Selling is Never About You Rather than focusing on negative perceptions around the fear of being rejected when in the selling process, ask yourself instead – if you were your customer, What’s in it for ME? Why would I want your product or service? “Humility is not...
Three Biggest Mistakes People Make when Cold-Calling For most entrepreneurs and sales people, cold-calling leaves them with a feeling of dread. Many do everything possible to avoid picking up the phone or knocking on doors. So why do people fear cold-calling when...
Public Speaking: Practice won’t make you perfect… Why? Practice makes perfect. Well that is what we are constantly told isn’t it? But is it correct? This idea was probably best publicised as Malcolm Gladwell’s “10,000-hour rule”, which says that takes 10,000...
Confidence in Sales is as Simple as Transforming Unsupported Beliefs As you would imagine, transforming one’s beliefs and values is often the biggest sticking point for most people when it comes to removing programmed negative attitudes towards salespeople and...
Are Your Perfectionist Traits Holding You Back? I figure I’m like most people. Not quite a perfectionist but we do like things done to a particular standard. Nothing wrong with that…unless it means we don’t recognise our shortcomings and get help when we need it. And...
Top Techniques to Build Rapport Quickly “If I didn’t know better, I’d swear we have met before. I’m feeling comfortable with your proposal. I trust you.” If you know how to connect with people and communicate in a method that resonates with their perceptual filters,...
