On Entertaining Your Customers

How much time should I spend entertaining my customers? Good question. The practice of entertaining customers is one of those issues that needs to be rethought.

Why Email - Instant Messaging and the Phone Put You at a Significant Disadvantage

Although you can glean some sense of what others are conveying through how they say it on the phone, it's also the #1 modality for communicating lies. It's true! People lie in approximately 37% of phone conversations

Learn, Grow - Or Die

Learning never ends. It doesn't end when we graduate high school. It doesn't end when we graduate college. If we are Sales Professionals (and if you are reading this post I hope that you are) the learning process should never end.

What Are The Four Parts of the Sales Process? Part 2

There are really only four parts to the sales process and if you can master them than you can sell anything. In this article we look at the four parts of the process and show you how...

10 Tips For Handling Sales Objections

You have ten great ideas to get you started on handling objections. You will find as you use them that they can be used together also. You will want to practice them and have them ready to go at a moments notice.

10 Killer Ways To Multiply Your Sales

This article outlines ten important tips on how to increase your sales for your business, products and services.

5 Tips To Make Cold Calling Easier

Everyone knows that as a sales person, it is not your intent to annoy and disturb the people that you call (although it may seem that way at times). You are just trying to make a living. So to help you out here are 5 tips to make cold calling easier for you.

5 Tips To Make Your Cold Calls More Successful

Cold calls. How can two words strike such fear into the hearts of customer and sales person alike? But they do. Customers dread receiving cold calls. Sales people dread picking up the phone and making cold calls. But yet they’re a necessary part of sales. And moreover, they've been proven to be one of the most effective types of sales out there. But how can you make your calls more successful? Luckily, you've come to the right place. This article will review five tips to making your cold calls more successful.

Effective Sales Letter Writing - 7 Tips to Make Killer Sales Letters

Letters are among the most popular means of communication throughout history. People loved exchanging messages through letters especially those that come far away. By now, letters were given new and different functions, most notable of which would be in business. Among the most popular type of business-related letters is the sales letter because it is a very important tool for reaching customers and prospects. This is why sales letter writing has been deemed to be a very important aspect in marketing.

Generating and Converting Qualified Leads Through Your Website

Generating an Internet lead is only half the battle. Many companies drop the ball after driving traffic to their site. Here's how you can get the most out of that traffic.

The 7 Secrets Of Profitable Sales Interviews

In order to build a successful business you must be able to sell your products. This article explores the seven essential steps to preparing yourself for profitable meetings with your customers.

Mortgage Leads, Quality Leads to Applications

If you are a mortgage broker or loan officer looking for internet mortgage leads as a source to pick up some more applications, make sure the mortgage leads you are using are of good quality.

Opening Your Dollar Store - How to Handle Sales Shortfalls

Sales management is a key activity when opening a dollar store. Prior to actually opening your store specific sales goals should have been established. As the store is opened and business operations grow your actual sales should be compared to those projected sales. Hopefully the result will be higher than anticipated sales. But what about situations when sales fail to meet projections? What happens if sales are lower than planned?

Working Internet Insurance Leads For Maximum Sales

Insurance Agents can maximize sales from internet leads by using them the right way!