by Janet | May 12, 2023 | sales training
It used to be the case that you could just make a phone call to a buyer, tell them about your new ‘thing’ and get an appointment. OK, I make that sound like it would work every time – it didn’t – but it worked enough times to make it...
by Janet | May 28, 2022 | sales training
As a sales trainer, I often try and get people to shut up more, to win more sales. So do you know when to shut up? It matters a lot. Even among sign language speakers, studies show that typically we leave just a fraction of a second between taking turns to...
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 | entrepreneurs, sales tips, sales training
Why the best way to sell is …er…not to sell Time and time again when I am running my training courses, particularly those that focus on basic sales techniques, delegates express their worry that they don’t want to be pushy or too...
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...
