Motivational Sales Speaker

4 Ways to Improve Sales in 2012

Dec 29, 2011

How will you improve sales in 2012? Will you rely on techniques you used in 2011? Problem is if the techniques you used in 2011 to no avail, then what makes you think using the same techniques in 2012 will yield different results? Here are 4 things you can do right now to improve sales [...]

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Why You Can’t Motivate Workers

Nov 21, 2011

Guest post Monday brings us Larry Kahaner of The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.  The William G. McGowan Charitable Fund was established to impact lives, create sustainable change, and empower future generations to achieve their greatest potential. Someone once said to me: “When the job looks better because you’ve gotten a raise, then it’s time [...]

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Raise the White Flag and Close More Sales

Nov 01, 2011

Salespeople hate to admit defeat. Admitting defeat is not in the mindset of many salespeople, but sometimes you just need to raise the “white flag” and admit defeat. I’m not saying to walk away from a customer.  What I’m saying is raise the white flag when you’re on your next sales call. Let the customer [...]

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No Sales Process Can Fix Boring

Oct 24, 2011

Guest post Monday and we have  Dan Waldschmidt of Edgy Conversations. He has a knack for sales and because of his outstanding sales performance, was made CEO of a technology company by the time he was 25. Great wisdom in this post: Let’s be frank. Just about the worst way to spend the next five [...]

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Steve Jobs and Me. Steve Jobs and You.

Oct 07, 2011

We all mourn the passing of Steve Jobs, despite the fact we all knew it was coming. It still hits hard. I’m not going to dwell on the many things Steve did or said.  Rather, I want to compare him to me.  Or, if you think I’m being self-centered, let’s compare him to you. Steve [...]

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