The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part V

April 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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"Now 11 remain to fight for the chance to become the Apprentice." So began this week's episode of the hit TV show which was primarily about selling and was packed to the rafters with sales training tips for the sales superstar in waiting. This week's task for our "wannabees" was to dabble in the art market selling photography. After picking 2 potential photographers each our heroes were to see who could make the most profit from art sales in one day. SAS was on top form declaring this to be "a special kind of … [Read more...]

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The Sales Apprentice: Sales Training Tips From The Hit TV Show, Part III

April 11, 2007 By 2 Comments
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Week 3 of The Apprentice started with Sir Alan wafting along in his roller and interrupting the apprentices who were busy eating dinner. This threw several of the apprentices into a flap panic. I understand respect but come on guys.. we all meet senior players and we need to demonstrate that we have gravitas not jump up and down, flap our hands around and screech. How much money can you make in one day from £100? After switching a few players around to even up the numbers Sir Alan continued his own mythology by regaling the teams with … [Read more...]

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Sales Prospecting Persistence On The Costa Blanca

April 8, 2007 By Leave a Comment
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Happy Easter to you all. I hope that you´re having a great one. I´m here in Spain and the weather is miserable! 330+ days of sunshine per year and I´m here when it´s raining! I suppose that´ll teach me to burn the environment up on short haul flights! At 55p per minute my sister took great joy in telling me that it´s glorious at home. I hope you´re all having fun!! They are the most persistent salespeople you will ever meet... I´ve just enjoyed a tapas Easter Sunday lunch on the front at … [Read more...]

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The Sales Apprentice: Sales training tips from the hit TV show, Part II

April 4, 2007 By 1 Comment
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I know what the problem with The Apprentice is! I do! There are too many people keeping their heads down in the opening rounds. There were 15 people “competing” last night and I still don’t know most of them. How many can you put a name to? I can name about 6 I think… Rory, Tre, Jadine, Kate, Ifti and Ghazal. Anyway, I think we always knew that Tre and Jadine would be “back for more” tonight but our star newcomer to the affray, and that’s the only word I can think of to describe the (nearly all) … [Read more...]

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