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Car Talk and the Best Sales Calls

For a long time, I didn't have a television in my home by choice. So I listened to a lot of radio shows. Click and Clack was one of my favorites on Saturday mornings.

If you don’t know, the show features two brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozzi. As Click...

The Impact of a Positive Outlook in Sales

Just before Thanksgiving, I started thinking about thankfulness and gratitude, as is expected for this time of year. I started to write a post about it so I could post it for Thanksgiving. Then, the day before Thanksgiving... we lost power and it...

Sales competition- is your prospect dating other people?

Does the idea of having to compete for someone's business make you so nervous that you would rather not know if they are? Are you convinced that you are going to deliver such an awesome proposal that there is no way they would say no? Have you ever...

Mentoring-What if Yoda had trained Leia?

If you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you might suspect that I am a huge Star Wars fan. In fact my ring tone for him is the quote, “Do, or do not- there is no try.” (I'm not the only one.)

This past week as my coach and I were...

The Inbound Link Between Trust and Results

This year at the Inbound conference, Brian Halligan stood on the stage and said, “The way people buy has radically changed, so the way we sell has to change.” (It wasn’t that long ago that he said the same about marketing.) Mark Roberge said that...

A 5 Step LinkedIn Sales Strategy

This might come off as a bit of a rant, but I have been hearing a lot about social selling lately, and I am starting to wish I could ban it. It reminds me of what happened when marketing realized they could use this whole new social network dynamic...

What stuck after #INBOUND14

Not to brag (ok, maybe a little…) but I have been to every INBOUND conference that Hubspot has put on or been involved with. I go to my fair share of conferences every year, but always look forward to this one. I come away inspired, motivated, and...

What if you had everything you needed to succeed?

Earlier this month I made my first trip to Seattle, WA for my first Sales Shebang event. I really wasn't sure what to expect, but I was looking forward to spending a few days with other successful women in sales. It marked a decided turning point...

Business Book Summaries: "Agile Selling" by Jill Konrath

I started reading Agile Selling the weekend before I left for my first Sales Shebang event. The shorter of Jill's books, it was informative and enjoyable to read.

As I sat next to my husband at the lake and read certain parts out loud to him...

Buyers are Liars as Sales Techniques

I know, so negative of me. Once upon a time, I would agree with you. People don't lie, at least not intentionally! They just change their mind. Sometimes, buyers either don't know what they need or how to buy it, or they don't think it makes them a...