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Google Analytics is a great way to monitor your efforts online. It allows you to see how many people are visiting your site, the duration of their visit, what content they are looking at and from what network. You can also see what country they are…
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5 Things Sales has Taught Me
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Sales has taught me many things. Below is a list of what I learned from selling: 1.To go after what I want in life. Ask for the order if you will. 2. To stand tall in the face of rejection and negativity. 3 To look at…
How to Create a Blog on WordPress and Tumblr
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Writing a blog is great way to share your ideas and market your expertise in an area. I began blogging back in November 2011. Blogging had connected me with so many great people around the globe. I began publishing on the WordPress platform. Recently, I began…
Getting to Yes when the Answer has been No:Dealing with Rejection in Sales and Business
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Dealing with rejection in sales and business is tough. I remember my time in outside sales in New York City. I would make a lot of cold calls or try to up-sell or cross-sell products to existing customers. I remember days in the field when the answer I…
Poor Customer Service Costs Businesses Sales
Poor customers service costs businesses sales. I observed this first hand yesterday. I was in the supermarket yesterday and I observed a man who was wanted to buy mussels (seafood). These mussels were packaged in bushels. As you can imagine, there were long lines in the supermarket. There were scales to weigh food items bothContinue reading “Poor Customer Service Costs Businesses Sales”
How to Develop and Implement a Sales Plan
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In my last post, I spoke about how to identify your target market and how to build a prospecting list. In this post, I will cover how to develop and implement a sales plan. Also I will cover how the sales funnel works and how it…
How to Deal with Difficult Customers
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In sales, we all have to deal with difficult customers. Today, I am going discuss how to deal with difficult customers. In a previous post, I discussed how to get customers to pay on time. Before I can discuss how to handle difficult customers, the situation…
10 Things a Sales Leader Needs to Do or Have to Be Successful
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Deciding to go into sales management is a very big step for a sales person. Recently, I received an offer to serve as a sales trainer or de-facto sales manager; based on my time in field sales and my blog. What are a VP of Sales, Sales Director…
Top 10 Most Viewed Articles
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As the year is winding down, I wanted to share with you the top 10 articles from my blog. Based on the readership the honors go to: #1 Four Basic Things Every Person in Sales Needs to Do to Be Successful Selling is a very detailed process.…
Four Basic Things Every Person in Sales Needs to Do to Be Successful
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Selling is a very detailed process. There are four basic things that every person in Sales needs to do to be successful. These four things are: belief in your products and services, knowing how to prospect/knowing your target market, knowing how to engage prospects and customers with…
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