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Savor Community Leader/ Bryn Johnson Consulting
New York, NY
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Are you reading this blog post because you are procrastinating?
Oh procrastinating business owner, does your “to-do” list include things such as:
Sign more clients (umm...
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Score More Sales
Peabody, MA
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I just got done watching a short, homemade video that mega-star & producer Tyler Perry made called, "How To Be Successful". You can find it in a Youtube search. It was very uplifting and clear ...
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Score More Sales
Peabody, MA
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I read with glee the posts that Bryn Johnson wrote about making time right on your calendar for sales time. See:
Planning Your Calendar - Sales Time and Planning With Your Calendar - Sales Ti...
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Savor Community Leader/ Bryn Johnson Consulting
New York, NY
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Client Time Tip: Remember when you blocked off Client Time on our calendars and you probably had some extra time set aside for the clients you want but do not have yet? Use that time to...
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Savor Community Leader/ Bryn Johnson Consulting
New York, NY
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Do you currently set aside time on your calendar to talk to prospects?
Do you have a connection strategy that includes a sales process?
Do you avoid this time on your calendar ...
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Savor Community Leader/ Bryn Johnson Consulting
New York, NY
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How do you currently use your calendar?
What categories do you prioritize on your calendar?
How often do you update them?
Are there areas of your business where you feel you are just losing...
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Savor Community Leader/ Bryn Johnson Consulting
New York, NY
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A little insight into Bryn. A little help with your 2012 planning.
Classic Bryn. Always trying to do everything all at once. Cram as much into a day as possible. Bite off more that I can chew and ...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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Here’s a question entrepreneurs ask me all the time: “What is the best way to compensate a sales person: salary or straight commission?”
My answer is this: How often do y...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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Can we talk a little math today? It's important.
Too many businesses, either product or service based, still struggle with making a profit. Not to mention, creating consistent ca...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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Did you ever notice that some sales people in certain stores hover? My husband and I were recently shopping for a specific piece of furniture. When we entered the store, a woman said he...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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I’m often asked if there is a magic pricing formula. Sorry … there isn’t one.
However, I do have some opinions about pricing and how it should be set with an eye...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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I heard a story about a woman who worked at the jewelry counter at Macy’s. She had nabbed a guy who was trying to purchase thousands of dollars of merchandise with a stolen credit card. Whe...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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If you statistically look at how many entrepreneurs make it over six figures, it is a little disheartening. However, in this new economy there are new ways to do it - ways with heart, that feel ...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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Remember the UltraBrite toothpaste commercials?
OK, I know some of my Savor sisters are a little too young to remember, but UltraBrite was toothpaste popular during the ‘70s and ‘80s....
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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Is how to price confusing you? There's that feeling in our gut to go low in order to sell things and then there are voices that say it's all about mindset and you need to price high. One of th...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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*Long Sales Pages: Let’s be honest. None of us even read the entire thing. And when was the last time you bought something based on its unintimate clip art? The long sales page used to...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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I have found some of the most fascinating things in this new economy. One of which is that those who are in their true purpose are thriving. In actuality, the difficulty of this economic climate tr...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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“Help! I’m spending time on the social web, but I’m not making any sales. What am I doing wrong?”
Sound familiar? I think a lot of us have asked this very question. We&rsqu...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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With so many new people adopting social media, there are tons of new competitors and new customers signing on every day.
In addition, the "economic mindset" that is prevalent in today's business s...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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Angela asked last week for me to explain the new, profitable way to find out what products and services will sell. Here's how to get started!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl41vwPmWew
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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I have so many clients who are totally struggling with money. Their expenses are bigger than their profits, and many times what it's about is hiding. We listen to the little voice in our head that ...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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I am not sure who coined this phrase or why...
"Money Doesn't Grow On Trees"
I was sitting in the lobby (back in the day) of Saatchi & Saatchi, Toyota's ad agency, waiting for a meeting...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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I've been working on my wedding vows lately, and wow is it overwhelming. First of all, if anyone sends me the poem where it says "you'll never be lonely again" I think I'll lose my mind. (Do people...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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You are just about to close a sale and she says, “Well, I have to discuss it with my husband before I can move forward.”
Your shoulders droop and you think it’s over. ...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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I hope you were able to make my free class last night, and if not you can watch it at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6657286! We covered Sales Strategy in Social Media. In the meantime, I...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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I remember when I first started selling, I was petrified to talk to people and ask them for money. I thought I was acting in a way that would have them not like me and I was walking head-on i...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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Who is Michael Gerber? Yes, he wrote the wildly successful book The E-Myth ("Most entrepreneurs fail because you are working IN your business rather than ON your business.") which sold 5 million ...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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So you are crazy busy, right?
And, you spend a great deal of your time putting your message out using social media but you are not quite seeing the return you would expect given how much tim...
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Social Media Heaven!
Los Angeles, CA
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First of all - Greetings! I'm so excited to be here as your Social Media blogger. I know many of you have questions, and I would love if you send them to me and I'll gladly answer them in u...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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Your quick pitch is your most poignant form of permission marketing. It’s sole intention is to get the listener to say “tell me more”.When they do, you have just gained perm...
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Sales & Business Bankability Mentor
KAILUA KONA, HI
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Selling is always about the customer. Your job is to help them get to know you, to see if they can trust you, and understand how you can help solve their problem or enhance their life by usin...
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Inspirista LifeStyle Design
By the Beach, NJ
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To me, “SELL” is a 4-letter word. Yes, at the end of the day, sales are critical to sustain any business. But, when you just “sell” you sell yourself, your passion, an...
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Beyondus, Inc.
Youngstown, NY
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Wow, I've missed STS. The last couple of weeks flew by and seem to have been filled with family calamities. My husband went to Italy to be there when his grandfather passed away, renewing my utter ...
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Beyondus, Inc.
Youngstown, NY
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I can't believe I'm using a public website as a confessional for an embarrassing story, but here it goes. (And somehow this is easier than confessing to my husband/partner!)
Anyway, let this serve...
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wellalarm inc
new york city, NY
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As an entrepreneur and CEO of a small, growing company - resource allocation is HUGE issue. One question that has come up repeatedly in the past several months when speaking to fellow entrepr...
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Psi Bands
Pacific Grove, CA
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After a 2-day “adventurous” travel experience across the country (I was traveling during the holidays during snow storms), we landed an important online retailer account and have a chan...
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Beyondus, Inc.
Youngstown, NY
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I don't know what's in the air this past week. People must finally be starting to focus on marketing again now that back-to-school is over. Anyway, we've been getting a bunch of inquiries through o...