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Vote 4 Sharon Drew and Jill
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010
Vote 4 Sharon Drew and Jill

WE ARE IN THE TOP 3.

According to SalesPop.com,

Sharon Drew Morgen’s book Dirty Little Secrets: why buyers can’t buy and sellers can’t sell and what you can do about it, is one of the top 3 sales books of 2010!
Jill Konrath’s company, Selling to Big Companies, is one of the top 3 sales training organizations!

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Helping a prospect choose me
Friday, 30 Jul, 2010
Helping a prospect choose me

This is a copy of an email I got from a prospect considering whether or not to attend my public Buying Facilitation™ training. I’ve included my response so you can see how I use the decision facilitation model to help the buyer buy. This is unedited: I just omitted his name.
Hi Sharon Drew,
I’ve got [...]

Making Change Work: Part 2 – What is a system, and how does change happen?
Thursday, 29 Jul, 2010
Making Change Work: Part 2 – What is a system, and how does change happen?

For those of you who have read Dirty Little Secrets and love the concept of how change happens - and for those of you who haven’t read DLS and still love change models – here is my second podcast of the 6 part series Making Change Work that I’m recording with StrategyDriven Magazine and Nathan Ives.
This [...]

I hate the gym
Tuesday, 27 Jul, 2010
I hate the gym

I am a gym rat. My lats, abs, delts, traps, biceps, and triceps (even the shortheads!) are cut and plumpy. I do 3 hours of Zumba, 4 hours of Body Step, and 3 hours of weights every week.
And, my Zumba sessions aside, I hate every second of it. Every. Single. Solitary. Nasty. Second. Hate it. [...]

The Buyer’s Buying Journey – Podcast 2: Keeping Sellers Relevant
Monday, 26 Jul, 2010
The Buyer’s Buying Journey – Podcast 2: Keeping Sellers Relevant

There are two aspects to a buyer’s journey as they consider a solution purchase: getting internal buy-in from colleagues, bosses, and budgets to decide to make a change, figuring out how or what will be included in the change, and agreeing how to move forward…

What is the new normal? Are you prepared?
Friday, 23 Jul, 2010
What is the new normal? Are you prepared?

This week I was inspired by my friend Scott Allen’s post on the AmEx OPEN Forum called: Is your business ready for the new normal?
His excellent article got my attention right at the beginning:
As the economy begins to rebound, are you wondering when things will get back to normal for your business?
If you believe the prognosticators and [...]