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Stories about sales

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article · October 2005

7 Ways to Cut Loose from Old Sales Thinking

Notice that you are not pitching your solution with this opening phrase. Instead, you're addressing a problem that based on your experience in your field, you believe they might be having.

article · January 2006

The psychology of selling

That's why "call today" and "do it now" will get better results than "Don't wait".

article · January 2006

La psychologie de la vente

C'est pourquoi "appelez aujourd'hui" et "faite le maintenant" obtiendront de meilleurs résultats que "n'attendez pas".

feature · February 2006

Everyone's a Salesperson

So, the pivotal question with regard to selling is not if you are doing it, but if you are good at it.

feature · December 2006

Are we selling?

This definition assumes value. It assumes that you recognize the value of whatever it is that you are selling. Inherent in the definition is the concept of worth or desirability.

article · April 2007

Retailing is 'Right Now Money'

The retail sale to the "end user" is the pivot of the whole process, and it's the critical element that people often forget or avoid.

article · August 2007

Once Upon a Cow

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article · December 2007

Ideas on a Blackberry

They wouldn't have faith if they didn't have the ability to believe in a force greater than the human force.

feature · September 2008

Are You Walking the Walk?

If you want to walk the walk, you must be there too. Plus, you will learn new things that will help you build your business and these meetings are great for prospects and new distributors.

feature · September 2008

Your Products Are Worth What They Are Worth!

Expand your comfort zone and don't assume you know what people are thinking. You create value in your products or service based on the depth of the other persons need PLUS their level of desire to achieve a better result.

feature · November 2008

Ignorance Can Make You Wealthy!

She said, "In the first month no one told me I was in the sales department. All they told me during my training was that people would call looking for a phone service and that I was to help them find what they needed and help them buy it."

column · November 2008

An 'accidental' Irresistible Offer

It was my huge appreciation for a course that is so perfectly fitting my needs right now, that created an irresistible offer to someone with similar needs.

feature · March 2009

Servant Salesperson

However, if we equate sales with serving other peoples needs and helping them to get what they want and need “sales” can be one of the most rewarding occupations on the planet.

feature · May 2009

Sales: Are You Making These 5 Bone-Headed Sales Mistakes?

The biggest surprise in our research was that most people who’ve tried to increase sales have actually succeeded at one point. So the real problem isn’t increasing sales; the real problem is keeping them up.

feature · May 2010

CUSTOMERS ARE KING

Customers are the life blood of any business. In fact customers are the reason you are in business.

feature · June 2010

We Are All In Sales

The fact is, regardless of the exact nature of our business... we are all in sales, always.

feature · December 2010

The Art and Power of Persuasion vs. Manipulation

Network marketing, direct sales and all sales relationships are exactly that: a relationship-building process. Both persuasion and manipulation leave out a key ingredient in sales, which is service.

feature · July 2011

He's a Typical Salesman

In today's highly-competitive marketplace, however, the public's image of the typical sales person and the reality of the effective sales person of the 21st century are light years apart.

article · July 2011

Avoid America's Favorite Pastime!

We are responsible for our thoughts and our actions. We are responsible for our hits and our misses. We are responsible for our successes and our mistakes.

technology · March 2012

Audios, Videos, Apps, no lies

Each law he laid down is the exact opposite of what the mlm industry teaches the new recruits.

feature · January 2013

Facebook For Dummies... Literally, you have to see this!

Here's a simple posting strategy I use myself that gets me an additional $800 to $2400 in new business every single month. I simply post about how I am helping, getting ready to help, getting ready to make a call to help, even taking a break from helping a customer/client. Thi…

feature · February 2013

Sales Vs. The System

Salespeople aren't born great. Sales people are made great!

technology · March 2014

Discovery Through The Telephone

If you don’t engage with people and build relationships, it simply won’t happen.

article · June 2014

Rich Networker Poor Networker

"If I had it to do all over again, rather than build an old style type of business I would have started building a network marketing business."

article · June 2014

Multiple skills for the 21st century

So my admonition learn some multiple skills, or should we say, back-up skills for the 21st Century and no better place to learn them than in what your already doing now.

article · April 2018

"There's a lead!"

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