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I Can Get It Somewhere Else For Less
January 11, 2010 – 2:43 pm | 4 Comments
I Can Get It Somewhere Else For Less

Do your customers often tell you they can get the same thing for less elsewhere?

Of course they do. This is sometimes referred to as a price objection. But, they are NOT necessarily asking you to lower your price.

How should you handle price objections so they won’t be throwing their money down the toilet?

Tweet Sensibly
December 12, 2009 – 8:12 am | 2 Comments
Tweet Sensibly

50 Ideas on Using Twitter for Business

The Original by Chris Brogan. Chris mentioned that someone stole this post and re-published it as THEIR original content. I like Chris and want to share his ideas with you. They are good and he deserves credit. Thank him on his blog.

Digital Euphoria
December 2, 2009 – 10:52 pm | No Comment
Digital Euphoria

Is NetBook The Ultimate Mobile Sales Tool?

For anyone interested in creating an information business by selling their expertise, or any product or service for that matter, you would be served well to organize your personal business in the cloud and carry a powerful mobile device to access your tools and assets anywhere at anytime.

Sales Professionals I’m Thankful For
November 26, 2009 – 1:09 pm | No Comment
Sales Professionals I’m Thankful For

Thanksgiving is traditionally a day of reflection and sharing of gratitude with the ones we love. I’d like to share my thoughts about a group of people that have influenced me and the quality of life I have been blessed with.

The Discipline Of Regularity
November 25, 2009 – 12:54 pm | 2 Comments
The Discipline Of Regularity

Can you imagine arriving at the airport prior to your scheduled flight and it does not appear on the reader board? There’s no apparent reason other than the airline just didn’t get around to it today. Does an experience like this help increase your trust level for the offending company?

How does this relate to selling YOUR expertise?

How Do I ?
October 27, 2009 – 1:02 pm | No Comment
How Do I ?

I meet people that have lot’s of questions every day. It seems like we could spend all day, every day, just learning how to use some new tool or service on the internet that promises to make our life easier. If we are always in a new learning curve, how can life be easier?

Social Media 101
September 26, 2009 – 3:09 pm | One Comment
Social Media 101

A nice conference but… did it address the all important “what’s in it for me?” factors?

My review of a great event with a suggestion for the next.

Why Entrepreneurs Rule the World
September 15, 2009 – 6:37 am | One Comment
Why Entrepreneurs Rule the World

A brief history of business trends.

This article is a guest post from my friend Kate Phillips, Founder of Total Wealth Coaching.

‘In case you didn’t get the memo: Jobs are Dead.’ A brief history of business trends, and 7 reasons why entrepreneurs rule the world (always have, always will).