Feb 5, 2021 | customers, entrepreneurs, marketing, sales training
What is the single biggest tool that will transform my business? All around us, ‘gurus’ (of varying degrees of credibility) are pushing this system, or that product, or some package or another which will miraculously ‘transform’ your business....
Jan 30, 2021 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, Training
Do you know the biggest threat to your business right now? Well, if you don’t you should. I speak as someone who has experienced what happens when an 18 year old established business gets wiped out pretty much overnight, due to a change in Government...
Jan 24, 2021 | marketing, sales tips, Training
Why I’m not going to tell you I’m the best Today I got pitched at by an over-enthusiastic insurance sales person. Although I’m not in the market for insurance, the salesperson in me loves to listen to other people’s sales calls because, well, they are fascinating!...
Jan 12, 2021 | customers, entrepreneurs, marketing, negotiation, sales tips, Training
Have you ever talked yourself out of a sale (and what should you have done differently?) It is important to understand when to talk and when to stop. When we are being sold ‘to’ none of us likes to be with someone who talks constantly; it is irritating and it can make...
Jan 7, 2021 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, Training
7 things that we all hate about selling 1. Cancelled meetings Especially when they ‘forget’ to tell you and you’ve physically travelled to the venue before you find out. Also annoying when you have done tons of preparation and they no longer want to...
Jan 4, 2021 | marketing, sales tips, Training
I’m subsituting MAN for FAN because it’s time to move with the times! Those of you in sales will be very familiar with the acronym MAN as standing for: Money Authority Need (in other words, a simple way of identifying the best person to have a sales...