Sales
Are You a Stupid Person and Read Those Long Sales Letters?
Well, the time has come to ask you a simple question and really this is for my own personal benefit and I promise not to tell anyone your answer. Do you find yourself reading those long sales letters, which are four to ten pages or more of psycho babble? Read more →Are You A Victim Of Sales Cycles
Many products and services have different sales cycles ? from the first prospect meeting to the close of the sale. Some cycles can be several months to a few years. Read more →Are You a Victim of the Financial Services Industry?
Most buyers want to do business with people they can trust: Being trustworthy is key to successful selling. Yet, most salespeople who work in the field of Financial Services have been deliberately and calculatedly misled by their employer- usually a Brokerage Company or an Insurance Company. Read more →Are You a Winner or Whiner?
I've found that winners say ?I choose to.? Whiners, on the other hand, say ?I have to.?Let me explain. On a plane, I mentioned to the executive next to me that I? Read more →Are You Afraid of Email?
Since the days of telephone party-lines, it has been a fact of life that some communicators have tended to cause others of us frustration. Teenagers tying up the family? Read more →Are You An Order Taker Or A Sales Pro
What is the difference between a clerk (order taker) in sales and a professional salesperson? A definition I have used can be summarized as follows: You go into a tire store to buy new tires and they take your credit card and put on the new tires. Read more →Are You Changing With The Times Or Are You Going To Be Left behind?
The profession of selling is changing and has been for a number of years. This change is being driven by:- Advances in technology - Changing consumer attitudes - Increased competition - An aging population - Increased consumer annoyance with repetitive sales tactics that offer nothing new - Corporate ethics - A global market place - Corporate mergers, restructuring and re-definingAll of these create significant challenges for today? Read more →Are You Charging Enough?
What Happens When You Are Under Pressure? We have all been there. Cash flow is a little lean and you are really starting to hate eating Blue Box Kraft Dinner. Read more →Are You Correctly Reading Your Prospect's Signals?
One of the fundamental premises I teach in my two-day sales boot camp is that, ?If two people want to do business together, they won?t let the details get in the way. Read more →Are You Creating A Favorable First Impression?
There is an old saying ? ?you never get a second chance to make a first impression?. I don?t really know whether it is true or not. Many old clich?s have a way of hanging around for years and people seldom question them. Read more →1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195
Aphorism
You should invest in a business that even a fool can run, because someday a fool will.
Warren Buffett
