
Sales Training: Why too many sales engagements result in no sale
Salespeople are always striving to make more sales and have a consistent stream of engagement with potential buyers. However, sometimes despite all the effort they put in, they still fail to convert leads into customers. In this ...

Sales Training: What are you capable of achieving?
Have you ever wondered why, given the same opportunity, some people excel while others just get by? We see this all the time in sales, where the majority of the team’s success comes from a handful of individuals. They all went through ...

Sales Training: The importance of your beliefs for sales success
Sales can be a tough job, but it’s one that can be incredibly rewarding with the right approach, sales training and mindset. One of the most powerful drivers of success in sales is a fundamental belief in yourself, your company and ...

Value is in the eye of…
What is price? Price is the amount of money required or expected as payment for something. The next question that needs answering is, “Are value and price the same thing?”
The simple answer is NO. Value is either the importance or ...

The Most Beautiful Music
First came the Internet, then came Live Chat and now we have Social Media. Information that once took months to travel now happens in seconds (and in full high definition). What we cannot deny is that every day that Google, Facebook ...

Sales Hunters Added to The Endangered Species List!
Extinct species include the Dinosaurs, Woolly Mammoth, Cape Lion and the Sales Hunter could shortly be added to that list...
Where have all the sales hunters gone? With every meeting I have with sales leaders, it becomes more and ...

Happyology – Why you are responsible
You are responsible for your own happiness
The secret to making massive profits can only truly be achieved with happy staff. It's called the Happy Bottom Line™!
The latest research has shown that not only is it possible to ...

Investing or spending time
Maximize the time you invest on the things that will result in sales
I was chatting to a financial advisor about investments recently and it got me thinking about a sales person’s most precious investment…….what they do with their ...

Riding the falling rand
The aftermath of the fall in strength of the South African Rand is grim in many respects. Many businesses will have to implement measures to ensure that they survive the struggles that will ensue. This may have serious effects on ...

Why nobody cares about your sales offering
Sales is challenging enough without us making it harder for ourselves, and yet every time I train I encounter salespeople who are missing the most important point – and earning themselves a hard time in the process. It stems from a ...

A SIMPLE SALES SECRET:
WIN BY MAKING PEOPLE FEEL IMPORTANT
It continues to amaze me that with all of the information and training available to companies and sales people, they continue to believe that sales is still about getting in front of people and ...

The Answer to Life’s Hardest Question
“What is my real purpose?”
If you think back to your first memories chances are they weren’t filled with worrying about bills, making a sale or future office politics. In my case, I remember being no more than five and climbing a ...