Pre-Qualifying Prospects

The service business is a great deal different than businesses that offer lines of merchandise. Thus, transforming a prospective client into a paying customer is much more challenging. A client that signs a service agreement is agreeing to pay for something they can't see or touch, with the assurance they will receive services rendered within a specified period of time.

Speed Kills - Selling Too Quickly Can Cost The Sale

In a time when more and more people are seeking instant gratification and seem to have less and less time and patience, many salespeople are trying to rush their sale cycle. In my experience and opinion, they do so at their own peril. Speed, the attempt to rush the process can kill the sale. This is why.

Casual vs. Business Dressing for Success

As late as the 1870s surgeons could be seen performing open operations on their patients while dressed in Brooks Brothers suits with full Bemberg lining, corozo buttons, and double besom flap pockets. They would wear a white pinpoint cotton dress shirt with French cuffs, forward point collar, and the tie would be optional. Today’s doctors don a pair of Wal-Mart scrubs in the color of the season and a pair of Nike Air tennis shoes to perform a three-hour operation.

Opening A Dollar Store - Plan to Create the Right Shopping Environment

One of the things that every entrepreneur who is opening a dollar store can do to help set their stores up for success is to create the right shopping environment in their planning. It is to take all of the steps necessary to make visiting and shopping in your soon to open store a pleasant experience for every shopper. In that way everything will be in place to maximize the number of return shoppers from the very first day the store is open for business.

It's Time To Exchange Customers, Honey!

Stop trying to change customers, attract the right ones instead. It's easier, less work and you will have happier clients.

Learn the Natural Law of Attraction & Double Your Sales & Income!

We are all familiar with the natural law of gravity. We can't see gravity, but we know it's there. We can't touch gravity but we know if we fall we are going to hit the ground because the natural law of gravity is constantly in effect. The natural laws you will be learning about in this training are no different than the law of gravity. They affect our lives each and every day. But most of us have never been exposed to these laws because they aren't taught in our school systems, which is a shame. Now you will know about these powerful laws and you will have the tools to change your life and be, do, and have anything you want.

Motivational Seminars - Do they Translate into Increased Sales?

There are literally thousands of motivational speakers on the circuit. They range from seasoned salespeople and sales trainers to political, sports and TV personalities. In some cases the presenters have never sold a thing in their lives, while others ramble on about one legged high jump champions and blind driving instructors. The question is - will this time consuming and expensive method of motivation actually increase your sales figures?

The Art of Real Problem Solving

Businesses operate for several reasons. Each of these reasons can be placed in one of two categories: solving problems and making money. In the quest for both there are real problems that will arise. When that real problem arises, you, the professional salesperson, are there with the solution. Here is how to find the real problem in any company.

Three Steps to Total Power in Your Selling Career

How many times have you heard the comment, ''Information (knowledge) is power.''? Do you agree with that statement? I hope not, because it is wrong in it's simplicity! It is missing a very key word. That word is ''potential''. You are about to discover the three steps to total power in your selling career.

Building Value, How Far do You Go?

As a salesperson, building the value of your product or service is a important part of the selling process for two important reasons. The process helps reinforce need or desire in the customer's mind and it justifies the price being asked. So, the question is, when building value, how far do you go? How much time do you spend? Although the answer is a fairly simple, many salespeople fail to recognize it.

Sales Success Tip-Does Your Prospect Have a Need or a Want?

Learning what your prospect wants as opposed to needs will result in an explosing in your conversion rate and your sales.

Map Your Stress in Order to Annihilate Stress

In order to annihilate stress, one of your first steps is to effectively map your stress. Begin by thinking about how you actually feel when you are in a stressful situation. What is going on in your body?

Sales Tip - Find the Pleasure or Find the Pain

You can instantly increase your sales conversion rate by digging deep enough to find your prospects pleasure or pain. Now, we are not going to debate which of these sells better, pleasure or pain. Personally, I believe that it depends upon the prospect or even the circumstances. But with the right questions, you'll know what motivates your particular prospect and use it to help them buy.

Sales Tips-The Most Important Factor in Your Sales Success

It's a question I often asked, but most don't like the answer they get. If you like things the way they are, you won't like it either.