Sales Motivation

Are People Buying Your Credibility?

May 15, 2012

Every few months, it seems there is news of another failure of credibility by somebody in business. Most recently it has been the resignation of the Yahoo CEO, Scott Thompson. What’s amazing is how and why it occurred.  Call it hubris, or just plain stupidity — either way, it was a failure of individual responsibility. [...]

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3 Things My Website Crisis Taught Me About Sales

Apr 23, 2012

Okay, it wasn’t quite a crisis. But some of you may have noticed that over the past few days, there were a few spammy posts on my site. We had a glitch in our website that allowed a few uninvited people to sneak into the party through an unlocked door. Fortunately, we caught it fairly [...]

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7 Sales Coaching Tips You Need for Success

Apr 12, 2012

One of the biggest issues the sales community is dealing with is the lack of effective sales coaching. We can discuss as to why this is but instead let’s just cut to the chase. I want to give you what I see as 7 sales coaching tips you can use right now.  Regardless of your [...]

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6 Sales Motivation Training Tips for Sales Leaders

Mar 20, 2012

You’re a sales leader and you want to motivate your team and you ask the question, “How can you provide sales motivation training?” Here are 6 tips you can use right now: 1. If you’re not positive, your people won’t be positive. Your team takes cues from you, and if they hear you talking negative [...]

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Sell Your Strengths. Ignore Your Weaknesses.

Mar 17, 2012

Yes, this might sound harsh, but hear me out. Your customers aren’t looking to buy your weaknesses, so why should you focus on them?  Don’t! I’m not saying to misrepresent yourself and what you sell if your customer does ask about a weakness.  What I’m saying is keep your focus on your strengths. This might [...]

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