I think the message of us do SOMETHING is so important and if we can just conquer this one skill then we can achieve.

I found this quote and thought it was interesting.

“Timid salespeople have skinny kids.”
—Zig Ziglar

It made me think… Do we really have to be aggressive in sales to succeed?

It’s important to realize that in fact we are all in sales, even if we think were not. Constantly on a day-by-day basis we are attempting to sell other people on our ideas, preferences and desires. In a job interview you’re selling yourself, your skills and your talents.

I’d love to hear your thought on this. Please leave a comment below.

Is hard selling the best approach?

Speak soon,

Tom

- Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)

This quote is just so true… If we stop to look inside ourselves for a moment I think we would all agree that we could all do a little bit more. We could of done better at school. We could of got more work done today. We should have had more fun!

We truly are capable of doing more than we normally do. So today just push that tiny bit harder. You know you are more than capable. Just do it. You might just astound yourself.

Thank you

Tom

Using this and clicking on the ‘View old version on the Internet Archive’ I have traveled back in time to bring you these quotes.

“The banker asked for a Statement. I said I was optimistic.”

Mark Victor Hansen

Dan Kennedy’s Eternal Truth #10
If you can’t make money without money,
you won’t make money with money either.

“You can succeed if others do not believe in you.
But you cannot succeed if you do not believe in yourself.”
Dr. Sidney Newton Bremer
Successful Achievement

Dan Kennedy’s Eternal Truth #8
The willingness to do whatever it takes
is infinitely more important than
knowing everything there is to know
about how to do it.

Dan Kennedy’s Eternal Truth #9
The ability to win is easily transferred
from one business to another.

Taking action is one of those things the majority of us could do more of. I myself am guilty of spending to much time planning and thinking rather than doing. I hope these quotes inspire you to take more action in your life.

Enjoy… have a great day… and be happy!

“To be always intending to make a new and better life but never to find time to set about it is as…to put off eating and drinking and sleeping from one day to the next until you’re dead.”
~ Og Mandino

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”
~ Nora Roberts

“This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever; in its place is something that you have left behind…let it be something good.”
~ Unknown

~ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.
All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.

~ To be blind, but worse is to have eyes and not see.

~ Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes
true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification
but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

~ Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within.

~ The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen
or even touched, they must be felt with the heart.

~ Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through
experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.

~ We would never learn to be brave and patient,
if there were only joy in the world.

~ When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but
often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see
the one which has been opened for us.

Just wanted to share with you this picture of the view from our front room. Canterbury Cathedral is so beautiful. It’s really great when they light it up at night.

It seems that nearly everyone I know is in some form of debt. Some have to pay off credit cards every month and live constantly in the ‘red’.

The general opinion on how to tackle debt is to start by paying off the one with the highest rate of interest first. This is because this is the debt that will be costing you the most in the long term. Some people suggest that if you have a small debt that you should pay that off first. This is because you can see that you have successfully wiped off one of the thing you owe and that will help to build momentum in defeating the problem.

Another popular way to handle debt if you owe on multiple cards is credit card consolidation. This helps to put all of your debt into one place. It will also lower your monthly outgoings but you will pay it off over a much longer period of time. You will also properly end up paying more in the long run. But for some people this is their only choice.

The other option is not to get into debt in the first place. If you badly need money then look at increasing your income with overtime or even taking a second job. The other thing you can do is lower your outgoings.

So many people struggle yet they still have many luxuries like Sky TV and buying lunch at work instead of making lunch at home and taking it with you. Just a few simple changes can save you loads every month. This money can then help to stop you getting in debt, or if you are already in debt you can use it to make larger payments so that you can get out of debt faster.

You should also learn how to come up with marketing strategies that will offer a long-term advantage over your competitor for your service or product. Other significant skills to learn are how to identify the best methods of promotion and advertising that will lead to the greatest number of sales. Market research is also the foundation of any marketing plan. This needs to be executed correctly to achieve the maximum results.

Another important aspect of any business is selling. Your own business or the company you work for as a sales person relies on making sales effectively. Knowing how to increase sales is the key to a higher income. This can be learnt quickly with proper sales training. No matter where you are now professional training can help to increase your results, expand your client list and help you to keep your customer base for years.

Having a thorough understanding of the selling process will also give you a distinct advantage. These includes identifying prospects, positioning your service or product in the market place, dealing with objections, establishing loyalty and building concrete relationships that lead to more sales and referrals.

So many sales people also get stuck in a rut with the way these close a sale. They tend to use the method that landed them their first sale. They then continue to close the same way for the rest of their career. Having various closing techniques at your disposal is a sure way to increase your closing rate and in turn sky rocket your success.