Sales Tips

Sell with Maximum Impact in the Least Time
Sell with Maximum Impact in the Least Time Make every moment count To really crush it in sales, whether to close out the year on a high note or to consistently perform at your highest level every day, you have to make every moment count. The following is from Ernest Hemingway's classic book "For Whom The Bell Tolls:" “Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be. But what will happen in all the other days that ever come can depend on what you do today.” I like to modify that to say “But what will happen in all other moments that ever come…
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How to Get More Facetime with Dentists
How to Get More Facetime with Dentists Previous in this series: How to Break Into Medical Device Sales Dentists are tough prospects — they just don’t have the time to meet with sales reps between appointments. Your dentist has a tooth extraction, crown insertion, and cleaning to get done before lunch. He’s booked solid. But if you’re not meeting with dentists, then you’re not selling. As a dental rep, you need to be creative to get in front of your prospects. Each stage of the sales cycle is unique when it comes to dental sales. You have to initiate contact, qualify the lead, and present your offer all…
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How Your Personal Happiness Affects Your Sales (And what you can do about it)
How Your Personal Happiness Affects Your Sales (And what you can do about it) A career in sales can be simultaneously stressful and exciting. As the importance of the job increases, so do the difficulties. These days, prospects know exactly how to respond to sales tricks and are no longer afraid to consult the internet and research alternatives. While a lot of salespeople can handle the pressure, some crumble under it. If you don’t take care of your happiness, your sales success can take a hit. That’s why we researched the relationship between happiness and sales success. Is personal happiness actually important in your sales career?
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4 Ways a Seasoned Sales Hire Can Bring You Success
4 Ways a Seasoned Sales Hire Can Bring You Success Business strategy is, in some ways, similar to chess. Your board (or sales territory) is full of the standard battle-ready pieces: pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, kings, and queens; each of which brings their own unique abilities to the game. A new sales rep is the rook: a relatively strong player because of their range of flexibility but limited in their movements. Similarly, the experienced sales hire would be the pawn. That’s right. A pawn. Our rep is the pawn because he tends to get overlooked in the hiring arena. But, like pawns in chess, sales reps are highly versatile.…
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Interest vs Intent in Doing Laundry (and Making Sales)
Interest vs Intent in Doing Laundry (and Making Sales) Reading a book. Going on a roadtrip. Doing your laundry. Why are these things we always want to do but never seem to get around to doing? It's a matter of interest vs intent. Although we may be very interested in doing all these things, we lack intent for doing them. What’s the difference between the two? As defined in the Oxford dictionary: The difference between intent and interest is need and resolve. You experience this every time you reach into your underwear drawer and find it empty. When this happens, you’re no longer idly interested in doing laundry--that interest…
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