Sales
Are Your Customers Lying to You?
Usually salespeople are the ones with the bad reputation, but sometimes customers get it, too. Ever heard the saying, ?buyers are liars?? Ever said it yourself? Read more →Are Your Minisite Sales Slowing Down ? Apply These 12 Simple Steps
Is your site converting well ? Are you making 3 sales out of every 100 visitors to your site ?If not, here are 12 tips that can get you started improving your website conversion ratio. Read more →Are Your Policies Hurting Your Business?
A customer?s purchase is overcharged by $10.00. The store policy is clear? ?No cash refunds? so the sales associate refuses to issue the refund even though the mistake was hers. Read more →Are Your Sales Lagging Because of These 7 Big Mistakes?
Selling is a skill that some have mastered brilliantly while others may need some help. Let's be honest, everyone is in sales, but not everyone gets direct compensation for their selling efforts. Read more →Are Your Sales Lagging Because You Are Failing to Ask for the Business?
During a presentation in front of over 50 small business owners, I was asked if I could share everything that I know about performance improvement for small businesses to individuals, what would that one simple sentence be? Read more →Are Your Sales On The Up?
Ask Yourself Some Questions. How good is your sales letter? The old adage: "Sell the sizzle, not the steak" is as relevant now as it was in the old days of door knocking. Read more →Are Your Sales Scripts Working For or Against You?
Sales scripts are a double edged sword. On one hand, they can help you present your selling points and sales rebuttals in an organized, strategic way. Used incorrectly, however, they can undermine your sales effectiveness and actually cause you to lose sales. Read more →Are Your Sales Stagnant and Smelly?
?Be not afraid of growing slowly, Be afraid of only standing still.?- Chinese ProverbI just love the ancient philosophers! Who would ever guess that the wise words mentioned above also apply a thousand years later to YOUR BUSINESS? Read more →Artists, Freelancers, SubContractors, & Creative Folks: Dealing With A Bad Client
A client with a creative business called me one day and asked the following question. It's a question I get asked frequently, so rather than write an entire article, I decided just to tell you exactly what I told her. Read more →Ask for the Business
Many times in the process of making a sales presentation to a potential client, we will break down our product piece by piece, explaining all of the features and benefits it has to offer, then we expect our customer to have immediate buy in, and purchase our product based on the presentation they just heard. 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
Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
Warren Buffett
