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Superhero salespeople have discovered this “forgotten” secret to reach their sales potential. How long will this obvious secret stay hidden from you?

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Hopium: The Best Drug For Sales Suicide

by thesaleswhisperer on Sun

Hope is not a sales growth or business building strategy. ✭✭✭✭✭ Work with smart sales training companies to master affiliate marketing, SEO and lead conversion.

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The Great Lies of Sales & Marketing “Pick up the phone and bang out more calls today than you did yesterday.” ~~~ If you can still make money banging out calls then knock yourself out. But in my 14+ years of selling I am seeing this form of client development really diminish as an effective use of a sales person’s time. And if the return on your time investment is diminishing, the answer is NOT to spend more time doing it. That’s just dumb. Besides, unsolicited phone calls performed by product-pushing, commission-hungry sales people is just plain annoying! Today, when you hear a “rah-rah” guy on stage getting you pumped up to pound out phone calls, get thick skin, ignore rejection, “they’re not saying no to you but to your offering,” picture this: your son’s 7th grade flag football team lining up against the Dallas Cowboys with a great attitude [...]

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The Best Free Sales Training on the Planet

by thesaleswhisperer on Fri

Free Sales Training seems to be the magical buzz word during these tight economic times. People are always asking me if I have any “complimentary” training (I tell them they look nice when they’re riding public transit) or if I can discount my training (what kind of sales trainer would I be if I couldn’t negotiate my own training?) or if I can recommend any good books for sales so at least they get cheap sales training vs. free sales training. What I finally end up telling them is that the source of the best free sales training on the planet is their kids. You can both learn from them and practice on them. “How so?” I can hear you asking. You can learn from them in their consistency and persistence when they want something. Now I’m not saying to go begging for stuff but kids know how to position [...]

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Make Money in Las Vegas, Guaranteed!

by thesaleswhisperer on Mon

The right marketing automation / CRM platform helps you make money while you sleep or party in Vegas. Infusionsoft is my tool of choice.

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You’re Killing Your Own Sales. Don’t Blame Michael Jackson’s Doctor.

by thesaleswhisperer August 20, 2009 Infusionsoft

What are your demons when it comes to marketing your business and selling enough to meet and exceed your quota? How long will you live with them before you vanquish them forever?

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Infusionsoft vs. 1ShoppingCart

by thesaleswhisperer May 12, 2009 Internet Marketing Consulting

What is a CRM? What is marketing automation? Who makes the best platform? Is there an all-encompassing platform or am I forced to juggle multiple systems? Infusionsoft vs. 1ShoppingCart examined up close and personal.

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Sales Force Automation: Friend or Fool?

by thesaleswhisperer May 10, 2009 Internet Marketing Consulting

CRMs and SFAs cannot cure what ails you if you use them to automate foolish concepts and marketing plans. The right CRM that focuses on marketing automation can literally double your sales in 12 months or less.

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Which is Better: CRM or Social Media?

by thesaleswhisperer May 7, 2009 Infusionsoft

Your CRM and Social Media strategies must be merged if you are to attract customers to you and grow your business. I recommend InfusionSoft.

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