Better Business Focus: Weathering the Storm
Better Business Focus magazine’s January issue is entitled Weathering the Storm and in it you can read the following articles… Weathering the storm by John Stanley Best advice I ever got… maybe Ask questions by Paul Sloane Bestselling business books Customer loyalty: why one number is not enough by David Jackson Effective purchasing by Colin Coulson-Thomas 10 reasons why small businesses... [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]
Now is the time for sales heroes
“It’s not affected me yet!” That’s what most salespeople and busines owners were saying to me about their sales results, when booking motivational speeches and sales training programmes, until a few months ago, “It’s not affected me yet!” Few clients or business people that I meet are saying that now. Far from it. 6 months ago most were hoping that this “correction” (“credit... [Read more]
7 tips for selling in an economic downturn
It’s hard to look at this week and to not worry about the impact that current events might have on sales. Many of you may be reading this and thinking, “They already have”. Every media outlet, every paper, every radio station and (seemingly) everybody is talking about events. Even people whom I have never heard talk about economics or the economy have had something to say –... [Read more]
Sales training advice for muppets!
On Sunday this week I went to look at a new build apartment in a converted manor house in Bolton that I thought might have rental potential and I had the delight of two salespeople who really need to get themselves onto one of my sales training seminars. With the housing sales markets somewhat volatile at the moment I am thinking about searching out a bargain. The sun was shining and the sky was blue... [Read more]
Selling in a recession, podcast #1
In a recession or economic downturn many people suffer from falling sales results. Maintaining solid sales figures is essential. Many younger salespeople today have never experienced the challenges of telling in a tough market. Whether this recession does or does not bite here are 5 sales training strategies that will help you to sell more a recession, econmic downturn or just a tough market. Click... [Read more]
Selling in a recession – why some people are going to crash and others are going to fly
Over the last few months there has been a lot of talk of recession. Wherever you look and whatever you read, ever since the American subprime crisis, talk of a recession seems to be bombarding us from every possible media. Every expert there is seems to have something to say about whether there will or whether there won’t be a serious recession and if there is, how long will it last and just... [Read more]
