Articles under ‘Confidence’

Starting up in business can be an exciting time but also a daunting time too and in the excitement of getting things going, people often overlook the obvious. Profitable sales are the lifeblood of any business and selling is a skill. Without sales there is no business and for most starting a new business there [...]

Although cold calling may not be the most effective form of lead generation in terms of conversion rates, I would not rule out cold calling if you need to get some momentum in your business development. I have a client whom since biting the bullet and starting to make the calls has started getting loads [...]

…..its an activity game. Its about doing the right amount of the right activities in the right way. If you focus on the numbers you just get numbers. If you focus on the right activities then you get results. This was the essence of the advice from Chris Mather – a top sales manager [...]

You are an accidental sales person and you hate the idea of selling. You know you have to anyway as you have a mortgage to pay and a family to feed! How do you go about increasing your confidence in selling?
Around a year ago I produced a podcast on this topic wit…Read the rest [...]