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Are you exhausted? …feeling like you have lost your passion? Here’s a list of 10 things you can do to climb out of the rut and get re-energized Read More

The profession of sales is at a crossroads. The Charlatans battle to convince sales professionals that they can succeed without cold calling and without the skill sets that have always enabled success. The Voices from the past continue their struggle against the shortcuts that only build the sales of the Charlatans who sell their snake oil Read More

I was having a casual chat with a friend this weekend who happens to be a very successful commission salesperson in the business-to-consumer space. I'm not sure how we got on the subject, but she told me that, as a consumer, she avoids dealing with commission salespeople.

When I asked her what she meant, she said she avoids buying from commissioned salespeople because "they don't care about me, they only have their own interests in mind." She went o Read More

Don't use perfecting something as an excuse for not doing it. Execution is more important than perfection, by doing you learn and improve, by perfecting you waste opportunity Read More

There is a lot to be said for remembering the past, even in sales it true that if you forget it you are doomed to repeat it. The idea is not to forget the darkness of 2009, but to learn from it, to profit from the knowledge gained.
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I know, I know, you’ve all heard the “ask why five times” cliché over and over and over. Why repeat it again? I’ll tell you why. It’s because of a story I heard just last week from an extremely successful rep with more than 30 years of experience Read More

It is your duty as a salesperson to do everything in your power to ensure that you win deals. This means that you have to take action—even when taking action is difficult or uncomfortable Read More

Here is a chance to get great insight from 9 leading sales bloggers in a unique format. No Tolstoy like things that never get read. 9 words, 125 words describing each, you are ready to go and use in minutes. Less Filling - More Satisfying Read More

Your dream client hired you because of your sales skills and abilities. Now they expect you to deliver, and that means your role, your duties, and your responsibilities require more than just your sales skills Read More

I don’t quite know how to react to the feedback I’m getting on my series of selling with finance blog posts. It ranges from comments like, “Excellent, this is so critical,” & “I commend you,” to “I wouldn’t waste my time reading this irrelevant-to-sales stuff,” and “Sorry, I skipped that post because I don’t understand finance and don’t need to.” There’s not actually too much in between. Seems pretty polarized with vastly more of the latter Read More