Sales Training

Don't Just DO the Numbers, Track the Numbers

Andrea Sittig-Rolf | Posted 05.11.2012

Andrea Sittig-Rolf

Like every salesperson, I have a set quota I'm responsible for meeting each month. The only difference is; it's self-imposed since I am my own boss! W...

Leadership, Culture and Prostitution

Gary Rich | Posted 05.01.2012

Gary Rich

We conduct a program called The Leadership Room for small groups of executives. During last week's session we sent the ten participants to retail esta...

In Sales -- and in Life -- Be a Go-Giver, Not Just a Go-Getter

BJ Gallagher | Posted 04.18.2012

BJ Gallagher

I'd never heard the term "Go-Giver" before and it intrigued meso I got in touch with Bob Burg, who coined the term in his book, The Go Giver. I found Burg on Twitter and asked if I could interview him to find our more.

The Audacity of Nope: Why Hearing "No" Can Help Salespeople Get to "Yes"

Andrea Sittig-Rolf | Posted 04.16.2012

Andrea Sittig-Rolf

If you position your introduction over the phone as an opportunity to meet in person so you can learn more about your prospect and their potential future needs, you may have better luck.

Don't Limit Your Online Marketing to Google: Smart Companies Use LinkedIn to Grow Sales, Membership and Influence

Christian Moritz | Posted 05.08.2012

Christian Moritz

In addition to Google and Bing, increasingly people are using LinkedIn as their search tool for products and services.

Why Is Your Entire Sales Force in Vegas?

Gary Rich | Posted 03.14.2012

Gary Rich

To my mind, sales people were slick, oily and unpleasant. They traveled with an overnight bag filled with Hermès ties and carried a slight odor of sulfur. These days, I can give you thousand reasons why I love sales people, and why you should too.

Arthur Delaney

White House Jobs Plan Might Let Businesses Try Out Unemployed Workers For Free

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.24.2011

WASHINGTON -- As part of a forthcoming jobs package, the Obama administration is considering a program that would let businesses train jobless workers...

17 Surefire Ways to Land Your First Paying Clients

Scott Gerber | Posted 07.13.2011

Scott Gerber

"I am a first time entrepreneur who has never sold anything to anyone in her life. How can I entice my first few clients to give my new company a shot at their business?"

'Average' Is Killing the American Dream

Grant Cardone | Posted 11.17.2011

Grant Cardone

Average thinking, products and actions are the prevailing concepts in our society today and a proven failing formula! The middle class (average) is th...

Selling Skills: The Only Way to Fight Inflation

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

The only way to fight inflation is by increasing your income and the only way to increase your income is by increasing your personal sales results or ...

Being Able to Sell: What's it all About?

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Donna Flagg

Assumptions are often made about selling and moreover, what it takes to be a good salesperson. On one end of the spectrum, people in sales are though...

Sales Skills or Ben Bernanke?

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

Do you want to continue to trust your economic future to Ben Bernanke and the Fed, or on the abilities of you and your people to sell your products an...

Selling Skills or Bernanke and the Fed?

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

If you trust Mr. Bernanke and Fed to solve your problems, get used to them, because you will have them for a long time.

Shamed into Shunning Starch and Sugar

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 11.17.2011

Lisa Earle McLeod

Is fast food the new smoking? If you're under thirty-five, you probably don't remember the days when people used to smoke in meetings. The image of ...

The 10 Traits of Failure

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

Lets face it, not everyone is cut out for success, just like not everyone is cut out to be a teacher, policeman, parent or CEO. After 25 years of work...

How to Sell in a Recession

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

What do you do when you can't sell your products and services because the economy sucks and people are reportedly not spending? A serious recession c...

Sales Training that is Effective Sales Training

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

Sales training is more critical and vital to organizations today than ever before. The companies that are winning are growing revenue through increas...

Economy Won't Improve Until You Do!

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

I am shocked that everyone is surprised by the disappointing new home sales numbers. Was anyone expecting them to be good? The homebuilders aren't ...

Too Much Spin Selling - Not Enough Selling!

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

Too many companies are spin selling themselves on how effective they have been at cutting their expenses and forgotten that the key to any business i...

Five Guerrilla Marketing Weapons That Helped Increase My Business Without Spending Any Money

Michael Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Tasner

The end of 2009 and into 2010 was proving to be a very difficult year for my company, Taz Solutions, Inc. I discovered that the old ways of doing business were just not working in the "new economy. "

When "Sealing the Deal" Doesn't Involve a Beer

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.25.2011

Penny Herscher

Before you pick up the phone to hawk your wares to a prospect, ask yourself: What is the thing you are going to talk to them about that is about them, not about you?

Blogging for Rookies

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

I have to admit I am an amateur when it comes to blogging, SEO, and this new world of social networking. Regardless of that fact, I have successfully ...

Increase Sales with Simple Math

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

You can increase your sales right now if you just understand basic math and take actions that compound return on your efforts (ROE). It's simple, so k...

Sales Organizations Forced to Change

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Grant Cardone

The past couple of years has been very challenging on all businesses and especially sales organizations. The convergence of a shrinking economy, a mo...

A Strategy that Integrates People and Products

Donna Flagg | Posted 05.25.2011

Donna Flagg

Sometimes I get a strange reaction when I explain that there isn't any difference between marketing and training. People have a hard time grasping th...