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3 Keys to a Persuasive Presentation

By chipscholz | Published: December 13, 2016
What’s needed to craft a really good persuasive presentation? Great presentations matter. Not only do they advance your career, they sell products and services, find investors, establish trust and credibility, and gain support for new ideas. Today we have easy technology to help produce professional presentations, but that’s not what matters if you want to […]
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Sales Success: Set Yourself Up

By chipscholz | Published: December 18, 2012
The problem with most sales books is that they focus solely on what to say once you are in front of the prospect. That’s not half as important as what goes on before you even set up the meeting. There’s a smart way to set yourself up for sales success. The first steps in organizing […]
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16 Bad Sales Habits

By chipscholz | Published: December 11, 2012
Marshall Goldsmith, Don Brown and Bill Hawkins in What Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales!: How Successful Salespeople Take It to the Next Level, (McGraw-Hill, 2011), identify 16 bad sales habits that severely damage a customer’s sales experience. Eliminating even one or two can profoundly improve your sales and influencing abilities. Failure […]
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Customer Communications: What Messages Do You Send?

By chipscholz | Published: November 27, 2012
What do you need to know to improve customer relationships and communications? Even if you’re not in sales, you still need to be current on the messages you want customers to know. “No matter who employs you or what your organization is selling or servicing, you work within two areas of responsibility; there are two […]
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The Customer Experience:
Not What It Used to Be

By chipscholz | Published: November 20, 2012
Leaders seem to forget that their human assets make or break a customer’s experience. “Interpersonal interaction, though sometimes not the top reason for making a purchase, is almost always the reason for not repurchasing.” ~ Marshall Goldsmith, Don Brown and Bill Hawkins, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There in Sales!: How Successful Salespeople […]
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7 Tips for Selling BEFORE You Approach Anyone

By chipscholz | Published: July 16, 2010
In a series of recent posts, I suggest 7 tips to prepare the way to getting more appointments for selling, and having more sales conversations: How to Prepare for Selling: 3 Really Tough Tips 2 Tips to Prepare for Good Sales 7 Tips for Getting Known in Your Target Market None of these tips involve […]
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Mapping Your Sales Preparation: Gather Info

By chipscholz | Published: July 14, 2010
In a recent post, Better Informed, Better Sales, I explain how important it is to research information about your target market and prospects before you ever approach the selling process. I quoted the late Bill Brooks of the Brooks Group: “In a highly competitive crowded marketplace, all other things being equal, the one with the […]
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Selling Is NOT Accidental – Visual Tips

By chipscholz | Published: July 12, 2010
In the last few weeks I’ve been excerpting tips from the book I collaborated on with 7 esteemed colleagues, Masterminds Unleashed: Selling for Geniuses, Selling When Selling Isn’t in Your Title. Not because I want to flog more books, although that’s always fun to hear someone’s bought it. My main motivation, however, is this: I’ve […]
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How to Prepare for Selling: 3 Really Tough Tips

By chipscholz | Published: July 8, 2010
What selling tips are the hardest for professionals to implement? Previously I introduced 4 tips for preparing the way to successful sales. When you pay attention to these things, your selling becomes a lot easier: be visible, ask your target market, reach out, and be easy to find. These next tips are harder to implement […]
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2 Tips to Prepare for Good Sales

By chipscholz | Published: July 6, 2010
What other tips do I suggest that paves the way for an effective sales process? Last week I introduced this topic with 2 out of my 7 tips: Be visible, volunteer and get involved in industry activities; write a column Ask your target market questions Here are two more of my tips from the book […]
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