Finding Your Personal Motivation, part iii
The final part of my quick video on Finding Your Personal Motivation. Thanks for your kind comments and thoughts on this one. We’ll be launching the all new GavinIngham.com sales training, personal and business success website in the next few weeks and we will be releasing a lot more videos. This will be one of the last in this more formal format as we’ll be over to a new, exciting format... [Read more]
Finding Your Personal Motivation, part ii
When people find out that I am a “motivational speaker” they often ask me to motivate them as if it is something that I can do for them or to them. We’re often at a party or in a pub and it is posed as something of a challenge however, many times, it is deadly serious too. Motivation is internal and the ability to motivate yourself is something that you can learn to do if you... [Read more]
10 Sales Training Tips That Will Help You To Make More Sales
I am feeling short , sharp and snappy today so here are 10 sales training tips that will help you to win more business… Play from a 10. Attitude is your ability to access your skill. If you’re not on top of your game, you won’t make many sales. We all know that, yet many salespeople don’t fire on all cylinders when they need to. Try measuring your attitude on a scale of 1 to 10 and concentrate... [Read more]
Failure for us is not an option
I’ve been getting a few interesting letters recently and I loved this one from Julian Athawes of Halomec in answer to my blog post last week (What would you achieve if you knew you couldn’t fail?) talking about how important attitude is for the success of a company… Hi Gavin, I must admit to normally ’skimming’ over your mails, I will try to absorb the content a little... [Read more]
What would you achieve if you knew you couldn’t fail?
I was meeting with a good friend of mine, Andy Smith (NLP and EI trainer), the other day and, over a tasty Chinese buffet lunch, we were talking about “things that truly make a difference”. Interestingly, and despite all of the training courses that we had both been on, we were in total agreement that you could track back the things that had truly made a difference for us to a handful of techniques... [Read more]
Check out this loser!
Check out this loser… 1831 – Lost his job 1832 – Defeated in run for Illinois State Legislature 1833 – Failed in business 1835 – Sweetheart died 1836 – Had nervous breakdown 1838 – Defeated in run for Illinois House Speaker 1843 – Defeated in run for nomination for U.S. Congress 1848 – Lost re-nomination 1849 – Rejected for land officer position 1854... [Read more]
The Sales Apprentice 2009: Sales training tips from the hit TV show, week 12, the final
The final of the Apprentice. Cool, professional Kate versus passionate, entrepreneurial Yasmina. Their brief, design and pitch a new brand of chocolate. Sir Alan said they were his best candidates ever and that it was his hardest decision yet. Either could have won. Yasmina did. So that done (!), I thought I would sum up some of the core sales training lessons from this year’s Sales Apprentice… On... [Read more]
Successful selling lying on your back
I never cease to be amazed by how little effort many salespeople put into improving their sales skills. Ironically, of course, if you’re reading this I am probably not speaking to you. If you didn’t care about your sales development and your sales results then you probably wouldn’t be reading this at all. One of the questions that I ask of the audience in my Selling in Tough Markets (or Selling... [Read more]
Getting the Sales Superstar Mindset, sales training video 1 of 3
The first of 3 sales training videos on how to adopt the mindset of a sales superstar and make more sales. Read More →
Selling in Tough Markets – free special report
7 strategies for selling more in an economic downturn or recession. This 14 page special report on how your business can not only survive but thrive and grow in even the most difficult of markets is yours to download and read at your leisure. Packed full of strategies, tips and ideas this report will help you, your team and your company to focus in on what’s important – more sales. I have... [Read more]
