What Should Be in Your Follow-up?

December 29, 2011

On Tuesday, we addressed Part 1, “Why Don’t People Buy Right Away?”  We explained why people don’t buy on your first meeting or first sales appointment.  Today we are going to go into what should be in your follow-up.  Here are some things you can put in your follow-up in order to move people into [...]

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Why Don’t People Buy Right Away?

December 27, 2011

We’ve all heard the statistic that most sales are made on the 5-12 communication between the buyer and the seller.  But most of us don’t know WHY this is the case and how to follow-up effectively.  Part 1 of our 2 part series will explain why people don’t buy right away.  In part 2 we [...]

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What is Confirmation Bias and Why is it Dangerous?

December 22, 2011

The brain is an incredibly powerful machine, able to do amazing things.  However, the human brain can fall victim to cognitive mistakes.  One of these cognitive mistakes is confirmation bias.  What is confirmation bias?  Confirmation bias is the tendency for people to seek, favor, and interpret information that supports their preconceived ideas and beliefs. Why [...]

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The 80/20 Rule

December 20, 2011

You have probably heard about the 80/20 rule.  It has been applied in many different situations. For example, 20% of people will do 80% of the work, or 20% of people will give 80% of the money given to charities.  We could go on and on with examples, but for the sake of this article, [...]

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How Can Time Blocking and Checklists Change Your Business?

December 15, 2011

Many people in business have activities that they know they SHOULD complete, but don’t.  Why is this the case?  There are several reasons, but most often it is because they get busy, overwhelmed, and do not leave enough time in the day to properly complete the tasks that they need to get done. This is [...]

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The Power of 1

December 13, 2011

Life can be complicated, and extremely overwhelming with things to do, deadlines to meet, and multiple tasks.  Just looking at the business section in a book store can flood someone with ideas.  But just like eating a Thanksgiving meal every day would not be healthy, too much information leads to feeling overwhelmed. So, instead of [...]

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Whatever Got You Where You Are Today…

December 8, 2011

From time to time we come across a blog post that we want to share.  Today’s blog post is from one of our affiliates, Jonathan Farrington.  Jonathan is a globally recognized business coach, mentor, sales strategist, and thought leader.  He is the CEO of Top Sales Associates, Chairman of the JF Corporation, and the creator [...]

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Sharpening Your Sales Tools

December 6, 2011

When was the last time that you sat down and role played a sales situation with a group of your peers?  It may sound silly and make you think back to your first few weeks in Sales 101, but this truly is a great method for sharpening your sales tools.  It is really easy to [...]

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How Good Are You at Keeping Your Promises?

December 1, 2011

Promises are a part of life and a part of business.  You can tell a lot about a person when you examine how often they make promises and most of all, how often they keep those promises. In business, it is not unheard of to make promises without realizing you are making them.  For example, [...]

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How to Get More Referrals

November 29, 2011

As Seth Godin, author and marketer, points out in his article How to Get Referrals we all know that referrals are the best way to grow our businesses.  We also all know that the most effective technique to get more referrals is to simply come out and ask.  However, that technique can be very intimidating [...]

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