Selfish Small Business Owners or Just Too Busy to Be of a Giving Mindset?
During a brief podcast with Dave Woodson, the conversation of selfish small business owners, sales referrals and giving mindset surfaced. There appears to be an influx of a selfish mindset, a one way...
View ArticleHanging Up Not the Best for Future Sales Referrals
Believe it or not I was hung up by a salesperson who made it a very clear he was seeking sales referrals after he had sold me on his solution. What prompted this action does require sharing of the...
View ArticleBusiness Coaching – Are You a Priority or Just an Option?
Credit www.sxc.hu From a business coaching perspective even a sales leadership one, this statement by Maya Angelou of “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option” may cause...
View ArticleHow to Increase Sales – Invest in You
There are many how to increase sales marketing and selling strategies including: Business to Business networking Advertising Blogging Follow up on sales leads Expand sales referrals Credit www.sxc.hu...
View ArticleCustomer Loyalty Is a Two Way Street
Many think of customer loyalty as a one way street and this truly is not strategic nor very smart thinking for small businesses owners, solo entrepreneurs or sales professionals. Recently, I upgraded...
View ArticleThe Sales Challenge of “I Need Referrals”– Part 1
The growth goal to increase sales is indeed a significant sales challenge for many SMB. One of the best ways to overcome this sales challenge is through sales referrals. This may explain the growth of...
View ArticleAre You Clueless When Using Sales Referrals?
Sales referrals seem to be streaking through the B2B marketplace faster than northern lights. The people behind many of these attempts to find new sales leads are 100% clueless as how to use this...
View ArticleBreaking Through to CEOs and the C-Suite by Stu Heinecke
Imagine, for a moment, what it would be like if you suddenly had the super-human ability to break through to the C-suite at will. How would that change your life, career and results? Selling to the...
View ArticlePie In the Sky Sales Expectations
Recently in speaking with a potential sales coaching client, I once again heard the pie in the sky sales expectations. Her boss who is in charge of sales management has: No marketing plan No consistent...
View ArticleSelling is the Same; Marketing is Different
Selling is the same today, yesterday, yesteryear and in the future. People have a need or a want and require to emotionally and logically satisfy that need or want. Yes in some cases, the sale is more...
View ArticlePass the Sales Referrals or Not
Sales referrals are potentially solid gold provided they are the right type of referrals. In other words, do they meet the needs of the small business receiving the sales lead or do they meet the needs...
View ArticleHow Your Sales Process Collides With Your Propsect’s Buying Process
So in your better sense, you return a phone call with the knowledge that once again the person on the other end of the phone probably has a sales process that will collide with your buying process. And...
View ArticleAsk Don’t Expect Sales Referrals
Wouldn’t it be nice if every customer or strategic alliance partner would send sales referrals your way? Just imagine how that would improve your: Cash flow? Profits? Overall business growth? And how...
View ArticleThe Major Fault with the NPS
Sometimes I shake my head in disbelief when people usually experts attempt to justify this research or that best practice. This is so true with the NPS as promoted through the book The Ultimate...
View ArticleSmall Business Melodies of Red. Red, Whine
Small business people never cease to amaze me with their “Red, Red, Whine” melodies. From not having enough sales to having difficult employees to demanding clients, the melodious notes fill the air....
View ArticleAre Your Business Ethics the Real Issue?
Have you ever noticed that when people in small business start asking about their own business ethics what they really are doing is asking about the business ethics of others? On a fairly regular...
View ArticleIn Sales to Know Me Is to Trust Me Tops to Like Me
People buy from people they know and trust. In sales there exists some confusion about knowing and liking. I personally like a lot of people, but I do not trust all of them and hence I would not buy...
View ArticleIs Living One’s Faith an Essence of Sales Leadership?
Have you ever considered the essence of sales leadership revolves around living one’s faith. With all the emphasis on social media, the current “best” selling style such as agile selling, the best...
View ArticleThe Tiresome I Don’t Do Free Sales Obstacle
Small business owners to survive and ultimately thrive must increase sales. Sometimes, they receive advice to give away their solutions for “free” as an incentive to gain credibility or build trust....
View ArticleLumping Small Business into Big Business Research
Mid-size to small business have few statistical resources to make strategic marketing or selling decisions. The majority of business research is with the larger firms of 100 employees or more that...
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