Are You Counting “Sales Chickens” Before They Hatch?
You do all that needs to be done, follow all the tried and true techniques to evoke a response and still nothing. What if your prospect goes silent? Has this ever happen to you?
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You do all that needs to be done, follow all the tried and true techniques to evoke a response and still nothing. What if your prospect goes silent? Has this ever happen to you?
Like many of us I also hear lots of reasons aka excuses for someone being late or believe it or not, just not showing up at all. Today I overheard something very refreshing. A
Most of us are easily sidetracked by distractions disguised as work activities. Dick had wandered down the hallway and found me at my cubicle desk. Other than the morning DJ’s we were the only
“Look,” I said to Jackson as I swung my feet off my desk and pulled my chair forward, “you need to understand that in business a relationship isn’t based on lunch and cut flowers
This year, ask yourself daily if you are being busy or productive. Get off the sales treadmill with the endless loop to nothing. It’s first quarter and you have 12 months to achieve your
How do you walk up to a perfect stranger and strike up a conversation that could lead to sales? The first thing is: don’t think about sales. I’d like to get to know you
Commonalities might be good starting points but sellers need to be a little more subtle about how to use them and if they can’t be subtle and conversational and real about it, they should
Here are four things that you can do to ensure that you retain more clients and increase your prospecting success. Wouldn’t it be easier, and certainly faster, if all we had to do to
As you look ahead into the new year, your future is unwritten. At this pivot point you have the opportunity to shape your future. In this podcast, Jeb gives you the 3 keys to
When the benefits outweigh the cost, the result is value. Value is the most important thing you can offer. When my wife asked me to come into the kitchen on a Sunday afternoon, my
Salespeople make egregious mistakes on LinkedIn that kill both sales and reputations. On this podcast, Jeb Blount discusses those mistakes and how to avoid them with LinkedIn expert Brynne Tillman.
You must realize that leading someone does not consist of getting them to do what you want, but putting value on what they want. I’ve been a leader in various organizations and of teams