Sales & Motivation

We’re well more than a month into 2014. How’s it going so far? How are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions if you made any? Are you on track to achieve your personal and professional goals this year? If you’re not on track, these ideas will get you on track and caught up. If […]

We all have the same amount of time in a day – 24 hours. So why do some people seem to get a week’s worth of work done in a day, while others get a day’s worth of work done in a week? More often than not, the amount of work people get done during

In a recent survey, customers said that the #1 reason they do business with a particular company is because of a relationship with someone within that company. The same survey also showed that 97% of customers did business with a particular salesperson because they liked and trusted that person. Thus, as salespeople, having a strong

One of the best ways to ensure you make more sales is to make sure you’re taking excellent care of your customers and one of the best ways to do that is to go back to the basics of GREAT customer service.  Providing great customer service ensures that your customers feel appreciated and are being

Like most other things in life, sales and success are 90% mental. Once you’ve been in your industry for a few years, you know what you need to do in order to be successful, at that point it simply comes down to doing it. The key to doing what must be done day in and

We’ve all heard how important it is to have goals, yet 97% of the population doesn’t have them. If you are part of the 97%, you may want to consider becoming part of the 3% with goals because the reality is: the 3% of the population with written goals is worth more in financial terms,

These days there seems to be more competition than ever, in addition, the competition seems to be more creative and relentless. Whether it’s the low-price ankle biters, or the large companies with huge marketing budgets, our competitors seem to be everywhere. That being said, we can still win and keep more than our share of

These days there are a lot of negatives flying around out there. Unemployment, the economy, and a plethora of other items are lurking around every corner in the form of newspapers, television, and negative people, and they are waiting to pounce on you and sap your energy and your morale. In addition to that, there

While a lack of sales can be caused by something other than not having enough prospects, generally speaking, most salespeople who miss their numbers do so because they have far too few selling opportunities which is usually caused by having far too few qualified prospects. Following are some ideas to ensure you never have this

Believe it or not, significantly increasing, even doubling your sales and income, doesn’t have to be difficult. Below we’ll discuss four simple steps that, when applied, can put you in a position to dramatically increase your income and have your best year ever. Four Steps to Doubling Your Income: 1) Get better at selling. If