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A Salesperson Must Be Optimistic

A Salesperson Must Be Optimistic

Optimism is a philosophy. It’s the belief that things will work out for the best, regardless of how the situation looks today. Optimism is a personal choice to view things positively. It’s your attitude. It’s personal. It’s a choice.

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This Week’s Sales Smack: Innovation in Sales, an Oxymoron?

My friends, David Brock ad Jim Keenan, are hosting another episode of Sales Smack. This week’s topic is Innovation in Sales, ...

Three Thoughts on Business Relationships

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Who Are You Warming It Up For?

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The Dark Side of Belief: Arrogance

You have to believe in your product or service to be a great salesperson. But belief in your product or service can be as ...

Why You Have to Believe

It’s an age-old question: “Do I have to believe in what I am selling to be a good salesperson? “ The answer is complicated.

How To Make Sure You Can Afford to Lose (and still make quota)

Salespeople get into trouble when they believe so strongly that they will win a particular deal that they don’t take the ...

Focus and Attention: The New Currency of Effectiveness

At no time in history has there ever been more distractions, chief among them is the Internet.
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Motivating the Salesforce: Whose Job Is It?

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Visit Me at SalesBloggers Union

Instead of posting here on TSB today, I have made my monthly contribution on SalesBloggers Union. If you haven’t visited the ...

10 Essentials: Knowing How to Help vs. Being Open to Exploring Possibilities

There are far too many skills and attributes that a salesperson must possess in order to succeed to limit them to 10 ...

The Master Key to Sales Effectiveness

To be effective in sales requires many and varied skill sets and attributes, all of which are essential. But only one of ...
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The Sales Blog iPhone App

The folks at Mother App turned The Sales Blog into an iPhone App. The app is free, and it brings you the feed from The Sales ...

Selling Inside

Last night I joined a conversation on Jim Keenan’s new Talk Shoe program called Sales Smack. (the call was recorded and is ...

Yes. You Have to Sound Like a Salesperson.

“I don’t want to come across as selling.”

Deals Stalled? How to Advance a Sale

In Yesterday’s post, Deals Stalled? How to Stop Taking Yourself out of the Sale, I wrote about the danger of agreeing to ...
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Deals Stalled? How to Stop Taking Yourself Out of the Sale

Too often salespeople cause deals to stall because they take themselves out of the sale (or because they let themselves be ...

An Interview, My Guest Post and Talking Smack

Interview A few weeks ago, my good friend Joe Sperry and I had coffee at Stauf‘s in Grandview, Ohio (best coffee anywhere). ...

C-Level Executives Want to Hear From You. Maybe.

Tuesday’s post, The Truth About Why Salespeople Don’t Like Cold Calling, continues to generate no end of comments (both in ...

Professionalism is about Two Factors

One of the comments I received from a reader earlier this week brought this idea to mind. It stuck with me. Her comment was ...
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