What do you need a sales manager for that you can’t do for yourself? For example, when it comes to “getting motivated” your sales manager is really of no use to you because you do not need to be motivated to succeed in sales. What you need is FOCUS.

Picture yourself caught up in your own personal version of sales hell. And over there you see the Top Producer in your company, shimmering along through life, raking in the dough. “This stinks” you say to yourself and think, ”Maybe I’m gonna go knock off for the day, get my head together, and come back tomorrow. If I could just get motivated like that guy, I’d be able to do so much better.”
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Most sales slumps have as much to do with your mental, emotional, and spiritual state as they do with the technical aspects of your work. So, in this post, let’s look at your internal life and what action steps you can take to improve it.

There is a direct and powerful connection between the state of your emotions, your thoughts and your actions. Scientific studies have shown that your mental state changes your body. Additional studies show that these changes are perceptible by other people on a very subtle, but very powerful, level. Your thoughts and emotions are a huge piece of the performance puzzle.

Watch your Mental Diet
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by Chris Lytle from Monster Career Advice

Sales pros aren’t the only ones who can offer valuable lessons in the art of persuasion. I saw a great sales job in the Tampa airport by a person who probably didn’t even see himself in sales. It was an airport security person who did a masterful job of crowd control.

We had an 8 a.m. flight from Tampa to Toronto. That meant a 5:45 a.m. taxi to an already crowded Tampa airport. We checked our luggage at the ticket counter, boarded the shuttle and rode to the terminal Read More...

In Eric Haney’s book, Inside Delta Force, the author relates a story about how the simplest solution is often the best. The Unit had been given a mission to retrieve a valuable object from a hostile country. The plan involved high altitude parachute Read More...

Have you ever experienced a slump? You know what I mean. You used to be so good at doing something…perhaps hitting a golf ball or a baseball. Perhaps you used to be at the top of your field in your profession, but the creative solutions just aren’t coming like they used to. Or maybe you were number 1 in your sales organization, but lately you just don’t seem to be getting the same results. It’s called a slump.

If you are in this scenario, I just want you to know a few things.

First, you aren’t crazy, there’s nothing wrong with you, and you are not alone. This kind of thing happens to almost everyone at one time or another. Even the Read More...

Dr. Robert Ciadini’s book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion is an enjoyable read with colorful examples throughout.  The book focuses on six “Weapons of Influence.”

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Jay Abraham is a world renowned sales guru…some might even refer to him as a selling god.  His program, 93 Extraordinary Referral Systems is a must have sales training program for any sales person, sales manager or marketer.

In this program you will discover the ease of selling to referred customers.  It is considered to be the most important weapon in any marketing arsenal. Why work hard when you Read More...

The last two days we have been talking about the system to answering objections. First you validate the objection, and then you clarify the objection. Before we continue with the third step, which is isolating the primary objection, it is very important to understand a principle that applies to any system.

Whether you are using a system to answer objection or to remember names, you need to follow the steps of the system much like following a recipe to bake a pie. When you have recipe, it gives you specific instructions on how to prepare specific ingredients to get a desired result. If you begin to modify the instructions or the ingredients or the amount it changes the results.

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Yesterday we broke down the power of having a system to use for answering sales objections. Then we talked about the first step to answering objections which is to validate what the person has said.

Today we are going to talk about the second step in the system for answer objections which is to clarify the objection. Once our prospect or client knows that we are listening to them by validating their objection, we must figure out what they are truly objecting to.

The dictionary defines “clarify” as: to make clear, easier to understand, to clear up confusion or uncertainly. This is exactly what must be accomplished because many objections are ambiguous or a wondering generality. Read More...

The best sale people understand that answering objections is a natural part of the sales process. The best way to answer an objection is before it is brought up by the prospect. Realize objections are actually healthy communication and that, when the client verbalizes an objection, a process to handle that objection is more effective than a razor-sharp response. 

This three part series is going to discuss that simple process to handle any objection:  Step 1 – Clarify, Step 2 – Validate, Step 3 – Isolate the Primary Objection.  

To begin, let us make sure that we are all on the same page as to how we perceive objection. Most of us, are in agreement that the majority of Read More...