The Five Most Common Mistakes Salespeople Make

Over the decades that I've been involved in sales, I've worked with tens of thousands of salespeople. Certain negative tendencies -- mistakes that salespeople make -- keep surfacing. Here are my top five. See to what degree you (or your sales force) may be guilty of them.Mistake Number One: Over... Read More

Grrr! Why Arent I Making SALES?!

Selling online can be very difficult, more difficult than in the 3D world because you do not get any personal contact with your customer. People cannot just browse like they do in a store, they cannot offer feedback, and it is hard to build and maintain trust throughout the entire... Read More

Multiply Your Sales

When Thomas Edison's light bulb finally burned for 45 straight hours he said, "If it will burn that number of hours now, I know I can make it burn a hundred."What does this have to do with internet marketing?Everything.You see, if you can make 1 sale, you should be able... Read More

How A Dancing Horse Can Increase Your Sales

"Yeah right!" I thought to myself as I started to turn off the TV after hearing that the show was about a dancing horse.I couldn't imagine watching a documentary about a dancing horse and its rocky road to success. I was very skeptical but curious enough to see if this... 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

Finding the Need is Only Part of the Sale

Many of us in sales are taught to believe that the most important job of the salesperson is to 'find the need' of our prospects. If we can uncover 'needs' then our job is easy; we just need to show our prospect how our product or service fills that need.... Read More

Six Simple Steps to Increase Sales and Decrease Stress

Have you ever found a lead on a scrap of paper after the prospect purchased from your competition? Are you spending time recreating proposals because you can't find a similar one you wrote a few months ago? Do you run out of the door for an appointment at the last... Read More

The Power of Confidence

My experience has taught me that people want to buy from sales people who are confident in their abilities. Taking control of the circumstances and situations around you will develop your self-confidence. When you consider the amount of rejection that many sales people encounter, the fact that many salespeople lack... Read More

The Most Underused and Powerful Method of Lead Generation

Are you worried about whom you'll sell today so you can feed your family tomorrow? Are you jealous of the top producers who are getting phone calls from new prospects every day? Wouldn't you love to come to the office and find your mail box full of messages from potential... Read More

Sales Language: Whats Wrong with But?

Language is one of the most important tools you have to influence someone. The most successful salespeople and persuaders use positive, active sales language that instills confidence in them and their capabilities. Here is one word that you'll want to avoid using as much as possible when you are selling... Read More

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A Simple Sales Strategy: Talk to Yourself!

You are about to speak to a potential client, go... Read More

Selling White Space

Almost all Internet Marketers have a basic idea of what... Read More

How To Write A Solution - Savvy Sales Letter to To Get Clients

Too many sales letters are shaped into paper airplanes and... Read More

Value Add Negotiating for Sales Professionals

Imagine this scenario. You are a sales representative for Baker... Read More

Six Simple Steps to Increase Sales and Decrease Stress

Have you ever found a lead on a scrap of... Read More

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

As a trainer, you will be able to see a... Read More

The Business of Closing the Sale Without Killing It

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

Increase Sales - Overcoming Barriers

Ever thought to yourself, "If only my team members would... Read More

The Power of Confidence

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

11 Proven Sales Strategies to Help You Close The Deal

There are a number of sales closing strategies that you... Read More

Like It or Not... You?re in SALES!

Mention the word sales or salesman and two out of... Read More

Is the Sales Funnel Dead?

Think about it. If only it was as easy as... Read More

7 Sales Techniques To Differentiate You From The Competition

You have a choice. You can stand out or blend... Read More

Order Takers vs. Sales Professionals

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

Sales Prospects Avoiding You?

This issue's topic on sales prospects comes in response to... Read More

The Myth of the Natural Born Sales Wonder

When I researched the field of using personality inventories to... Read More

Why Salespeople Dont Take Risks

Proponents of traditional sales training simply teach the material, sometimes... Read More

Pressure Washer Business; Cleaning Composite Decks

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

Objections Are Buying Signals? Usually!

How well do you handle objections?The fact is, most people... Read More

Increase Profits from Your Existing Customers

An area many businesses fail to recognise as a way... Read More

How To Become A Sales Superstar And Have Fun Winning More Business - Start Here!

One of the interesting things about being a coach and... Read More

In Sales, Words Just Don?t Compute

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

Do You Have to Be Aggressive to Make Sales?

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

Your Sales Process Isnt

A lot of energy is expended within selling organizations as... Read More

Whats Your Sales Training Goal - Exposure or Behavioral Change?

When your company invests in sales training, what is the... 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

Transforming Problems into Sales

My silent fish tank was no more. Enough water had... Read More

Change Takes Time

I am writing this at the Philadelphia Airport on my... Read More

How Business Coaches Avoid the Yearly Training Feeding Frenzy

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

3 Steps To Immediately Increase Sales

Want to increase sales within your company? It's not as... Read More

Start Your Sales Engine!

Does your business run on a sales engine or a... Read More

Separating Yourself from the Crowd (Part One of Two)

Warren Buffet says that insurance is a commodity and price... Read More

9 TIPS: Dont Sell Me - Persuade Me

We all have something in our past we believe someone... Read More