A Positive Attitude Can Lead to Greater Sales Believe it or not, I once met a business owner who said to me, “I know the economy’s bad right now, and you probably don’t want to buy, but I thought I’d…
A Positive Attitude Can Lead to Greater Sales Believe it or not, I once met a business owner who said to me, “I know the economy’s bad right now, and you probably don’t want to buy, but I thought I’d…
Are you an Askhole? If you want to have sales success, being an Askhole should be one of your goals. Let me explain: A Telling Statistic Herbert True, a marketing specialist at Notre Dame University, found that 44% of all…
What Are You Willing to Do to Make More Sales? Are you willing to learn more about the sales cycle? How about finding out how to overcome sales objections? Are you willing to make a list of target prospects? What…
Want Your Business to Grow? You Need a Clear Sales Goal! Recently, I met with a small business owner (SBO) named John. He was telling me all about the projects he had going on in his business. He was going…
Stop Putting a Dress on the Pig There’s kind of a catch-22 when small business owners (SBOs) are put through the conventional business development processes. Do you know what it is? Or, at least what is one of the biggest…
You Can Make Arrangements For Profit A lot of times in the small business owner’s (SBO) world there is confusion. And I think part of it stems from the language we use, or try to use. It’s all very innocent…
Tips to Overcoming Sales Objections Has this ever happened to you? You’re meeting with a hot prospect. You’ve asked all the right questions. You’ve answered the person’s questions. You feel you’ve given a great sales presentation. Then you go to…
Pushing Past the Fear to Ask for the Sale Wouldn’t it be great if you never had to ask for the sale? Your clients and prospects just automatically said, “Sure, I want to buy your product or service right now.…
Nerves and Sales: Harness the Power Even the most experienced sales person gets that wiggly feeling in the pit of their stomach when out on a big sales call. However, understanding and addressing that wiggly feeling can mean the difference…
Use Follow-up to be Memorable Whoa! Now, be careful with what you’re thinking here. I am thinking memorable in a GOOD way. Sometimes we get so busy and focused in business that we forget to have some fun. Fun and…