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    Top 5 Most Overused Sales Email Subject Lines

    LANDFILL 
    According to a research study by Convince & Convert, 33% of email recipients open emails based on subject line alone. The same study also indicated that emails with personalized subject lines are 22.2% more likely to be opened. So, ask yourself this question: How personalized are your sales...
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    5 Most Common Sales Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them)

    LANDFILL 
    Today we take a look at the 5 most common sales mistakes (and how to avoid them)! In building my former company to over $10 million in sales, my position as CEO enabled me to gain a unique perspective on what separated the most successful salespeople in our organization from the rest. I...
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    10 Life-Changing Quotes From The 10X Rule

    LANDFILL 
    The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone is a must-read for all sales and business people. In the book, Grant explains that there’s only one thing that’s going to get you everything you want from life: Massive action. Let’s face it … at the end of the day, “thinking big” simply isn’t enough. To get to...
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    5 Phrases That Kill Trust In Sales

    Throughout my career, I've made thousands of sales calls and have had the unique opportunity to train nearly 2 dozen sales professionals (most of which are now millionaires today). I've seen every mistake you can make ... And in my experience, these are the top 5 phrases that kill trust in...
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    5 Worst Mistakes Salespeople Make

    MARKETING 
    When I ask a sale rep what the most difficult part of their job is, most say “getting prospects on the phone” or “closing”. So, for today’s post about the 5 worst mistakes salespeople make, I’ve specifically centered it around these two core obstacles. Enjoy! #1): Over-talking. Unfortunately...
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    4 Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople

    #1). Prospect Daily. To avoid having income “ups and downs”, have a consistent flow of new prospects. “One of the biggest mistakes that we make is that we convince ourselves that we don’t have to prospect on a regular basis.” — Stephan Schiffman This is only achieved by making prospecting a...
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    Top 5 Life Changing Sales Books

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    [As originally posted on my company's blog] “If you want to earn more, learn more.” — Zig Ziglar #1): "How To Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie Perhaps the best book you can buy on the topic of human persuasion. Despite being written nearly 100 years ago, this book’s...
  8. JamesDB

    (Question) Who has experience with selling prototypes?

    How would you approach top tier technology companies with fully functioning prototypes that could help them do xy better/faster/cheaper by a factor of 3+ ? We have been working on a part of a product but then pivoted along the way, now we have a piece of (predictive A.I. etc.) technology left...
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    Luxury Products/Niches

    What do you guys think about luxury/high-end products or niches? There is an obvious NEED regarding luxury products (and services), as evident by the increasing sales of pretty much anything that can be branded as high end, due to the desire of people to purchase things which can increase their...
  10. focusedlife

    The NEED Rule: Hustlers Addendum

    EXECUTION 
    Hi All, My name is Carlos and I'm a recovering sidewalking slowlaner. I'm nowhere near fastlane, however, I've managed to maintain a decent Freelance lifestyle working as a strategic marketing consultant and copywriter assassin for hire. Generally, I work with local small business types, but...
  11. PiotrP

    Advice

    MARKETING 
    Hi guys! I do need an advice from you, so this is the reason why my post appeared here. So - to the merit. Intro: I`m building a new brand of mine. First product - I craft with my carpenter (designer extension cord). For now got only basic version. But at the end of this week (26.08) I will be...
  12. Andy Black

    AndyTalks with @Mckenzie about selling AdWords to local businesses

    SPEEDWAY 
    AndyTalks with @Mckenzie about selling AdWords to local businesses I thought this call was great. @Mckenzie was at her son's basketball practice last week and one of the other mum's asked her what she did. For some reason she blurted out "Google paid search advertising", and took it from...
  13. RulesForRebels

    How To Brainstorm Ideas of What To Sell? Or What Niche To Market To?

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    **Finding Your First Product To Sell** I notice a lot of people are struggling with how to brainstorm ideas for products to sell or niches to market to. What products sell well, what are hot selling products, what should I sell, what can I sell and make 50% margins...you get the point The fact...

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