by Janet | Feb 23, 2021 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, sales training, Training
Have you heard that phrase before – “Don’t sell the sausage, sell the sizzle”? If you think about it, a sausage is just sliced up dead pig. Not very appealing is it? But when you start to think about the smell, the taste and the look of a...
by Janet | Feb 22, 2021 | entrepreneurs, Food for thought, marketing, Training
Why am I more important than I was a month ago? Because clearly I am! And, before you start to mutter under your breath about me having over-inflated ideas of my own value, a lot of it is to do with perception. OK, so let’s have a look at this curious statement;...
by Janet | Feb 21, 2021 | customers, marketing, Training
Why my worst training was really one of my best As a sales trainer, I am used to delivering training in a variety of different venues and I am also used to dealing with the unexpected. However, a few years before I set up Tadpole Training, I was working as Head of...
by Janet | Feb 17, 2021 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, Training
Why you will get gobbled up by the big fishes if you don’t nail your USP USP stands for Unique Selling Point. USPs are the benefits or features that set your product or service apart from similar things which are offered by your competitors. Of course, if you...
by Janet | Feb 8, 2021 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips, Training
My recipe for sales perfection Ingredients One genuine person who wants to serve their potential client to the best of their ability A qualified prospect (any size) A pair of ears One mouth An open mind A ready smile A notebook & pen An agenda Somewhere to meet...
by Janet | Feb 8, 2021 | entrepreneurs, marketing, sales tips
5 Things a child knows about the Summer sales dip that you don’t. Work, work, work. That’s what so many of us do isn’t it? We work really hard, putting in the effort and the hours and then, despite our best efforts, during August a lot of our...
