Author: Jill Harrington

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How Momentum Creates Contagious Motivation In Salespeople

What Motivates Salespeople? Salespeople are motivated by momentum, and this momentum catches like wildfire on a team of high performers. Learn how salespeople are driven by progress and seeing results to find out how you can motivate your sales team.…

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Loyal Advocates Are Key to Accelerated Business Growth

Advocates Are More Than Just Customers Advocates are integral to accelerated business growth. They are the customers that derive so much value from your work that they willingly and publicly support and recommend you. No More Customers So has Jill…

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3 Steps to Increase Your Email Response Rate

How to Reach Your Prospect With Email If you want your prospect to open, read, and act upon your emails, start using these three actionable steps and instantly increase your email response rate. We send over 130 billion emails for…

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Problem Solving: Think Before You Ask

The way you pose the question is hampering you and preventing any likelihood of finding the right answer. It’s time to reframe your thinking. Selling isn’t easy. Every seller has that one problem or question, the answer to which has…

3 Brutal Sales Facts: Is Your Success at Risk?

 If you rely on the features and benefits of your product or service to create differentiation… good luck! Start differentiating through the quality and relevant value of your daily interactions with your customers and prospects. Do You Confront The Brutal…

5 Lessons I Learned When I Lost My Voice

Take time to think about your own listening skills and how they contribute to, or dilute, your personal sales effectiveness. I lost my voice in 2012. The combination of a viral infection and an over-ambitious speaking schedule resulted in swollen…

Eliminate Your Sales Blind Spots

In the context of selling, a blind spot is something you commonly do within your sales interactions that potentially threatens your success. And here comes the kicker… you’re not aware of it. I’m a sucker for sports cars. If a…

Improve Your Sales Results: 6 Lessons From The Dating Scene

From blind dates to marriage, here are six lessons from the dating scene that will improve your sales results. I’ve been married to the same man since Noah built the ark, so you’d expect me to be the least qualified…

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How to Get IMPACT Testimonials

Make sure your testimonials are “impact” testimonials. Distrust in sales and marketing messages has skyrocketed over recent years. Not surprising when you see some of the ridiculous unsubstantiated claims made in e-mails. Buyers may not believe the words of sales…