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There is nothing that has the potential to help you generate greater sales results than developing your personal effectiveness. There is no technology that better enables you to produce greater results than the alarm clock—and the commitment to rise earlier and to take action improving yourself and your results Read More

Each of us has the ability to rationalize their lack of performance, and it is easy to fall into the trap of telling ourselves lies when our performance isn’t what we want it to be. We behave in a way that is consistent with what we believe—even when these beliefs aren’t based on the truth. Improved performance means recognizing when we are lying to ourselves, and then adopting more powerful beliefs Read More

When you know you are going to face a specific hurdle in a sale, you need to know how to "take it away" in advance. Many sales people stress over common recurring obstacles that are easily removed if the plan in advance Read More

We have a love/hate relationship with our sales careers. At one moment, we are proud of our accomplishments and celebrate the relationships we have built with our customers, and the next moment we d Read More

Whenever I give speak or give training on using social media for sales this is invariably one of the first things I get from the audience is, "How Do You Find C-Level Executives on Linkedin?"

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Sadly, customer engagement is being ignored in so much of business-to-consumer selling that in many respects we have nowhere to go but up. In many sectors of B2C selling (not to mention marketing and Read More

The strategic opportunity review is a great tool for helping to build a deal winning strategy. But spending too much or too little time resolving concerns can result in lost opportunities that otherw Read More

Social selling seems like a silly label to put on any sales concept. Any sales person’s natural reaction would be, “no kidding.” Many of your “fluff” meters just sounded the alarm. And my battle hard Read More

Everybody talks about how important listening is in sales, but the real measure is how well one understands. Most sales people practice selective listening, which does not always lead to really "hearing" and understanding the buyer and they buyer's objectives. Read More