Management Training

Be on TIME!

OK…I need to have a small “rant” for a moment or two. I think the one thing that could earn ejection from the sales community is not having a healthy respect for time! Time is respect. Period. If you make an appointment, be on time. Plan it well and think about the things that will […]

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Brochure Selling?!

I had an interesting email the other day from a member of our sales community. She asked me if it is “normal” to not leave brochures with a client. Now, apart from the general fact that I don’t think we can decide what is normal, I responded that I have several schools of thought on

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Emotional Selling

I was finishing my morning walk and stopped in to the local Starbucks and saw some people having a heated discussion where one person was obviously trying to convince the other to adopt his view on whatever it was they were talking about. The discussion was very emotional (and quite passionate), and it started me

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The Politics of a Sale

I was talking with a change agent/guru this morning, and we started to talk about the politics behind a sale and getting the deal closed. I started to reminisce with him about some of the deals in my early career where I believed that I had done everything right and met the prospects’ expectations. I

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Networking at Work!

I recently attended a networking seminar (actually an informal gathering of bright people) that was inspired by the Seth Godin book “Purple Cow.” It was a fun and interesting event punctuated by excited folks sharing their entrepreneurial ideas and…you guessed it – great networking! What struck me the most was the amazing cross-section of people,

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The Secret of Sales Is…

Dear Todd Cohen Sales Community members, What do you think the secrets of sales success are? Is it a vast well of closely held, deep, dark secrets that only a few master, or is it there right in front of you?I have talked, held sales coaching classes, and lectured on this for years, and I’ve thought

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Dress for Success?!

Lately, it seems to me that many people have been “debating” what is the right way to dress to see a client – especially a new client. I have always defaulted to what I have termed “full battle dress”…or simply a suit, not a sport coat and slacks, etc. I think that people make a

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NEVER STOP NETWORKING!!

Many of you are naturals at the “art” of networking. Some have to work harder at it. Some are terrified to network. I have always enjoyed the process because I have always thought and believed that it is just a natural extension of what we do as sales pros! Meeting and greeting with a “mission”

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