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Restaurant Promotion
As a restaurant owner, what is your style to promote your business? How do you sell your business to people who have completely no idea what your restaurant looks like or what kind of food you serve or the quality of service and the overall impression you have for the majority of the customers?

. Here are two key factors in understanding where your "chili" really stands:

1. Do you have a recipe to start with? - Unfortunately, most sales people go on sales appointments without a call plan. You may not have t

Testing Your Yellow Page Ad Is Easy
How would you like to guarantee the absolute highest profits possible from your Yellow Page ad? Think about that for second. What if, before you commit to a one year long, unbreakable contract with your phone company, that you have an ad that will flood you with new business?Would you

Interesting title for a sales related article wouldn't you say? On occasion I refer to making a pot of chili with my clients as an analogy for improving one's sales. Let me explain.

Remember the first time you tried to make a pot of chili or any other multi-ingredient dish. When you began, did you start with a recipe' and all of the necessary ingredients? Were they put in the pot in the right order and in the exact amounts? In the end, how did it turn out? If your experience was some pretty mediocre chili or worse, you ended up dumping the batch into the sink, then you are not alone.

Now, let's think about our sales in relation to this chili making experience. Your sales might be dismal or they might be improving, but are they the best they can be? Just like making award-winning chili, there are a variety of things that need to happen for one to get the blue ribbon. Here are two key factors in understanding where your "chili" really stands:

1. Do you have a recipe to start with? - Unfortunately, most sales people go on sales appointments without a call plan. You may not have th

Wholesale Clothing Tips For Retailers
Wholesale clothing seems to be abundant these days. A quick click of the mouse and a retailer can find thousands of sources for wholesale clothing.But what retailers need the most, are strategies for selling the wholesale clothing which they buy.Here are my top tips for selling clothi

to make a pot of chili or any other multi-ingredient dish. When you began, did you start with a recipe' and all of the necessary ingredients? Were they put in the pot in the right order and in the exact amounts? In the end, how did it turn out? If your experience was some pretty mediocre chili or worse, you ended up dumping the batch into the sink, then you are not alone.

1. Do you have a recipe to start with? - Unfortunately, most sales people go on sales appointments without a call plan. You may not have t

Brand Awareness - Brand Identity
About once a month a few of us at the office get together during lunch for what has become known as a SWAP meeting. We share thoughts, stories and sometimes play Pictionary. It’s a great way to relieve stress and learn interesting tidbits about the people we work with.One afternoon our conve

, how did it turn out? If your experience was some pretty mediocre chili or worse, you ended up dumping the batch into the sink, then you are not alone.

1. Do you have a recipe to start with? - Unfortunately, most sales people go on sales appointments without a call plan. You may not have t

Is Business Image Important?
What does your business image say? Every business has its own professional image in the marketplace. When you stop to think about your image, what would you like it to be? Does your customer perceive it the same way as you do?Business image is an opinion or concept. The opinion or concept ca

g experience. Your sales might be dismal or they might be improving, but are they the best they can be? Just like making award-winning chili, there are a variety of things that need to happen for one to get the blue ribbon. Here are two key factors in understanding where your "chili" really stands:

1. Do you have a recipe to start with? - Unfortunately, most sales people go on sales appointments without a call plan. You may not have t

The Conscious Choices We Make
Getting up this morning ...I was struck by the importance of motivation and true drive to accomplish ones goals in life.All the successful people in the world can't just decide to kill their alarm clocks every morning.If they did, well then, we would all be in the alarm cloc

. Here are two key factors in understanding where your "chili" really stands:

1. Do you have a recipe to start with? - Unfortunately, most sales people go on sales appointments without a call plan. You may not have the right or enough information prior to going into the sales call. Your talking to listening ratio might not be appropriate. Or, you could be presenting your product or service too early. Any one of these issues could be messing up your "pot of chili."

2. Have you taken the time to really taste your chili after each completed bowl? - The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again and expecting a different result. Unless you can effectively de-brief each and every sales call, it is difficult to improve your sales. Just like tasting each new batch that comes off the stove, you should try to understand what went right or wrong on each sales appointment. By making the proper adjustments you can correct the mistakes made in your last sales calls. Over time you can observe and apply what's working and quickly discard what's not.

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