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10 Quick Sales Tips

Written by: Jim Meisenheimer

Article Overview: As the title says, here are ten quick and valuable sales tips you can use to grow your business.

10 Quick Sales Tips

Here are 10 quick sales tips you can use as a sales-generator for your
business.

1. Get in the habit of sending at least five hand written notes every day. Be
sure you send a note to anyone (internal and external customers) who
helps you make a sale. To add a touch of class use a fountain pen with
blue ink.

2. To free up your hands and to add significant energy to every phone call
use a headset. Plantronics offers a complete selection of styles to choose
from.

3. Another telephone tip is to use a 5 X 7 mirror positioned next to your
telephone to make sure you're smiling throughout the entire call. It makes a
huge difference.

4. If you are a MapQuest.com user you might want to try maps.google.com,
which I believe has a better service.

5. Never ask the question, "How soon do you need it?" Common
responses to that question include, "Yesterday, ASAP, today, and right
away." The response to this question usually puts you into a reactive
mode.

6. Use a timer, when working in your office, to measure how much time
you're spending on phone calls and to allocate time for projects you need
to get done.

7. Establish a written sales goal, expressed in dollars, for every selling day!

8. Invest 15 minutes every day to prepare a written prioritized plan for the
day.

9. Invest 15 minutes every day to read a book or to listen to a CD to
increase your competitive advantage.

10. Make every day a masterpiece. William Watson Purkey says it best
when he says:

Dance like nobody's watching;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Sing like nobody's listening
Live like it's heaven on earth.

Please don't send me an e-mail telling me Mark Twain is the author of
this - Purkey is!

These sales tips are little things, but of course you know in sales
little things mean everything!

Start selling more . . .


Jim Meisenheimer

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