What is the fastest way to a sale? Could you provide a formula if you were asked? Problem + Promise + Path = Success Sales professionals are problem solvers first and foremost. If you keep this simple formula in mind as you work with your prospects, I assure that you will get to the sale …
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Do These Three Things, and Be a Success!
In a 12-year study, of over 20,000 businesses from around the World, 150+ Business Researchers, Economists, and others have identified the “formula for success” for business. To be successful, it comes down to three simple principles. All successful companies are using these tactics. Are …
How to benefit, by postponing pleasure
Are you the type that wants it NOW? Can't wait for Christmas morning, so you open up just "one" on Christmas Eve? Maybe you're a live for the moment, or only live once type of person. Why delay gratification? Most of us have heard about the study by Stanford Professor, Walter Mischel. He …
Time Management Tips
Biting off more than you can chew? Feeling stressed? Need help, but don’t know where to start? Build Systems … You are reading this blog because you want to improve yourself. This blog is made for any type of person or profession. You are a businessman or woman, housewife, volunteer, …
Tips: to Successful Vacationing!
Ahhh … It’s Summer time. Time for long weekends and even longer vacations! Ugh ... That means if I don’t get all this stuff done before I leave, I’ll have even a bigger pile on when I get back. The dilemma, get it done now or next week. Your colleagues need it now, your company needs it now, …
Tips: Self Awareness
Would you buy from your company? If you were in the position of your buyer, would you buy from the company you represent? What are the benefits in dealing with you and your companies offering? Is your product or service the best decision? We all know that we need to sell to our customers’ needs …
Tips: Finding the Best Sales Tools
As a professional sales person, we are always looking for ways to get better at our profession. There are numerous tools available for sales people out there. From Smartphones, Software, Hardware, Aps and whatever else, there are a plethora of tools available. What most people fail to do, is to …
Tips: Negotiation Position!
What is the one thing that every sales person would love to hear during a negotiation? Wouldn’t we all love to have the prospect say? “I need you, more than you need me.” It is really nice to have the power Dealing from a position of strength tops the list, doesn't it? All of the sales …
Tips: Best Negotiating Method(s)
This week, we are going to focus on negotiation. I am hoping that the 435 Congressman, 100 Senators, and the Executive Branch pay attention to what I am writing about because, what I see are hundreds of officials floundering and chest pounding, but no one is doing a reality check. Just look around …
Tips: Best Methods for Following Up
There are numerous times in the sales process where the sales people are expected to follow-up. Those are the obvious ones; where there might be deliverables in a contract that have to be met. Or, there is a standard meeting that takes place every quarter to go over delivery, quality, logistics, and …