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If you want to make a lot of money, you need to create vs. compete. No matter what services or products you are selling, if you continue to compete against others your ability to make a lot of money is greatly diminished. In competition, the conversation usually turns to money and everyone gets commoditized. Pressures…
Let’s face facts. Steve Jobs was a genius when it came to developing the Apple Store. It is an experience just going into one of the Apple Stores regardless if you buy anything. Besides dazzling displays of their products on tables throughout the stores, they use their own products to move the sales process along…
Remember the show Columbo that featured a detective (Robert Falk) who was very successful by using his vulnerability? When he had an inkling of who the guilty party was, he would speak to them and then say something like “forgive me, but I am not that smart a man and I really don’t understand how…
When I was a top producer for Simplex’s Time Recorder Computer Systems division, I remember one day coming back to the office on a Monday afternoon after closing a huge order. Feeling full of myself, I walked into my manager’s office to gloat and she immediately put me into my place by asking what deal…
The Life Science Leader writes about how Leaders Don’t Puke. Rather, they lead by vision and find out what’s important to people before they start trying to influence them. Life Science Leader talks about how the best organizations teach all of their employees to lead, from the CEO on down. To read more, click here …
Eli Manning yesterday showed the nation the real warrior he is with his performance in leading the NY Giants to the Super Bowl! He got pushed, pounded and slammed to the ground 20 times in the game! Several times he got up a little shaken. One picture showed him completely disheveled with his shoulder pads…
1. Not every sale is a good sale. Make sure it is profitable and that you have cross-sold as many products and services as possible. It costs less to sell more to an existing client than to get a new client. 2. Stop creating unqualified proposals. Too much time is spent on creating proposals when…
What if you could instantly get back a year of your life? That’s right. By making one little change in the way you operate you can literally get back a year of your life. Watch this video to see how: Let’s start a conversation. What are the common assumptions you make in life that prevent…
Learn how to dramatically grow your market share and sales through powerful alliances. This video blog will show you the alliances you need to cultivate and how to do so. Ron Karr shares a real life case story on how he was able to rally the troops, both internal and external, in order to save…
Getting people to accept your point of view or proposals depends on how well you portray confidence to the person that you are trying to influence. To close more deals and get people to do what you are asking, learn the mindsets from which you need to operate!
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The thing that prevents us from achieving all of our goals is that we often focus on the wrong things. For example, take the following quote when it comes to relationships. “Immature people always want to win an argument, even at the cost of a relationship. Mature people understand that it’s always better to lose an argument…
Read MoreEvery successful leader and sales executive knows that exponential success comes from creating one’s own destiny versus being at the mercy of other people and/or events. To create your own destiny, it all starts with your vision of what you want to accomplish or who you want to be. People with the right vision ensure…
Read MoreTo provide you with most useful sales information possible, each week we will feature the top sales articles from the previous week. ARTICLE #1: Do you realize that one of the best ways to sell me is to not sell? People do not want to be sold! When we say people hate to be sold,…
Read MoreWhat’s the best way to use LinkedIn to drive sales? How are other sellers using it? If you’d like to find out the answers, take this Sale & LinkedIn survey being sponsored by Jill Konrath, a highly respected colleague of mine. It’ll only take 2 minutes of your time. Take the survey –> https://bit.ly/Sales-LI-Survey-cm What…
Read MoreOne of the biggest excuses I hear from colleagues when it comes to writing a book is that they are not ready because they haven’t fleshed their ideas out perfectly. In 80% of these cases, they are never ready and their books never get published. The same thought process affects us all when it comes…
Read MoreInstead of teaching sales people traditional sales skills, how about giving them the tools to be creative and close more deals? This is what Brad Holtzinger, Worldwide VP of Sales at a technology company did. Looking at the sales process, he was dismayed when sales people would uncover deals and then bring in the various…
Read MoreThere is a psychological process on how to sell. If you use it properly, your sales will skyrocket. If not, it will take you longer to close the deal. That’s if you even close the deal to begin with. Want to know the secret? Here it goes! Every sale, whether it is selling an idea,…
Read MoreYesterday I shared with you a golden nugget from my daughter Amanda on how to successfully communicate with an audience. Now I want to share another “Amanda” nugget on how to successfully sell. I asked Amanda, when you have succeeded in getting your requests acted upon, what strategies and tactics did you use? Her response…
Read MoreMy daughter Amanda is graduating high school this year and will be going to college next fall to study communications for a career in PR. I asked her this morning what is the most critical thing one needs to do in order to successfully influence others. She responded “being able to relate to others”. I…
Read MoreWouldn’t it be nice if your customers paid you to make a sales call? Just think, every time you made a call, you would know that a check would be in the mail. The funny thing is if your customers are going to buy off on your value, they have to feel at the end…
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