Greetings!
Happy Tuesday! Last week I kicked off the giving season with a few tips you can use over the next couple weeks to makeover your sales and networking activities in 2010. This week we'll unwrap a few more!
Last week I also mentioned an upcoming special treat. I am excited to have Tony Rubleski as our special guest next week to share some insight and knowledge with us. Tony is a national best-selling author and the creative genius behind the Mind Capture book series where he looks at how we can stand out in the age of "Advertising Deficit Disorder!" Tony will also have a gift for us to unwrap so don't miss next week's issue!
Again, if you have some friends or colleagues that are interested in sales growth, now would be a great time to forward this newsletter to them and encourage them to sign up for their own copy so they don't miss this up-coming issue. Until then, sink your teeth into 6 more tips for Salesmas!
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The 12 Tips of "Salesmas" - Part 2
Quick Tips to Boost Sales in 2010
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It's almost the end
of the year and soon we'll be making our list of resolutions for the New Year.
What? You're too busy to make your list this year? Well, you're in luck! My
early Christmas present to you is a list 12 quick things you can do to makeover
your sales and networking efforts for 2010.
Last week we opened the first six tip
gifts. To re-cap, they were: Create a memorable voice-mail message, Develop a
30- to 60-second commercial, Send out at least five hand-written cards/notes
per week, Create a unique memory hook, Join your local Chamber, and Join a
leads or referral group.
This week we will unwrap six more sales
tip gifts. Again, some of these may only take a few minutes, and others may
require you to invest - not spend, but invest - a bit of time, but all of them
create value to your business, your brand and your sales. So sing with me again... "On the second day of Salesmas, six tips
from Selling U..."
#7 Read one book per month. You went to school, whether it is high
school, some college or a master's degree, and you studied to do well and learn
your subject matter. Flash forward and many people are now working and too busy
to make a sale or keep the doors open to continue learning. Very odd. You - well, not YOU, but... - people stop doing
what got them to where they are in the first place.
One book per month can be very doable.
Wake up 15 minutes earlier and spend that time reading a chapter and taking a
few notes in the margins. Or cut out 15-30 minutes of sitcoms or Facebooking at
night to get your chapter in. Do this and at the end of a year you'll have read
12 books and greatly expanded your knowledge and creativity. I'll bet you even have a few A-ha's along the way!
#8 Get Social. Start a Facebook account and/or an account at
LinkedIn. This may sound like a contradiction to tip #7 but it isn't - as long
as the time you spend on it is productive and working towards a productive
goal. Playing games and throwing virtual snowballs at all of your friends or
colleagues is not productive. Providing value updates or thought provoking
ideas is building your social credibility. This is time well spent.
If you create a Facebook page for
yourself, you may also want to consider creating a Fan Page for your business
as well. Your personal page you will use to connect on a personal level with
your friends and contacts. Your business Fan Page will connect with your
friends and contacts on a more professional level.
Click here for 4 more tips on boosting sales in 2010...
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All Aboard the Toys For Tots Train!!
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to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December
each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy
children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
Selling U applauds and supports this mission and invites you to as well. Whether it is a donation of cash, time or a toy, your generosity is appreciated and very much needed.
For more information about Toys For Tots and how you can help, please visit www.toysfortots.org or if you are in the central Michigan area, visit www.cmatft.org.
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Wrapping Up
Well, I hope you picked up a few good ideas today and I look forward to being with you again next week. In the meantime, if you have a burning question, shoot me an e-mail and I'll shoot you a reply. Also, why not forward this newsletter to a few friends that may also like what you've read.
Helping You Sell You,
Scott Gillespie
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