Author: Leanne Hoagland-Smith

Relationship Selling is a Powerful Sales Strategy

Being your personal best is your invisible business card. Is your sales strategy based upon relationship selling? Then how can you leverage relationship selling to increase sales? The answer lies within you. Why Relationship Selling Works Relationship selling is becoming…

How to Do More With the Same Amount of Time

If you truly want to do more with the same amount of time each and every day, then begin by developing those self-leadership skills necessary for personal success. Can we agree that: A minute has 60 seconds? An hour has…

8 Keys to Unlock Your Sales Training Potential

These 8 keys can help you unlock your sales training and development programs so that you get "the most bang for your buck". Sales training will be one of the few training and development areas that will experience an increase…

sales success focus

How to Master Success with Laser Beam Focus

Individuals can master success through their focus. Do you know why you need to focus like a laser beam if you want to master success? Imagine a laser beam. Where is the beam of light? Is it wide, embracing many,…

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Lose the Staples and Increase Sales

Have you ever considered that a single staple may be keeping you from your goal to increase sales? Being in sales means that you must continually meet new individuals. As you separate the qualified prospects from the suspects and then…

Marketing Success Is Only As Good As Your Website

If your cyberspace storefront is not keyword-rich, easy to navigate, and ladled with fresh content, you will have visitors who stay less than 10 seconds. How exactly does that increase sales? Each day I receive notice for another social media…

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Swap the Elephant Gun for the Fly Swatter To Increase Sales

When you provide the right solution for the right problem, you will never ever need an elephant gun to kill a fly. How many times do salespeople, especially those involved in services, attempt to sell or employ an elephant gun…

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Finding Value in Investments Sets Successful Leaders Apart

Part of the reason so many small business owners are crazy busy is because they are not 100 percent forward-thinking leaders. “We don’t have a budget as much as we need to take this action.” This statement or what is…

sales productivity

I’m So Busy I Don’t Have Time To…

When you convince yourself that you are so busy, you won’t focus on the most important task at hand, such as working on your business growth action plan. Is the thought “I’m so busy” killing your sales? If you think not,…

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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Small business owners and entrepreneurs face the challenge of balancing sales against marketing every day of the week. Do you have cycles in your business when sales are incredibly good? You are so busy, you just cannot take care of all…

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Successful Sales Professionals Confront Fear and Move Forward

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.” — Eleanor Roosevelt Is false evidence appearing real or is…