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Women In Sales: Beware Mansplaining and other gender stereotypes!

January 30, 2023 By maurasf

Selling is a great job for women. Your numbers, not your gender, determine your success.  Still, women in sales face different situations than men. Often the situations, like gender stereotypes, are trying. It’s good to be aware of those situations that stereotype based on gender so you can be prepared or even better, avoid them. Gender Stereotypes: Get ready to deal with … [Read more...]

Sell In A Recession

January 11, 2023 By maurasf

Have you heard? According to S&P Global Market Intelligence 1 and others, a recession this year is more likely than not.  Are you ready to sell in a recession? You can be. Here’s what you can do to start to sell in a recession.   Don’t be shy! You must talk yourself up to sell in a recession! Now is not the time to be quiet about the work you’re doing. Identify all … [Read more...]

Think About Your Selling

January 1, 2023 By maurasf

Did you make New Year’s resolutions? Why bother. Most people will break them anyway. Instead, why not take some time now (if you haven’t already) to think about your selling this year. Thinking about what you might do is the first step in actually doing the actions that get you better sales results. Here’s what you can think about. Think about your selling skills. One of … [Read more...]

Make Your Own Sales Luck in 2023

December 14, 2022 By maurasf

How do you want to close out 2022? Forgetting it is probably high on your list if you didn't make your sales goals. Here’s something else you can do. My suggestion is for you to make your own sales luck in 2023.  Do you think that’s not possible? I think it is. Here’s how. Go with your gut. Professor Richard Wiseman of the University of Hertfordshire in England has been … [Read more...]

How Sales Managers Get Sold By Salespeople

November 30, 2022 By maurasf

Some sales managers are the best customers. What do I mean? They let their salespeople sell them on a bunch of ideas many of which are barriers to reaching sales goals.  Only certain salespeople are the ones selling their sales manager.  Are you getting sold?  Here’s how you can tell if you’re a sales manager getting sold.   What … [Read more...]

3 Reasons You Won’t Make It In Sales

November 14, 2022 By maurasf

reason you won't make it in sales

Someone once told me she was great at sales. Why? She said, “You know how I love to talk!” Was she ever wrong! Yes, she could talk a blue streak. No, that doesn’t make a great salesperson. Managers sometimes make hiring mistakes in sales. You may wonder if you’re up to the task in sales. Here are 3 reasons you won’t make it in sales.  1. You won’t make it in sales if you … [Read more...]

Is Sales All Or Nothing? No, Sales Is All or Something for staying motivated in sales.

October 28, 2022 By maurasf

Staying motivated in sales is the tough part of selling. All too often when salespeople think of their selling it’s either all or nothing.  They get the sale or they get no deal and nothing. Sales is not all or nothing. Sales is all and something.  Learn to deal with disappointment when you get no deal. It may appear that not making the sale is in fact nothing. It’s … [Read more...]

Sales Problem? Solve it The Right Way and Keep Your Customer

October 14, 2022 By maurasf

It’s only a matter of time when you have a sales problem. There is a right way and a wrong way to solve a sales problem. Do it the right way and you keep your customer. Do it the wrong way and you can not only lose a customer, but you might lose other business as well. Here’s how to solve your sales problem and keep your customer.  Here’s the wrong way to solve a sales … [Read more...]

Pilot Program: A Strategy to Get the Sale

September 30, 2022 By maurasf

Have you considered using a pilot program as a strategy to get the sale? Your prospects might want a pilot program to try your product or service before they make a major buying commitment.  Pilot programs can persuade your prospect to buy. A poorly planned pilot program will not. Here’s what you can do to create a pilot program for your products or services that does get the … [Read more...]

Don’t Get Ghosted by Prospects!

September 14, 2022 By maurasf

One of selling’s great frustrations is when prospects ghost you.  You probably know what I mean. You have productive meetings with prospects. Your sales process is moving forward. You go from meeting to demo to what you think is the deal. Then nothing. Your prospect is ghosting you. What can you do so you don’t get ghosted by prospects? Face it. Your sales process is flawed … [Read more...]

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Would you take auto mechanics classes when you buy a car? Maura did because she wanted to be able to work on her car. She takes that same approach to selling. She can show you how to get below the surface of selling to learn why and how different strategies work. She will show you which skills to implement that will shorten your sales cycle and increase your sales. She was Mobil Oil's first female Lubrication Engineer in the United States and one of Chevron's top 5 salespeople in the country. She knows what works for sales.

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