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There Is No “Magic Bullet” In Sales
Selling Spoiler Alert … there is no “magic bullet” in sales. Ultra high performers understand this, but we all falter at some point (and sometimes more than once). Most of us have experienced sales slumps and have excuses for why. As a reminder, we have control over our actions, reactions and mindset even in the...Read More
Educate, Entice, Expand – Part 1
A while back, the stars must’ve been aligned just right because I had two incredible, but rare encounters with two service providers that provided stellar service by asking the right questions, actively listening to my concerns, and confidently answering my questions. This was obviously before Mercury was in the microwave or whatever it is they...Read More
‘Yes And’ Your Way to Closed Deals
It’s July. Q2 has come and gone and with it half the year. If you’re anything like me you’re all ‘where has the time gone?’ Why do we so often feel like 6 months from now is in the distant future while 6 months ago was just yesterday? In May I was amidst negotiations when...Read More
Remove the Friction
There are three levels of salespeople: 1. The Amateur – his or her assumption is that success is to be had in customer acquisition, lead generation and sales opportunities. They aren’t totally wrong as there are a few wins to be had with this approach but they will only ever be moderately successful. 2. The...Read More
Get Creative In Selling
Print ads in the magazine you picked up in the checkout line at the grocery store. Digital ads on your Facebook feed. Commercials intermittently peppering episodes of American Crime Story. And let’s not even start on the emails flooding your inbox. The amount of information we are inundated with on a daily basis is down...Read More
STFU & Wash The Dishes
The line between improv comic and salesperson is very thin. I can see the furrowed brows and confused looks now – ‘what on Earth does spontaneous comedy have to do with making deals?’ There a number of tenets that are directly applicable to sales, so let’s start there: Know Your Audience Skilled improv comics have...Read More
Selling With Stories
According to Professor Steven Pinker of MIT and Harvard: “Our brains are about three times too big for a generic monkey or ape of our size. The major lobes and patches of the brain are different as well. The olfactory bulbs, which underlie the sense of smell, have shriveled to one third the size of...Read More
Sales Improv: How to Get Past the Sales Script – Outside Sales Talk with Gina Trimarco (PODCAST)
As written in the show notes of Outside Sales Talk Podcast, Episode 44 with BadgerMaps CEO Steven Benson … Gina Trimarco is the Founder of Pivot10 Results, a strategy and training company dedicated to help businesses shift from people problems to performance results. She is also the founder of the Carolina Improv Company, an improv...Read More
Make Others Look Good, Make Money
One of the rules of improv comedy is “make others look good.” When we make others look good, we automatically look good. If you want to build strong relationships in business or life, this improv rule will serve you well. From a comedy show performance perspective, what this drills down to is “don’t negate others’...Read More
“In My Feels” Selling: Managing Emotions In The Buyer’s Journey
Want a competitive advantage in sales? Understand when your buyers are “in my feels”. Buying is emotional. We all know this. Your buyers often come from a place of fear of making a bad buying decision. It’s also a good reminder that selling also is emotional. More importantly, recognize when you yourself are “in my...Read More