Seat of the Pants
secrets I’ve learned the hard way about selling
so you won’t have to

 

Our job is to help small business owners grow their business, and salespeople to increase their sales. Here is a baker’s dozen of our weekly Snippets – the eNewsletter sales and marketing articles we hope will contribute to your success. In your free copy you’ll learn:

10 Things Not to Say to the Sales Manager on Your First Job Interview – “I don’t want to be found.” Did he really say that? ’fraid so.

Getting Around the Experience Barrier – Learn what to bring to the table if you’re empty handed. Passion heads the list.

3 Myths About Selling – “A good salesperson can sell anything.” Really?

10 Things Every First-Year Salesperson Must Do (Part I) – Find your own customers. The other salespeople don’t care whether you succeed or not.

10 Things Every First-Year Salesperson Must Do (Part II) – Have you ever heard a client say, “Hey, thanks for being late”?

5 Mistakes I’ve Seen Salespeople Make on a Sales Call – “Would you return your voicemail messages? And you wonder why they don’t call back.”

First Impressions – We only have a few points of contact with our customers. Every one counts for you – or against you.

Why Secrets Are Safe – Why will the top salespeople always leave the others in the dust? They don’t just understand the secret, they act on it.

26.2 Miles – A marathon’s not won in the first 100 meters. A sale is not made on the first call. Both require strategies to go the distance.

Cold Calling Sucks – Huh? – “Everyone you call is already doing business with someone else.” Hey, that’s great!

When They Tell You It’s a Numbers Game, Tell Them to Face Randy Johnson – If you don’t get this, you’ll always just be a spectator in the field of sales.

Once Known as Peak 15 – Don’t set an impossible goal of turning every cold call into a sale. It won’t happen.

If I Wanted to Sell for a Living I Would Have Majored in It in College – You’re a born salesperson. You just didn’t realize it. Way to go.

Quick Quirky QuotesHighway to Oblivion: “I saw this guy hitchhiking with a sign that said ‘Heaven’. So I hit him.” – Steven Wright. Raising Arizona: “It’s like being on suicide watch for the first three years.” – Michael J. Fox on what it’s like raising an infant. Why a Woman Will Never Be President: “Get 11 men together and you’ll have a football team. Get 11 women together and you have a riot.” – Maureen Dowd, Pulitzer Prize columnist on why women will never vote for another woman.

 

 

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