Author: Liz Wendling

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How to Become a Sales Closing Rock Star

Sales Closing Rock Stars Focus on Customers Not Quotas Start paying more attention to your customer needs, pains and problems and start solving their issues and challenges you’ll find you no longer have a closing problem. The Secret to Closing…

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Dating and Sales: 5 Ways to Know if Your Prospect is Into You

The Truth About Dating and Sales Dating and Sales both require insight, skill, and discretion to know when people are truly interested. On a recent trip back from New Jersey, I had a conversation with another sales professionals at the…

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Should You Promote Your Top Salesperson to Sales Manager?

Before You Promote That Salesperson to Sales Manager... Often, top performing salespeople are promoted to sales manager roles with the expectation that their talent, drive, and success will motivate the rest of the sales team to be just as successful.…

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3 Tips to Reduce Cold Calling Anxiety

How to Reduce Cold Calling Anxiety It's natural to feel anxiety when cold calling. Calling and interrupting strangers can easily strike fear in your heart. When cold calling, you have only seconds to grab your prospect's attention and get them…

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How to Differentiate Yourself on Cold Calls

Standing Out on Cold Calls is a Key to Building a Healthy Pipeline Since majority of successful new business opportunities begin with some form of a cold outreach it is critical that you learn to differentiate yourself on cold calls.…

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5 Elements of an Effective Cold Calling Approach

It's Time to Change Your Cold Calling Approach Cold calling is an integral part of building a sales pipeline and there are five elements to cold calling success that will help you change your approach and improve results. Cold Calling…

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Debunking The “Sales Is A Numbers Game” Myth

Selling is a “numbers game” myth: Debunked If you still believe that selling is a numbers game, then you are saying that you lack the skills to control the outcome. Improve Your Skills to Change Your Results The “numbers game”…

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Technology Doesn’t Close Sales, You Do

People close sales. Technology doesn't. Technology can be an outstanding asset to help you close more sales, if you know how to use it correctly. It can also be damaging if you don’t. As a professional or sales person, have…

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Bad Sales Habits Are Hurting Your Bottom Line

Change bad habits to create incredible results Failing to remove bad habits can lead to your own demise. Can you truly change? Can you break your bad habits? You can! It's never easy to acknowledge that you may have developed some…

Close A Sale In 10 Seconds (Or Less!)

Understanding how to create an impression that stands out is the way to close the sale in 10 seconds or less. Actually, great sales people can do it even faster IF they make a great first impression!  Less than 10…

Debunked: Lies About Selling

If you don’t like to sell, it means that you are doing it wrong. Stepping in with courage and determination into a sales conversation is the most powerful aspect of your business. The biggest business-destroying, money-depleting lie that professionals believe…

Money Objections Are Value Objections

Instead of wasting time figuring out an impressive response, spend time understanding what caused the objection in the first place. Identify what you are doing, or not doing that triggered the money objection in the first place. “I can’t afford…