We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit.
Aristotle
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6 "Secrets" To Sales Success by: tony pola
There is no magic pill, trick, technique, system or secret
to success. However there are many beliefs and habits that
will bring you the desired results that you wish to have. It
is your choice to develop the appropriate beliefs and habits
that produce the results that you wish to have. If you
honestly are not happy with the results that you are having
then you must change the actions, which are producing those
results. The following are 6 of the habits, which I have found
will rapidly accelerate your sales and income to heights,
which only you will limit.
The number one “secret” in order to boost you sales is
Activity. There are 3 ways to increase your income in sales 1.
Activity, 2. Closing ratio, and 3. Average job size. The
easiest of these three ways is to increase your activity. You
cannot sell jobs if you are not consistently delivering
written Quotes and asking for the order. Many salespeople
pre-judge, and pre-qualify (or disqualify) their prospects and
never deliver the proposal, which will solve their potential
clients needs. Many salespeople also deliver the proposal but
then fail to ask for the order and close.
The second “secret” is your Belief. You must have positive
beliefs, and thoughts at all time. These beliefs will create
the proper actions and habits. As Mike Litman (author of
Conversations With Millionaires) says people form habits and
habits form futures.
The third “secret” thing you need to do is be Committed.
You have to be committed to yourself, your product or service,
your company, and above all your beliefs. If you choose to
believe you can or believe you cannot, you are correct in both
instances. You must be committed to consistently deliver a
predetermined number of proposals each day, week, month, and
year. Your number of sales will increase indirect proportion
to the number of proposals you deliver. This must be done with
what I call absolute “No Option Behavior”. You must be
committed 100% to deliver a proposal to every prospect you sit
with and also to ask for the order from every prospect you
give a proposal too.
The fourth “secret” is Discipline .You must develop new
disciplines, which will then produce new results. This should
be done to all aspects of your life social .financial,
professional, physical, and spiritual.
The fifth “secret” is Enthusiasm. Always remember that the
first thin a prospect must buy is you and that enthusiasm
sells. You must avoid negative people, negative habits, and
negative thoughts and constantly expose yourself to positive
thinking.
The sixth “secret” is Focus. You must have goals (the
seventh “secret”) and a plan to get there. When you have goals
and focus on the little steps (habits and disciplines) you
will receive all that you desire. You must focus on the
results and outcomes and not on the process, it is just as
easy to develop new disciplines and actions one step at a time
then it is to continue with your old habits and disciplines
that are producing results, which you are unhappy with.
Happy selling!!!
Tony Pola
www.rapidsalesgrowth.com
Web site with Habits to increase sales and income, with free
newsletter and coaching and services available.
About
Tony Pola was a $40,000 gross income self-employed painter less the ten
yrs ago. He had the same problems a lot of you have, not
enough time, not enough money, and not enough family time.
He then turned to sales in order to increase his income.
That is until he discovered the secrets to sales success
and how to make a 6-figure income which he would like to
share with you
tpola@adelphia.net
www.rapidsalesgrowth.com