11 Keys to Great Success in Life and Business: Key 10: Grow Your Sales Skills

Most of us will never win the big lottery, so we have to go out and earn our successes. And earning success equals selling. In Key No. 8, I talked about the four pillars of success, the only four things a business owner can do to create wealth: Earn new customers. Sell more to your…

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Setting Annual Sales Goals are a Waste of Time II—Sales Goals Strike Back

For some people, setting sales goals is not a waste of time. It’s all about perceptions, really—perceptions that empower and motivate you—and about being in control. 

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Set Goals, Review and Measure Often to Stay on Course

If I were to ask you, “Where do you want to be at the end of next year, in three years or five?” what would you say? Selling $1 million, maybe $2 million? Increasing your profits by 15 percent? Having 10 new clients? Spending more time with your family? Going on that long wanted European vacation? Well, whatever your goal, you must envision it, have a plan, work the plan, and measure the plan in order to stay on course if you ever want to see your goals to fruition.

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What Makes a Champion?


As a consultant, I am often asked, “what are the characteristics of successful people in the industry?” One interesting note—it has nothing to do with gender, age or tenure in the industry. Instead, it has everything to do with the character and integrity of an individual. I have noticed through discussion and observation several factors that I believe truly make a champion. And by the way, becoming a million dollar salesperson isn’t the Holy Grail barometer of success. Success can be measured and identified on many, many levels.

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10 Strategies of the World’s Most Successful Businesses…

Brand building in the broad sense is based on innovation, which of course is a driving force in the electronics industry. In the promotional products industry, aside from the incentive sector, our products are used to support our client’s branding.

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Use Your Password to Focus and Motivate You

Clearly it doesn’t matter what your password is. The NSA is going to read our email and I’m not too worried about it, but I’m not a paranoid privacy person. But that isn’t the point of this blog. The point of this blog is to use your password to focus and motivate you every day.

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You Will See It … When You Believe It: 10 Tips to Make 2013 Your Best Year Ever

Have you ever wondered about what makes really successful people really successful, or really positive people really positive? They understand how to visualize and believe the end result has already happened.

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