Category Archives: Small Business Sales Advice

How to Create a Book Yourself Solid Sales Cycle (plus audio)

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

—Sir Winston Churchill

(LINK TO AUDIO RECORDING BELOW.)

Building Relationships of Trust

All sales start with a …

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Michael Port is looking for crackerjack sales associate – is it you?

I am looking for a creative, energetic, RESULTS ORIENTED sales associate to sell seats in my workshops and courses as well as create new business opportunities.  If you fit the bill, I can provide great compensation (all commission based – …

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How to Talk About What You Do (w/out using an Elevator Speech)

Imagine this scenario: A potential client asks a yoga teacher what she does. She says, “I’m a yoga teacher.” Before she knows what’s happened, she see the potential client’s face contort, his left eyebrow lifts along with the left side …

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How to Sell More When You've Got the Skinny

I wrote an article for Jeffery Gitomer’s newsletter on How to Sell More When You’ve Got the Skinny. Check it out and pass it on.

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Audio Recording and Transcript of Seminar on How to Get More Clients with Michael Port, David Frey, and Meredith Liepelt

Audio Recording and Transcript of Seminar on How to Get More Clients with Michael Port, David Frey, and Meredith Liepelt Continue reading

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Super Simple Selling (the Book Yourself Solid Way)

Successful Selling Needs The Right Amount of Trust At Just The Right Time

It’s no accident that I introduce sales in Book Yourself Solid in Chapter 9—after I’ve taught you how to set your foundation and build trust and credibility. …

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Michael Port's Book Yourself Solid Wisdom

  1. Long after people forget what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. – Carl W. Buechner
  2. When you’re fully self-expressed, fully demonstrating your values and your views, you’ll naturally attract and draw to yourself those
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The Simple Way to Network and Get Referrals

As a business owner, you’ll need to proactively reach out to potential clients to make offers and to marketing partners and other decision makers to create business opportunities.

The most important direct outreach you do might well be to other service …

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Why People Buy – Anything and Everything

People want to express their values. Plain and simple. And they do so through the products and services they buy. If you saw a fat casino tab, Smirnoff delivery charges and a Hummer lease payment on my Amex statement, you’d …

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Full-Day BYS Seminar Open to Public

Looking forward to teaching full-day OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Book Yourself Solid workshop Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Ivyland, PA.  It’s something like $129. Can’t beat that!…

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