Posts Tagged ‘selling’

How to Sell Yourself on Lifestyle Change

It’s coming up on that time of year again. You know, the time where you seriously commit to the same resolution that you seriously committed to last year… before life got in the way and it evaporated into thin air.

Depending on who you ask, up to 85% percent of all New Year’s resolutions involved some element of lifestyle change, be it weight loss, exercise, better nutrition, improved life-balance or… » Continue

December 26 2007 | By Jonathan | Tagged: change, motivation, planning, resolution, selling, success, weightloss | 21 comments»

How To Auction On eBay With Max Profit

If you’re like me you’re an eBay buyer and maybe occasional seller; but we’re no experts. With something like eBay I take advice from someone who’s been battling it out for a few years.

Enter Randomn3ss.com where Mike Panic lists his tips for profitable eBay auctions.

List the item on Sunday. It is a proven fact that listing a standard seven day auction late Sunday afternoon into early evening will give… » Continue

September 30 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: auction, selling | 2 comments»

Winning Customers. . . and Keeping Them Too

It’s widely accepted that customer service is probably the most important way for any business to differentiate itself in what is now a global, commoditized and hyper-competitive business world. When competitors can replicate your products or services, and undercut your pricing, about the only thing they cannot do as quickly is to reproduce the image you have already established in your customers’ minds and the loyalty it wins for you.

It’s also… » Continue

July 24 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: attention, client, Communication, corporate-culture, customer, customer-service, customers, growth, Management, organization, relationship, selling, winning, work, workflow | 2 comments»

Slow Down to Win Customers

Winning new customers and keeping current ones happy isn’t helped by trying to work too fast. Customers are rarely as impressed by sheer speed as they are by clear evidence that you are trying to understand their real needs and make sure you can deal with them fully.

The easiest way to make anyone feel special is to give them your time and undivided attention. By slowing down, giving each customer… » Continue

July 17 2006 | By Adrian | Tagged: achievement, attention, business, Communication, focus, listening, Management, performance, Productivity, selling, work, workstyle | 4 comments»

Sell Like a Pirate

The Remix Culture Rules!!! Over at Simplenomics, Mike has rewritten my (somewhat controversial) Work Like a Pirate post into a rework: Sell Like a Pirate. The advice is swell, especially considering I’m a cruddy salesperson and love to learn about it from those in the know. Here’s an example of one of Mike’s rewrites:

A Pirate Is Not His Ship - Your product or service is only the start… » Continue

May 29 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: pirates, remix, sales, selling | 2 comments»