aboard American Airlines flight # 2005 from Atlanta to Miami, and then on to my final destination Tampa International Airport.For the last three days I've been attending the... Read More

Forgive All Ebay Sins!

Over the years, I have been amazed at the "blinding" greed and reckless approach to commerce that some business owners have employed. Lying to customers, selling inferior merchandise, and not offering refunds, left a firestorm of irate customers in their wake. Without fail, all of this "ill will"... Read More

Winning Sales Proposals

Your proposal is selling for you when you're not there, so it must reflect your standards of professionalism.Like it or not, sales proposals are a tool of the trade, and writing a well-crafted proposal can mean the difference between winning and losing a client's business, especially if you are selling... Read More

Success Reloaded: The Matrix

So the other day I'm watching the movie The Matrix, again. For some reason I can't get enough of the great special effects.Remember the part where is Neo (Keanu Reeves) is mentally tortured because he wants to find out what the 'matrix' is and finally meets with Morpheus (Lawrence Fishburne)... Read More

Ten Quick Etiquette Tips for Business Lunches

Knowing what to do when meeting a prospective client forlunch, or going to lunch with the boss or colleague can beconfusing at times. Here is a quick list of items toremember: 1. Be in the present moment with whoever you are with.Limit glancing around the room. It's a sign that... Read More

Aamazing Tips To Increase Your Sales

1. When you make your first sale, follow-up with the customer. You could follow-up with a "thank you" email and include an advertisement for other products you sell. You could follow-up every few months.2. You could upsell to your customers. When they're at your order page, tell them about a... Read More

The Risk of Being A Yes-Man

Sales is all about negotiating. You are negotiating from the first word out of your lips on a cold call, to the moment that you touch the contract with your customer's wet signature on it. Whenever you are listening to a prospect tell you about something that they want or... Read More

Obtaining Self-Confidence

A reader recently asked me the following: "I enjoyed the information you provided on your website, however you never mentioned how important Self-Confidence is in a sale. I have been told that I am an excellent sales person, however I lack the self-confidence to close the sale. Self Confidence is... Read More

Powerful Words

Hi, I'd like to discuss the most powerful words you can use during the selling process.Quote: Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind. Rudyard Kipling.Plainly, THE MOST POWERFUL WORD is YOU. You should be looking to use the word You in your sales meetings a lot more... Read More

Do You Want to Know the 8 Tips to Selling More Products?

So often sales men and woman are the very people that prevent themselves from obtaining additional sales and increasing their commissions. It doesn't matter if it's counter sales or door-to-door.They get caught up in the newest method or someone's latest spin on how to get their customers to buy. What... Read More

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Sex Sells!

An attractive woman has a decided advantage as sales representative... Read More

Peak Performance ? What You See Is What You Get!

Would you like an easy way to track the performance... Read More

Caring - The Secret Sales Strategy

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

Top Seven Ways to Write An Order-Pulling Sales Letter

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

Creating Intense Emotions That Motivate People

Ever wish that your presentations could be as much fun... Read More

How To Dramatically Improve Sales Closing Ratios

A closing question asks for a final decision. A trial-closing... Read More

How A Simple Greeting Or Post Card Can Turn Into Cash ? Guaranteed

I've been using a technique that has helped me to... Read More

2 ½ Steps to Sales Success

You have just walked out of the office of a... Read More

Selling Your Way To Success

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

Casual Networking

What comes to mind when you think of networking --... Read More

To Buy or Not to Buy? Motivating Your Customers to Take Action!

All customers have a choice to make. Sometimes that choice... Read More

Want More Sales? Write A Barry Bonds Sales Letter

I'm not a baseball fan. Never have been. In fact,... Read More

Sell YOU With Your Small Talk (Yes You Can)

Want to build a relationship -- sell yourself for a... Read More

Dress as Though You Mean Business

Could casual Friday be undermining your leadership ability?One of the... 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

Don?t Waste My Time!

Many participants in my programs ask how to deal with... Read More

Going Back To Get Ahead

Have you ever run DOWN an escalator that was going... Read More

Touchdown! Closing Skills for Successful Selling

It's early January 2004. The Green Bay Packers are just... Read More

Recommending Products Vs. Selling Them

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

To Sell Successfully, You Have to Be Willing to Be Different

We are complex. We confidently assert that we are independent... Read More

Why Should I Buy From You?

Virtually every business you contact has this question in their... Read More

An Introduction to B2B Lead Generation

It is important that organizations find other companies to do... Read More

Seminars for Prospecting

The purpose of a 1- or 2-hour seminar is to... Read More

Write On The Money: The Ten Commandments (Plus Five) Of Profitable Sales Letter Writing

According to the Direct Marketing Association, in 2003 U.S. direct... Read More

7 Ways to Stop Selling & Start Building Relationships

Sometimes we can all use a friendly reminder to keep... Read More

Before They buy What You Say - 10 Steps To Selling Yourself

You are the productWe're all in the selling business whether... Read More

The Damaging Admission - A Persuasive Technique

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

Too Much Empathy Will Cost You Money

Ever have a prospect start out your sales call by... Read More

Breaking the Ice and Winning Over the Client

Wherever you turn these days you'll find articles covering every... Read More

The Hands On Approach

While living in the technology age where everything is computerized,... Read More

How To Shorten The Selling Cycle And Reduce Buying Stalls

The main reason for buyer resistance and selling stalls boils... Read More

Take the Contract with You

I learned something very interesting this week. Thankfully, what I... Read More

8 Part Strategy For Constructing Your Advertising Message

Strategies to help produce your brochure, advertisment or direct mail.... Read More