While this may seem a little bit silly or archaic, I am a firm believer, that in a sales environment, YOU must be brilliant at the basics, I mean really, really, brilliant at the basics. When I am saying that, one of the most basic and under-used skills of any sales consultant is the skill […]
This week I explore the advantages of managing your personal state and attitude. You always have the power to decide: positive or negative – only two outcomes, make the decision, and make it a GOOD one! I’ll talk about some steps you can take to help in setting your mental state up for success, including […]
Original Concept Copyright © August 2009 by Mike Phillips and Joe McCloskey Jr. This is a great set of “rules” to consider in conjunction with whatever your selling process may be, you need to understand that buyers have a set of questions that they ask themselves when making a purchase, a sort of “Buying Process” […]
IT’S ANOTHER RADIO BLOG!!! This week we discuss some keys to more effective and powerful communication; communication for both business and personal relationships. By working on our communication it will give some additional ways for resolving problems and conflicts for both business and personal.
This week I’ll discuss some of the roadblocks we create for ourselves. As Bob Proctor said, “You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.” I’ll talk about some activities that you can do to get out of your own way and create your own success, take your own […]
There are other writers, bloggers, speakers and general people that have written and spoken on the subject that I am writing on today. Focus, belief, conviction and how they tie into people achieving high levels of success and blowing away goals and former boundaries set by themselves or members of society. I am so excited […]
So, I had an interesting thing happen to me the other day. Note that I am in sales at an auto dealership. I had a gentleman call me and request a price for a vehicle that we had on sale on eBay. SURPRISE!! That’s not the crazy part. He called looking for a good deal […]
For anyone in sales, any sort of sales, anywhere – you’ve encountered objections. Anything from a small “no,” to the big, “I’m not buying your product,” every salesperson has had to work with prospect and customer objections. So let’s talk today about how to isolate and overcome customer objections. First, we need to define an […]
If you are in sales, most likely you’ve taken the time to learn all of the necessary mechanics, sales procedures, proper process, closing techniques and good follow up skills. There is one final, or maybe not so final step… in fact in my opinion, this should be step one! You have to be sold on […]
Action is an amazing thing, no matter what needs to get done, nothing happens unless as individuals we DO IT. Nike, the shoe company, has their entire business built on the slogan, ” JUST DO IT!” Remember that anything that has ever come into being, especially anything of worth started out as an idea, a […]