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WHEN THEY LOWER PRICES, RAISE YOURS!

by Joe da SilvaDecember 12, 2018December 12, 2018Leave a comment

“OMG!! That’s the eighth time we have had to do that this week!”

“Do what?” said I with confusion in my voice. “Match the price on a leaf blower that my competitor has on sale.” I will never understand why some make pricing the ultimate king in business. All pricing does is enable you to win the race to the bottom. A race no one should be anxious to win.

Businesses have to come to their collective senses. Those who have followed my blog for a while know that it is NEVER about the pricing. It is the value consumers seek. Do you win ALL of the business when pricing rears its ugly head? No, but you can win the majority of them by using creativity and by adding value to your product.

SHUT THE HECK UP

by Joe da SilvaAugust 1, 2018Leave a comment

Have you ever been in a conversation where the other person is like the ‘Energizer Bunny’ and just keeps going and going and going? How long before you completely tune them out? Is it; one minute, three, maybe five or even longer? Statistics show that it is under the one-minute mark.

However, some in the sales game will use the above tactic as they feel by talking all the time they will wear you down and the only alternative to get them to shut up is to buy. Honesty check: How many of us have used the ‘gabfest technique?’ Don’t be shy, you are by yourself reading this.

DID THEY HEAR YOU?

by Joe da SilvaJuly 11, 2018Leave a comment

Have you ever had a conversation with your significant other and as they are speaking you make a decision on what they are speaking on, hoping the one-sided conversation will stop, only to find it continues, regardless of what you said? It was like they did not hear you.

How about the time your kids were insisting on something and you replied: “No.” However, they continued on making their case and hoping that with the consistent badgering, you will actually give in. Again, were they even listening?

CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE

by Joe da SilvaJune 9, 2018Leave a comment

You have planned for a couple of weeks. Put everything in place for a very important meeting with a major prospect including travel and accommodations as you will need to be there the night before to be able to meet them on time. Then you get the call: “Hi. I will be coming over to your town and would like to meet Tuesday instead of Monday.” All you can think is: “But, I had everything arranged for Monday in their city.”

“Now what do I do?”

This is where your versatility and mind has to shift because of an unexpected event.

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DISPELLING THE SUMMER ‘LIE’

by Joe da SilvaMay 20, 20181 Comment

I love this time of year. Not for the sunshine, singing birds and the warmth of the summer months coming, but rather, for the lie that everyone tells themselves about sales for this time of year.

The lie that says: “No one buys during the summer.” or: “Everyone is either on holidays or thinking about their holidays and not the business.”

If only those were true. However, how many of us fall for the great summer lie? This time of year could be the most productive time of the year for you if you change certain behaviors which will take you from salesperson to sales professional.

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THE FABLE: THE SNAKE AND THE FISHERMAN

by Joe da SilvaMay 14, 2018May 14, 2018Leave a comment

I was reminded in the book by Michael LeBoeuf, Ph.D.; “How to Win Customers & Keep Them For Life.” of a management course that I took many years ago and a fable with a very important lesson for all of us.

The fable was; ‘The Snake and Fisherman.’ There existed this old fisherman that would go out every day by himself in his small boat. One day, he looked over the side and spotted a snake swimming by with a frog in its mouth. Feeling sorry for the frog, he bent over and removed it from the snake’s mouth and set it free. However, he then started to feel bad for the snake as it would now grow hungry. He looked around his small boat but had no food. All he had was a bottle of brandy. He opened the bottle and gave the snake three shots. The snake happily swam away and everything was good. About an hour later the fisherman heard this insisting banging on his boat and when he peered over the side, there was the snake, but this time it had two frogs in its mouth.