You just had a lousy interaction with a prospect and didn’t get the order. You may have even missed the opportunity to sell the next appointment. Or maybe you just fumbled the ball or simply know you weren’t at your best. The call ends or the meeting is over, and just like the old V8 juice commercial, you […]
Everybody wants to take the credit for a great idea, but nobody wants to take the blame for the bad ones. The trouble is, you’re never going to get that great idea put into action unless you take a chance on a few bad ones. Most other people don’t want to get blamed when a […]
How you personally feel about an idea has a direct effect on your ability to put it into action. If you don’t believe the idea will work, it won’t. If you don’t believe the concept is in alignment with your own personal principles, your actions will be out of alignment with your intent to implement. If you don’t […]
If all you do is give the same answers to the same questions over and over everyday, your customers don’t need you. They have Google. If all you do is email a list of current prices to anyone who asks for them, your customers don’t need you. They have Google. If all you do is […]
Ever go into a store and have someone who worked there ask: “Can I help you?” Of course you have. And 9 times out of 10 you replied with a “No thanks, I’m just looking.” The words “Can I help you?” simply BEG that response. It’s programmed into our psyche. We heard our parents say […]
Most (if not all) major brands add you to an email marketing list after you buy and register a product with them. Such is the case with Toshiba. I was forced to buy a new laptop when the one I owned was damaged in a car accident (I looked like I got hit by a truck, […]
Relationships are incredibly inefficient. You have to identify a likely potential candidate, present yourself in a way that you hope they will find compelling and attractive, if they agree to the possibility of a relationship you have the whole let’s-hang-out-together-trial-runs, and if the other party finally decides that YES, you are the one for them — you have […]