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SEZ WHO? Tips About Recommendations, Sales Cycles, and Trade Shows


Here?s the scene. You?re at the trade show, having a discrete "Sales Call" conversation with a visitor. Things are going well until he says something like...

Back-to-School List - 10 Tips for Trade Shows


There?s a new year beginning now - the school year. Whether you have children attending for the first time or finishing university, it?s always hectic to get into the back-to-school routine. And, if you don?t have school in your family, there might be your own remembrance of the excitement of starting afresh and learning something new.

Set Yourself up for Trade Show Success


Of the many mistakes small business owners make, a big one is participating in trade shows and business expos without a strategy for turning those marketing opportunities into sales. Here are five tips to get you started.

Is Your Sales Trust Factor High Enough to Win Against the Competition?


How high is your sales trust factor?

We Will Make It Back----- A Fictional Story Based on Fact About Sales Management Success


Bill Borders stepped up onto the podium. He had just been introduced as the new Vice President of Sales for Kiechler Building Supplies. As he looked out at the fifty seven faces staring back at him, time seemed to stop and everyone was motionless. Bills mind wandered. This wasn?t a nervous reaction; it was more of a reality check.

3 Ways to Increase Your Sales


Last week I got a call from Jose, who was looking for help improving his ads. He'd been running the same ad in four local papers for two months and only gotten one response. He was understandably frustrated. With more than a dozen very satisfied clients, he knows that the residential property management services he and his brother provide should interest more people, but he wasn't having any success getting attention or generating leads.

Increasing Business Through Distributors


You?re a small company with a good product. You are confident that the product can sell, but you don?t have the financial resources to hire a team of fifty salespeople to market and sell the product for you. You also don?t have the staff resources to support those that purchase the product. How do you make your good idea and good product create success for you?

Want to Increase the Amount of Business that Your Firm is Getting?


Business development is important for every business and refers to the action of bringing in customers or clients that are likely to make positive contributions to a company?s bottom line. Business Development is all about establishing relevant and subsisting relationships in the market place.

Drop Discounts and Earn Top Dollar


Every dollar you discount is a dollar of pure profit you're giving away. Therefore, your efforts to remove discounts will be richly rewarded.

100% Commission Equals Zero Percent Control


The temptation to use straight (100%) commission plans never goes away: "Let's put our salespeople on 100 percent commission. Then, if they don't perform, we're not out any money." For small, start-up organizations, the lure is irresistible, especially when money is tight and the company or the products they sell have no track record in the market.

Promoting Your Private Label at Industry Trade Shows


So everyone thought you were crazy when you announced 6 months ago that you were quitting your ?real job? in hopes of chasing starting your own Private Label Clothing Line. Your house is a disaster, blank shirts and line sheets everywhere, your living room has been transformed into a makeshift production lab. You?ve bled and sweat, investing every last of ounce of time, effort and inevitably?your life savings. At last, you?re first sample line is complete and your line sheets are nothing short of spectacular. Congratulations! But wait?better take a deep breath as the real work has only begun. What next?

T. L. S. Part I: Tier Level Selling ? A Penetration Strategy


A number of sales ?Gurus? have promoted the theory that states, ?concentrating strictly on your top level premier accounts (some even quantify that by stating your top twenty) will provide you with as much growth and profit as you can possibly handle.? This is often stated regardless of individual and corporate strategic initiatives. This position is based on the following facts and assumptions.

14 Top Lead Generation Tactics


According to former Harvard Business School professor David Maister, typical marketing practices are not only inapplicable for professional service firms, but they may be dangerously wrong.

How You Can Raise Your Business Earnings By 50% With An Age-Old Magic Truth


Imagine increasing your business earnings by 30, 40, or 50%.And this just by putting into use a fundamental truth of life. Manygreat men of history have used this truth in turning aroundtheir fortunes.

Never Trust a Silent Customer


Imagine you run a pizza parlour. You have all these neighbourhood families that pop in at least once a week for some pizza, garlic bread and Coke. On an average, one customer spends about $30 per week. But let's assume they spend just $20. Imagine you did something that bugged this customer, but he or she never told you about it. What would you stand to lose if they left?

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