“Why won’t they call us back Chala? I thought we had an amazing sales meeting!” is the complaint I hear from clients on occasion. I always have a gut feeling from years of buying and selling services to corporations that the sale is dead but now there’s new research to prove my gut right. Here’s… continue reading »
Sales Meetings, that is..In fact, B2B sellers waste, on average, over $38,000** per year in direct costs on meetings that go nowhere and 62% of initial meetings do not progress to next meeting.*** As the purchaser of services for 18 years I have a few secrets that I teach my clients on what to do to make sure that you… continue reading »
Zoom fatigue is hitting all of us. But this hilarious event where a lawyer couldn’t take off his kitten zoom filter in court has a ton of lessons for our businesses. Prep is Everything When a lawyer borrowed his assistant’s laptop to join the proceedings in a Texas courtroom Zoom meeting, things took a strange… continue reading »
Less than 10% of outreach messages actually get a response. The vast majority of all the email and the direct messages you send get ignored royally. Why is this happening and how can you turn that ship around? Target Not There Maybe your messaging is amazing but if the person you’re targeting isn’t using the… continue reading »
I’m going to make a bold statement: never delegate sales except if you have a working mastery of it yourself. You don’t have to be the Yoda of sales but you should have a level of success with it. I was reminded of this wisdom when I interviewed Bryan Clayton of Greenpal on my podcast…. continue reading »
Covid has done some crazy things to a lot of businesses. Some are wondering how to pivot to make a living. But others are experiencing wild highs of incredible demand. So for those of you in that boat, here are a few warnings you may want to heed if you want to keep the ball… continue reading »
Whatever side of the election you were on, I think you might agree that the losing party didn’t exactly depart with grace. Recent articles pointing this out have inspired me to reflect on how I teach my clients to lose with grace when they’re selling. Here are a few tips. 8 out of 10 Lose… continue reading »
Worried about not making your 2021 goals? You should be. Famously 80% of new year’s resolutions fail. I’m sure that’s no surprise to you. How about if I could give you a scientifically proven way to make sure that you’re in the 20% of the achievers? Pretty good, right? Well then, read on. Procrastination Yes,… continue reading »
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