ARE YOUR PRODUCERS DIAMONDS OR LUMPS OF COAL? Are your sales results less than exciting? Maybe your salespeople just don't have the right stuff . . . and never will. One leading psychologist, Mark ...

If you’re in sales, you know the feeling. It’s the middle of the night about two weeks after starting a new job. You were enthusiastic and could hardly wait to get going. Now, your head is full of doubts. You try to shove them aside, but they don’t go away. “Everything is new,” you tell yourself. “I just need to give it a little more time.” However, the doubts keep coming back.
The gap between what you were told about the job and what’s actually happening grows wider by the day. After about three weeks, you finally ask yourself, “Have I made a mistake?”

If you're in sales, you can identify with this situation - about two weeks after starting a new job, you begin to doubt your decision. You detect a widening gap between what you were told to expect and what actually occurs. After only a month on the job, you conclude, 'I think I made a mistake.' You're probably right, because salespersons seem to be more prone to selecting the wrong job. Too often, their profession's tendency to stress the positive and minimize negative factors extend into their approach in choosing a job.

BOOST YOUR SALES BY 95% Patricia A. Berry Most salespeople can increase their sales by 95%, by using professional knowledge and skills - and anyone who presents ideas, influences dec...

Why Is the Referral Process the Most Powerful Way to Sell?

Without question, selling through referrals is the most powerful way to build your practice; not to mention the most enjoyable. Producers who really love prospecting for business through cold calls are rare birds. My guess is that you're not one of them. In this age of voice mail, increased competition, and everyone being super busy, cold calling has become less effective.

Bob Kerrigan, one of the most successful agents alive, says, "The way of the world is to meet people through other people. And the referral is the warm way we get into their lives."

Align your marketing program to the needs and desires of today’s online customers.
“Control the customer and you control the sale.” This advice served generations of successful salespeople who knew that they could make any sale once they could get face-to-face with a prospect.

CASH BONUSES AND EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION by Chris Burand Would you be surprised to learn that not everyone is motivated by money? When it comes to offering employees an inc...

COACHING SALESPEOPLE by Bob Ayrer All of the selling expertise and rah-rah sales rallies in the world dont mean a thing unless you can convert this knowledge into skill ...

COMMON MISTAKES IN SELECTING SALESPEOPLE These points from Boardroom Reports were taken from a talk by Dr. Arthur Witkin, chief psychologist at Personal Science Center, New York. These are basi...

COMMON MISTAKES IN SELECTING SALESPEOPLE These points from Boardroom Reports were taken from a talk by Dr. Arthur Witkin, chief psycholog...