July 12, 2017
Last week this blog delved into statistics regarding customers who may have had a less than stellar experience when they visited your business. We discovered that the percentage of customers that you think...
July 5, 2017
I have been researching customer service lately and have found some interesting statistics from a number of different sources. The main thing that came through in virtually all the sites I researched was:...
June 28, 2017
As many of you know I am on the injured list at present. Unfortunately, I have two things going on at the same time. A broken femur is keeping me wheelchair bound, probably through September, and I am...
June 21, 2017
I was sent an Interesting article from my favorite periodical, Harvard Business Review.
The article, entitled, “A face to face request is 34 times more successful than an email” talked about research into...
June 14, 2017
Last week was an interesting week for me. Tuesday, I went for a walk with a friend of mine in the local regional park. While there I tripped over a rock and eventually found out that I had fractured by...
June 7, 2017
The approach of summer and the good weather during this season bring more customers out of their houses and into your winery, store, restaurant or other retail business.
During the height of the...
May 31, 2017
As salespeople we tend to think that we are going to sell more through our expertise or having lots of information about the product (obviously product knowledge is important though it cannot stand alone)...
May 24, 2017
When people come into your business do they already know that they are or are not going to buy from you? The answer to that question is no, they don’t. How many times have you walked into a...
May 17, 2017
There are lots of ways to encourage customers to buy. When considering various avenues to promote sales, there are a few things you need to think about.
There is always a cost involved with...
May 10, 2017
I was looking into buying patterns on the internet the other day for a couple of sales seminars that I am putting together and came across some very interesting information, which I will be passing along...