How to Sell a First Date: Chart 4
UncategorizedSales & Dating Survey : Chart 4
How to Sell a Product/Service : Chart 3
UncategorizedSales & Dating Survey Results: Chart 3
What Do You Sell Yourself On?
UncategorizedEvery day, millions of people sell themselves on the choices that they make each hour or moment in their lives. What are you selling yourself on right now? Sex? Food? A break? Leaving your spouse or significant other? Moving residences or jobs? Every day we sell ourselves on or allow others to sell us on [...]
How I Almost Died, but Sold Myself on Living
UncategorizedI never thought I could write this post! But my dreams, my memories and most of all, my desire to inspire others encouraged it. Some of the people mentioned in this post have no idea that this happened! It’s June 2009. I took my family to Lake LBJ, 85 miles north of San Antonio, to [...]
Marketing and Selling a Political Candidate
BrandingBeing involved in about twenty political campaigns, the biggest being the mayoral campaign of San Antonio, something has come to my attention—the candidate matters! Their brand, their words regarding the benefit they offer, how they will offer that benefit, and of course, their dramatic difference. What is most amazing to me is how their team [...]
The Devil is in the Details
BrandingEvery time you interact with your customer, whether you realize it or not, you are telling a story. Oftentimes, it’s the details that tell customers about you and potentially sell or unsell. The other day, I visited a national franchise sandwich shop. The local owners had decided that they would only accept $20 bills or [...]
Emails and E-bombs
UncategorizedYesterday we wrote about writing a good email. Unfortunately, we have all been guilty of writing a less than perfect email. Emails can have tone or no tone and it isn’t hard to tell if it is rude, whether intentional or not. What we know for sure is these e-bombs (rude messages) can un-sell people [...]
Using Your Emails to Sell
BrandingHave you ever received an email that looked something like this: Here’s the proof you requested. Please review and let me know your choice. -Jack Did that type of email leave you feeling sold on the person that wrote the email or the company where that person worked? Maybe you have been guilty of sending [...]
A Man that Inspires Salesby5!
UncategorizedToday at 5pm, there will be a rehearsal dinner for the wedding of our CIO (Chief inspiration officer) and Co-Author of the SalesBy5 blog, Nan Palmero. He earned his title long ago, long before I met him. His friends will also attest to his incredible ability to help, lead, and inspire. When I met him, [...]
Your Attitude is a Habit
UncategorizedI (Erik) am in West Texas with a client about to do a giant re-brand launch. Yesterday, my attitude, courtesy of some stress, was unselling. I had no idea until late in the day! A selling attitude is not easy! Having a consistently great attitude is a habit and they take time to start, and [...]
