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Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff" on 31. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
Seek Justice
Every day this summer I have gone past a sign on the read-o-board outside a local school. The message was put up on the last day of school. It reads: “Learn to do good and seek justice.” Every day I rode or drove by the sign I thought to myself
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Posted by Clayton Shold in Sales Tips on 29. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
Schlackman Takes August Honours
Congratulations to Stu Schlackman who was voted top sales article of the month for August over at Top 10 Sales Articles. His article “Are you Customer Centric?” was up against 9 other quality articles. Voting is a combined weighting of the sales expert panel over at Top 10 Sales Articles
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Posted by Clayton Shold in Sales Tips on 25. Aug, 2010 | No Comments
Positive Attitude
If you are in sales you know you need to stay positive. It isn’t always easy as the challenges and rejection come far too often. I’m inspired by positive people. Not people who act positive but those who live positive. The glass is always half full not half empty, in
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Turn it off
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff", Sales Tips
Heading out on vacation? Turn off your BlackBerry, iPhone or your smartphone or what ever keeps you connected to your job. If you read this blog regularly you’ll know I recently spent 9 days on my motorcycle enjoying secondary highways, small towns, and lot of good folk. One of the
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9 out of 10
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff"
Knuckles to the wind. Any biker will know that expression, as much as they understand why a dog likes to put its head out the window of a moving car. I just spent 9 of the past 10 days on my Harley and can’t get the smile off my face.
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Sales Fundamentals
Posted by Clayton Shold in Sales Tips
Sales ain’t so hard. I was speaking with a friend last night about sales training. She is a pro and has been in the sales game for many years as a producer, a trainer and consultant. She called as she is doing some podcast interviews in the weeks ahead for
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The Big Q
Posted by Clayton Shold in Podcasts
Nancy Bleeke works with sales people on sales fundamentals and she appreciates how critically important questions are to your success. This podcast looks at common mistakes we fall trap to, then goes on to discuss best practices when developing the skill of asking quality questions. She talks about the strategy
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Gratitude Campaign
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff"
A fellow by the name of Scott Truitt started the gratitude campaign in Seattle in 2007. He traveled a lot and wanted to find away to thanks to military personnel when he encountered them. The sign he developed is a variation of American sign language used to say thank you,
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Happy July 4th
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff"
To all my American friends I wish you all the best for nation’s 234th celebration of Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776. I smiled when I read a friend’s newsletter this past Wednesday wishing us Canuck’s “Happy Independence Day on July 1!” Actually we call it Canada
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Did you know?
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff"
Here are a few ice-breakers you can use when you encounter that awkward moment on a sales call; they may help you with the last amazing fact on the list! Men are at their most romantic age at 53. A trip around the bases on a baseball diamond is 20
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Happy Canada Day eh!
Posted by Clayton Shold in Other "Stuff"
To my fellow Canadians, “happy Canada day eh!” I enjoyed reading today’s newspaper where 13 authors shared what it meant to them to be Canadian. It got me thinking how fortunate I am to live in this country and call myself a citizen. No long post, no rant, just sharing
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May Winner on Top 10
Posted by Clayton Shold in Sales Tips, Sales Tools
We’re a little late getting this acknowledgment up but better late than never. Joanne Black was the winner of Article of the Month in May on Top10SalesArticles.com. Her article “Why Social Networking Your Way Won’t Build Your Business” was voted number one by the readers and expert review panel. Congratulations
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Best Sales Practices that Work – Kelley Robertson
Posted by Clayton Shold in Podcasts
Kelley Robertson authored an article “17 Best Practices of Top Performing Sales People”, in this podcast he looks at his favorite top five practices. He shares his thoughts on why more sales reps don’t emulate top producers and details some scary stats on the lack of sales training in companies.
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