By Art Sobczak on Aug 27, 2009 in Closing, Humor and Silly Stuff, Prospecting | 1 Comment
I’ve not yet seen the new movie, "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell," with Jeremy Piven as a hired gunwho comes in to turn around failing used car dealers. The reviews I’ve seen call it a tremendous waste of time, and an embarrassment for Piven. (Which means I’ll probably like it.)
Seems like people always ask me [...]
By Art Sobczak on Aug 21, 2009 in Sales Vocabulary | 4 Comments
Here’s part of an email I received from a reader.
"Art, an email I received from a vendor, in response to a question we asked about a policy issue, started out with, ‘You’re not going to like this, but …’
"I continued reading, now feeling bitter. However, what was said was really nothing more than what we [...]
By Art Sobczak on Aug 21, 2009 in Photos of Training Clients, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
I just returned from the Minneapolis area, conducting training for some talented pros at Frontier Communications.
By Art Sobczak on Aug 11, 2009 in Call Recordings, Humor and Silly Stuff, Voice Mail | 8 Comments
Many times voice mails from sales reps are horrible because they are too long and go into a sales pitch. Here’s one that very brief, but nonetheless horrible. Thanks to Tim Freeze for sending it in. I have scrambled the audio of the guy’s name, company, and phone number.
Wow! That was painful. Here’s a resource [...]
By Art Sobczak on Aug 4, 2009 in Photos of Training Clients | 0 Comments
I delivered my Smart Calling™ prospecting training workshop to the great sales pros at McAfee software. McAfee is a fine example of an organization that is doing well and increasing earnings despite the economy, and recognizes the importance of investing in its people to continue its growth and dominance.