Monday, September 20, 2004

Selling Power Magazine

Have you ever seen this magazine? Selling Power is THE magazine for sales and sales management professionals. We've done promotional work with Selling Power and the magazine has sponsored our training events in the past.


Selling Power www.sellingpower.com

If anyone can tell me of another magazine for our industry (other than Sales and Marketing Management Magazine), I'll send you to one of our Results sales training programs for free. I don't know of anything else out there that covers all sales industries.

Each issue has articles on closing, managing and incentive ideas. As a tech nut - I look for new products that can help our team sell more efficiently, communicate more effectivly and make more money!

This is a great tool - check it out!

TK

Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Selling... It's a Wonderful Life!

After 13 years with our company, I am constantly amazed at how the need for our services never dries up. I love it, and I love what we do for people. The training we provide to sales professionals and sales managers makes them better at what they do - any maybe more than that...

I love the movie It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart. I often describe a scene from that movie when I help people visualize what we really do here at Results.


Jimmy Stewart

In the movie, there is a scene in which George Bailey (played by Stewart), extols the virtues of home ownership to a group of "suits" wanting to close down his father's financial operation, that specialized in building new homes for the average "Joe."

After being lectured by the movie's villain (can you remember his name...), George enlightens everyone in the room to the fact that owning something, especially a home makes a person better. A better father, a better mother, a better member of the community etc.

So what's the point?

The point is that when we help people increase their abilities in selling or managing - they "own" those skills. Armed with that knowledge they can build more value with their clients and within their companies and make more money.

Hopefully with that extra money they can provide more for their family and those around them. With that money they'll boost the economy and keep the free market system humming!

Doesn't that make them a better father, a better mother, a better member of the community on some level?

You bet it does...

TK