All of us have heard, pretty much since week one of our sales careers… don’t take sales rejection personally. You know the mantra: “They’re not rejecting you, they’re rejecting your product or service.” I have to admit, I agreed with that for my entire 31-year sales career until a recent experience changed my mind. About […]
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In a recent article by friend and colleague John Brubaker (CoachBru.com), he stated that, “According to a U.S. Department of Commerce research study, in the first five years of a business the survival rate for independent small businesses is less than 20% but the survival rate for franchises is 95%.” He continues: “…it isn’t so
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Here’s the scenario: You’ve just hired a new sales rep. He seemed perfect. He did great on the sales personality test, he had all the right answers, and everyone liked him. He told you he’d be the hardest worker in the office. Two weeks in you notice he’s a few minutes late half the time,
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After 9 months of working with John Chapin I doubled my monthly income. This is significant considering I’ve been in the insurance industry for over 48 years and thought I knew all there was to know. – John Brisbois – part-owner Sullivan Group If you’re looking for similar sales results, I’m doing a seminar: Double
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It happened again two weeks ago. I met with someone struggling to get their business going. One of the first questions I asked, and always ask: “What are you doing to bring in revenue (sell something)?” “I have a display at the local Walmart, and I belong to five Chambers of Commerce.” “And how long
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Over the past week I’ve been inundated with e-mails for webinars, classes, and courses telling me that sales and business building is easy. They claim that you don’t have to work hard, just listen to the webinar and you’ll get the magic bullet to working a fraction of the hours you’re currently working while closing
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I was recently speaking with an extremely successful executive (he asked to remain anonymous) who is known for being able to walk into an organization, clear away all the clutter and b.s., and make them extremely successful. He boiled his process down to four keys which can also be applied to successful selling. Four keys
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My mom passed away recently. As I was writing her eulogy, I realized that a lot of what she stood for, and a lot of what she taught me, led to my sales success. As I looked deeper, I realized that most of her examples also had to do with success in life, not just
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To be successful in the world of selling you need to be a contrarian. In every industry, successful salespeople are the exception, not the rule. In the insurance field, only about 20% of the agents who start are still agents ten years down the road. In real estate, the average Realtor sells three houses a
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There is a much-overlooked aspect of sales success that is rarely talked about and people pay little attention to, it is: self-talk. The most important conversation is the one you have with yourself. The reason that conversation is so important is because the words and language you use both reveal and reinforce your beliefs about
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Have you ever thought about incorporating a sales trainer that can coach and motivate you? Do you think a sales trainer might be the missing piece of the puzzle in your sales journey? If you’ve thought so, then help is right here.
