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[27 May 2010 | One Comment | ]
Sales Amateur vs. Sales Professional

I am sure you have heard about salespeople earning $200-300k, a million or even more. Do you think this sales person is better than you are? They are not much different from you; they are not geniuses or impeccable experts in their field. They probably don’t know much more about their products or service than other salespeople in the same company.
So you are probably asking yourself – how is it that they can make six or seven figures and you are struggling month by month to make ends meet and …

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[25 Jan 2010 | One Comment | ]
You Always Know How Good You Are

In sales you’ll always know where you stand. No longer do you have to torment yourself with the question of your performance. At the end of the day, your sales figures will be the yardstick that indicates how well you’ve done in selling. You’ll always know how your performance was for that day, for each and every customer. The proof is in the purchase of the product that you’re selling.
No-one can fake a purchase or lie to you about how great your pitch was. Customers aren’t concerned with stroking your …

Sales Education, Sales Training, Selling Process »

[28 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]

Before you begin to sell, you will need to decide who you’re going to sell to. This means finding your Target Market. If you know who you’re selling to, you immediately have the advantage of being focused on a specific market and knowing who and what you need to research.
In your search for a Target Market, try to identify those that have a major problem and who are willing to spend money in order to fix it. Straight away, this gives you the advantage of knowing that your customer has …

Closing, Objection Handling, Sales Training »

[28 Sep 2009 | One Comment | ]

Download our free Crash Course
We’ve all heard the saying “you win some; you lose some”. And it’s true. But as a successful salesperson you’re not interested in settling for winning SOME of the deals and simply accepting that you’ll lose a few as well, just as a matter of course. A successful salesperson will set about discovering the reasons behind lost sales and will learn from these causes in order to advance and beat the odds. No more settling for “win some; lose some”! You’re in the business of selling. …

Audio / Podcast, Sales Books, Sales Training »

[23 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

You’ve probably heard of my book, “Trigger Events – How to Find Your NEXT Customer.” It’s the book that helps sales people easily differentiate prospects from suspects, gives them a new set of tools to find new customers who are on the market today, and makes them successful by using 21st century resources to close more sales.
You don’t have time to read the book. You want the important information in that book, and you want it now.
Now there’s a new, better way to absorb the secrets of sales success  from …

Sales Education, Sales Training, Selling Process »

[7 Jul 2009 | One Comment | ]

“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand.” – Confucius (551 – 479 BC)
Research clearly illustrates that most people learn best by doing; by being in an environment that is conducive to what they are learning and by being able to actually put into practice whatever topic of interest is under discussion.
Sales seminars are dynamic tools that can educate; inspire; and enhance one’s knowledge of selling. Sales training, as in distance-learning courses and online training programs, may teach the basics of selling; …

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[13 Apr 2009 | One Comment | ]

A person’s largest commercial reward in the world is receiving their full value for their services. Some receive less than they are worth, but what we hope for is that we receive our just and earned shares.
Who wants to buy a stock that misses or waives dividends, stands still, or decreases in value? You’ll find your answer in stock offerings that have no takers.
What company wants a treadmill runner who stands still or backpedals? You’ll find the answer to that question in the army of unemployed.
 
One morning Elizabeth Potter wakes …

Lead Generation, Prospecting, Qualifying, Sales Education, Sales Training, Trigger Events, Webinar »

[13 Mar 2009 | One Comment | ]

My new webinar is scheduled for April 2nd: Find Buyers Who Are Ready to Buy…Now!
Learn to Identify the Trigger Events
That Motivate Prospects to Buy
“I have lot of business in my pipeline, but very few deals are closing.” Adding prospects to a sales pipeline is easy … but if they aren’t ready to buy, you’ll waste precious time that could be better spent pursuing accounts that are ready to sign. Although the economy is in strife, people are still buying. The key is to identify which prospects are ready to buy …

Lead Generation, Sales Education, Sales Success, Sales Training, Selling Process, Trigger Events »

[12 Mar 2009 | No Comment | ]

There has been a revolution in everything in our society except in sales. The sales industry has crawled while other professions have been running: “new” sales books are still talking about the same tips, tricks and techniques that were working in last century and bringing the success to sales people.
Certainly selling has the look of 20 or 30 years ago, features and benefits are still the main topic at every sales training, whether internally done or from an outside trainer, and management is pushing the same old ideas about cold …