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Closing the Sale in Your Cleaning Business and powerful techniques for coming across better and being more influential by phone.How do you know a prospect is ready to buy? Listen for signals during the presentation. A great indicator is when they start asking for more information. The following are common buying signals:*Prospect asks specific questions about your services.*Prospect asks you to re But if you keep doing what you’ve always done you’ll only get what you always got, as they say. For those of us who do training, and who invent new and better techniques for getting past call screeners and voice mail, it would be wise to remember that in a sense, every trainee, irrespective of age, is for practical purposes, a resistant, heads Effective Selling is a Learned Skill...The Learning Never Stops I was spontaneously coaching a teenager the other day who is seeking his first job.If you have been is sales for any length of time you have been exposed to numerous sales training seminars or full-fledged sales programs. Some you may have decided to take part in on your own, some you may have had suggested by someone else, and others you may have been directed to ta He was calling the restaurant where he wants to become a bus boy for the summer. After submitting an application, they told him to follow-up around the middle of the month. Right on time, he rang them up, but the general manager, with whom he chatted, has been elusive. So, while he was phoning in again, possibly for the fourth time, I prompted him; or at least I tried. “Say, the general manager asked me to call,” I advised. My prot?g? was told the GM was on vacation. Sensing the call was heading straight to the dumpster, I urged: “Ask when he’s expected to be back!” to no avail. My stage directions were being ignored. While this was happening, I was in pain, having trained thousands, make that hundreds of thousands if you include my book readers, in the skills associated with penetrating screening and conquering voice mail. After the call, to further my credibility and get his attention, I tried to tell the teen, “I made a video on the subject,” but as the expression rightly says, “No man is a prophet in his own land.” By that time he was already onto his next call, chatting with a pal about rollerblading. Another quote applies to what I was feeling. It is less famous, but dead on: “Nobody is born effective!” We all have to be trained and we have to learn. This applies to phone work as much as to being a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. The teen, naturally, thinks he can impress all by himself, and I admire him for trying, and then for trying again. He has gumption, which is no small thing. But, like most, he doesn’t know what he’s missing. There are simple, honest, and powerful techniques for coming across better and being more influential by phone. But if you keep doing what you’ve always done you’ll only get what you always got, as they say. For those of us who do training, and who invent new and better techniques for getting past call screeners and voice mail, it would be wise to remember that in a sense, every trainee, irrespective of age, is for practical purposes, a resistant, headst In Business Friends and Family Can Be Your Worst Enemy! pted him; or at least I tried.Friends and family can either be your best asset or your worst enemy. Those same people who nurtured you when you were young and supported you in your endeavors may not be the best people to take your business advice from. Simply looking at the average citizen who is heavy in debt, fea “Say, the general manager asked me to call,” I advised. My prot?g? was told the GM was on vacation. Sensing the call was heading straight to the dumpster, I urged: “Ask when he’s expected to be back!” to no avail. My stage directions were being ignored. While this was happening, I was in pain, having trained thousands, make that hundreds of thousands if you include my book readers, in the skills associated with penetrating screening and conquering voice mail. After the call, to further my credibility and get his attention, I tried to tell the teen, “I made a video on the subject,” but as the expression rightly says, “No man is a prophet in his own land.” By that time he was already onto his next call, chatting with a pal about rollerblading. Another quote applies to what I was feeling. It is less famous, but dead on: “Nobody is born effective!” We all have to be trained and we have to learn. This applies to phone work as much as to being a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. The teen, naturally, thinks he can impress all by himself, and I admire him for trying, and then for trying again. He has gumption, which is no small thing. But, like most, he doesn’t know what he’s missing. There are simple, honest, and powerful techniques for coming across better and being more influential by phone. But if you keep doing what you’ve always done you’ll only get what you always got, as they say. For those of us who do training, and who invent new and better techniques for getting past call screeners and voice mail, it would be wise to remember that in a sense, every trainee, irrespective of age, is for practical purposes, a resistant, heads Zap the Power Monger s, in the skills associated with penetrating screening and conquering voice mail.You know that one. He’s the one in the office who puts out all the great ideas then steps out of the way while you do the work, but comes back just in time to tell you how you did it all wrong. His interest gravitates only to Power and Recognition. He isn’t interested in doing the w After the call, to further my credibility and get his attention, I tried to tell the teen, “I made a video on the subject,” but as the expression rightly says, “No man is a prophet in his own land.” By that time he was already onto his next call, chatting with a pal about rollerblading. Another quote applies to what I was feeling. It is less famous, but dead on: “Nobody is born effective!” We all have to be trained and we have to learn. This applies to phone work as much as to being a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. The teen, naturally, thinks he can impress all by himself, and I admire him for trying, and then for trying again. He has gumption, which is no small thing. But, like most, he doesn’t know what he’s missing. There are simple, honest, and powerful techniques for coming across better and being more influential by phone. But if you keep doing what you’ve always done you’ll only get what you always got, as they say. For those of us who do training, and who invent new and better techniques for getting past call screeners and voice mail, it would be wise to remember that in a sense, every trainee, irrespective of age, is for practical purposes, a resistant, heads Getting Off The Advertising And Sales Rollercoaster famous, but dead on:Seeing the results of advertising your business can be like watching a roller coaster. The day you run your ad you see a flurry of activity; your ph0ne starts ringing, your web site traffic increases and/ or potential clients visit your store. Your hopes soar. sales go up. Two or three “Nobody is born effective!” We all have to be trained and we have to learn. This applies to phone work as much as to being a butcher, baker, or candlestick maker. The teen, naturally, thinks he can impress all by himself, and I admire him for trying, and then for trying again. He has gumption, which is no small thing. But, like most, he doesn’t know what he’s missing. There are simple, honest, and powerful techniques for coming across better and being more influential by phone. But if you keep doing what you’ve always done you’ll only get what you always got, as they say. For those of us who do training, and who invent new and better techniques for getting past call screeners and voice mail, it would be wise to remember that in a sense, every trainee, irrespective of age, is for practical purposes, a resistant, heads Magnetic Business Cards: Make Your Marketing Message Stick and powerful techniques for coming across better and being more influential by phone.What is it about magnets that draw people to leave them on fridges and file cabinets for years at a time?Many people like to have the contact information handy for common service providers without flipping through a bulky phone book. Magnets are the perfect solution for b But if you keep doing what you’ve always done you’ll only get what you always got, as they say. For those of us who do training, and who invent new and better techniques for getting past call screeners and voice mail, it would be wise to remember that in a sense, every trainee, irrespective of age, is for practical purposes, a resistant, headstrong teenager. They just don’t know how much more effective they can be!
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