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Winning Business the Right Way
A look at winning business for your company through the use of three key traits.
Executive Level Positioning
Positioning yourself in both a horizontal and vertical level with regards to your co-workers before evening reaching the executive level and the importance associated with it.

Your Brand Is Screaming!
In this economy your brand is screaming louder than it ever has before. Every thing you do, say, wear, even how and when you follow-up matters. If you want to grow your business, retain your clients, and increase referrals then you need to understand that every interaction with a prospect or client determines if they will go to the next step with you. Face it, the customer is in control of the buying cycle - when it closes, how it closes, and if you are the person with whom they close it. Understanding your customers have a choice and a voice, and adjusting your sales approach to exceed their expectations will ensure you succeed in this and any economy.

Guerrilla Generosity
These days, there seem to be two kinds of businesses: givers and takers. Giver businesses are quick to give freebies to customers and prospects. The freebies may be gifts, but more likely come in the form of information. The right information is worth more than a gift and often even worth far more than money.

Guerrilla Headlines
Headlines are used in ads, commercials, telemarketing calls, direct mail letters, websites, sales presentations and more. Can you write great ones?

The 7 Stages of a Referral Generation
Referrals happen, thank goodness, but for too many, they happen randomly, almost accidentally.
Is Social Media Killing Your Business?
I know today’s short post might come as a surprise to regular readers of this blog, but even though I promote the heck out of social media use for small business, I see a dangerous side as well.
Are You Making This Valley-Girl Voice Mistake???
Are You Making This Simple But Annoying Mistake? For some reason so many women struggle with this habit. They are making solid statements at sales presentations, in meetings, at networking functions...and yet they end EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE with their voice "going higher....and it sounds as if they are continually asking a question????"

What Prospects Are Saying About Your Selling Skills
According to IDC’s 2010 Customer Experience Survey of 213 senior level buyers, most people are not as effective selling one-on-one as they think they are. This comes in stark contrast to the perception of most business owners, consultants and sales professionals who tend to adopt the attitude of “get me in front of a prospect and I’ll close the deal.”
Complete Sales Reference Manual Now Available
This book includes contributions from 89 sales experts, covering every possible topic, including sales, sales management, sales 2.0, sales process, sales strategy, sales tactics, sales motivation, sales presentations, and sales psychology. It's more like a reference manual!
Setting a Marketing Budget
One of the most important decisions that a small to medium-sized business has to make is how much money to spend on a marketing budget.
Top 10 Reasons Why You Need A Killer Elevator Speech
It is my firm belief that virtually every person in business for her- or himself needs a killer elevator speech. Yes, that means you, too. Wondering why a killer elevator speech is so important for you? See if you recognize yourself in any of these scenarios:
Telling Your Story
Do you know your company story? Are you leveraging the story in your sales presentations to make a stronger connection with prospects and customer? Learn it, know it and use it!
In My Opinion
Ever consider the potential costs or business losses for sharring your unwanted opinion? It's okay to have any opinion just know when to offer it and when to keep it to yourself, read on...
The 9 Most-Deadly Sins in Sales & Marketing
If business can be described as "war without guns" then Sales & Marketing are the military arm * Salespeople are the ground forces: Infantry, Cavalry, Armored * Marketing is Intelligence (Research & Market Data), Strategy, Planning, Artillery & Air (ads & promotion) Because most companies don't think of Business Development in these terms, they continually repeat the 9 Most-Deadly Sins listed below:
What's That Prospect Thinking?
Even the young gun sales star is in danger of becoming a dinosaur if they fail to reexamine their sales approach. The presentation that earned you a trip to Madrid two years ago may land you on Monster.com next year. Can you morph your presentation and sales strategy?
Focusing on the Outcome
Learn how focusing on the outcome, rather than your products and services, can help you connect with customer needs.
Selling With Stories
The most successful sales people sell without it ever being apparent that they are in fact, selling. How did they do this? They all told stories.
Home Stagers Help Sellers Preserve Their Homes’ Equity
The Staging Diva, discusses why, especially in a poor economy, home sellers turn to home stagers to help preserve their homes’ equity.
Add Power to your Presentation through Effective Use of Visuals
Your customer's retention of information, your credibility, and your effectiveness depend on effective use of visuals during your sales presentation. However, over-used graphics and visuals can become a distraction and be seen by the customer as a "crutch".

Sales Training for the B2B Sales Team
Sales training for B2B sales professionals can streamline sales activity to allow your B2B sales reps more time to invest in profitable, revenue-producing leads. Sales training for a B2B sales team will also provide your team with the skills they need to successfully present themselves and your company to complex prospects.

Market Niche: 5 Key Reasons You Want to Niche
Often business owners view market niche as narrowing their sales potential or cutting into a profit margin. The truth is, a narrowly defined market niche gives your business POWER. The clearer you are about your market niche, and the more passionate you are about helping them, the more likely your income will substantially increase.

Obama and Friends On Stage - Implications for the Sales Force
There is a lot of buzz surrounding those who took to the podium this week at the Democratic National Convention - and Barach Obama hasn't had his turn yet. Once again, I will not make a political statement in this article - just a sales opinion.
Using Customer Service To Generate Incremental Revenue
In a recent strategy session, I had the opportunity to brainstorm ways to generate incremental revenue with the CEO of a small software company. We discussed how the customer service/client relationship may be well suited to creating new revenue streams. One idea that stood out was the perception your clients have towards sales vs. customer service.
Selling With Stories - A Powerful Sales Tool
The key to succesful sales is to really engage with your clients - to move them emotionally, not just rationally. And perhaps the best technique to do this is the use of stories.
5 Tips For Giving Presentations That Consistently Sell
Tips from an experienced sales expert for qualifying prospects and giving sales presentations that actually work.
How To Use PowerPoint During Sales Presentations
Using PowerPoint slides during a sales presentation can have a big impact on your customers. Using it the wrong way can have an even bigger negative impact.

The "Video Role Playing Is Counterproductive" Myth
Many sales managers and trainers feel that video role playing sales presentations and prospecting methods is just too stressful for their sales representatives to be an effective training tool. On the other hand, in most sports, video taping of an athletes performance is a standard training procedure. Today, video tapes play a major role in an athlete's conditioning by most coaches and managers.
The You Can Tell If A New Hire Will Succeed In The First Two Months Myth
Most companies set arbitrary sales success time periods at about two and no more than three months. Big mistake!

The Three Biggest Mistakes in Sales Presentations
The sales presentation is the ultimate purpose of every sales process, of every sales call, and of every sales system. The job of the sales person revolves around the point in time when he offers the customer something to buy. Without the sales presentation, there can be no sale. It is, then, the foundational step in the sales process. Everything that happens before is in preparation for the presentation, and everything that happens afterward is a result of the presentation. Alas, that is not the case. Left to learn on their own, many sales people make the same mistakes over and over again. Here are the three most commonly made sales presentation mistakes.

Book Review: You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar
Are you having trouble getting people to buy what you are selling? Read this book. Let’s say you already know that to be successful marketing your business you need to identify your audience’s problems and show why you have the best solutions. Isn’t that good enough?
Nine Ways To Jazz Up Your Sales Presentations
When you ask business people what they fear doing most, most will say public speaking. People just seem to dread the idea of standing up and giving a speech to a group. This article has nine ideas you can use to jazz up your next sales presentation to any size group.
Nine Ways To Jazz Up Your Sales Presentations
When you ask business people what they fear doing most, most will say public speaking. People just seem to dread the idea of standing up and giving a speech to a group. This article has nine ideas you can use to jazz up your next sales presentation to any size group.
The Ultimate Sales Training Tip
Would you like to increase your sales and grow your business? Well then, you must learn and use the ultimate sales training tip.

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Sales Presentations That Close Themselves
Sales Presentations That Close Themselves Sales presentations which follow a small, but exact, handful of underlying principles, virtually close themselves. But which among the many are the magic principles that define a truly winning sales presentation, and among these, which are the most magic al of all?

Ten Major Causes of Powerless Presentations According To Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
Every day in the business world there are millions of presentations made. Unfortunately too many of those presentations are “powerless.” In fact, we may even be so bold as to say a majority of those presentations are “powerless” due to one or more of ten major causes. In the opinion of Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach, the major causes of “powerless” ineffective and non-persuasive presentations are:

5 Tips For Giving Presentations That Consistently Sell
Tips from an experienced sales expert for qualifying prospects and giving sales presentations that actually work.
Your Website Doesn't Need A Traditional Call To Action
Sales people are taught, you always need 'a call to action,' a request to act or lose the opportunity of a lifetime. I'm sure you've seen the infomercials, website presentations, online direct marketing come-ons, and even high-pressure seminar and tradeshow presentations that will never be repeated, so you better act now. You're familiar with the language used: "act now and we'll send you two pieces of junk you don't need, but wait there's more, call in the next ten minutes and we'll add a third useless item."

Direct Selling Party Plan Business Presentations
Direct sales party presentations are an effective marketing technique. Perfect your presentations.
Complete Sales Reference Manual Now Available
This book includes contributions from 89 sales experts, covering every possible topic, including sales, sales management, sales 2.0, sales process, sales strategy, sales tactics, sales motivation, sales presentations, and sales psychology. It's more like a reference manual!
Focus on the WIIFT for a Powerful Presentation
A while back I had the opportunity to work for nearly two days with the best-of-the-best sales pros in a client company when I presented a workshop titled “Powerful Presentations.” A key idea in this workshop was that our sales presentations are more powerful when we focus on WIIFT – What’s in it for Them – from the open of the presentation through the close.

5 Ways to Become an Effective Virtual Presenter
Would you like to know exactly how to win virtually - giving effective presentations and closing more sales? Imagine for a moment, the thrill of success when close more sales on the spot in your online presentations.
Running Hot or Cold In Your Sales Presentations?
What’s the secret for success in sales presentations and public talks? To dramatically improve the results of your presentations, build an emotional bond. Find out the fast and easy way to do this right now.
Are Your Presentations Improving Communication?
Are your presentations truly working? Great presentations inspire people, improve communication and help people create great things together. Learn 7 must-have tips to give awesome presentations.
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