What is Your Strategy When Setting Goals?

Goal-setting is a very popular topic, unfortunately, for as popular as it is, goal-setting is not something often done well. In this article, Kelly Riggs dives deep into the ways people DO set goals and the ways that they SHOULD set goals.

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Why Are You Helping Your Clients Under-Invest?

Anthony Iannarino took over my blog for the day and dug deep into one of the areas salespeople need to do better work; preventing their clients from under investing. Many salespeople believe that lowering their price is the way to serve their clients, but it’s actually hurting them.

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3 Ways You Can Actually Deal With Mean Customers

Do you want incremental sales? Then look for the mean (a.k.a. difficult) buyers. Nobody is being nice to them! Nobody is giving them the time of day. Amy O’Connor’s advice is to zero in on the mean buyers and go full force to win them over. It’s one of the smartest ways to boost your sales.

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5 Ways You Can Bust Free of a Sales Slump

Let’s be honest. If you’re in a sales funk you don’t need the same old advice you’ve heard before. It could be good advice and helpful in slowly working your way out of your slump. But if you want to LEAP out of your slump, here are five ways you can do it.

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6 Lessons You Learn From a Botched Sale

Jill Konrath is a great mind in the sales world. As a speaker, author, and thought-leader, she knows what it takes to succeed in sales. But just like the rest of us, she’s made her mistakes. Here are six important lessons you can learn from a major sales blunder that she made.

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3 Ways We Make Buyers Feel Stupid :(

When’s the last time you woke up and said, “Boy, I sure I hope I make a fool out of myself in front of everyone today?” If people don’t like feeling stupid in regular, everyday life, then they really don’t like to feel stupid when they are a buyer. Here are the top three ways salespeople make their buyer’s feel stupid.

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Would You Ever Order a Mystery Shop for Yourself?

Mystery shopping – These two little words can evoke some pretty powerful emotions. I’m curious. What was your gut reaction when you read the words mystery shopping? Was it fear, anxiety, nervousness, perhaps even anger? But mystery shopping can be a weapon used for good.

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