Develop Your Persuasion and Selling Skills to Increase Sales & Bookings

How would you like to have an abundance of people saying YES to you and your offers? Would it be worthwhile for you if you could have more people say YES to booking a party? What would happen if more guests purchased at every party? It’s not as hard to get people to say YES as you might think and actually you probably already know several ways to do so BUT you may not be implementing what you know or you might be missing one element that makes your presentation less effective.

I’ve been avidly studying and practicing persuasion and sales techniques for thirty years. I have sales programs and books from Zig Ziglar, Tom Hopkins, Dan Kennedy, and numerous others and I have to confess even though what I hear or read is often a repetition there are also some BIG AH-HA moments when I read something or hear something and I think to myself, WOW, where has this idea been all my life! Now, you may be thinking to yourself, I know everything I need to know but when you really understand ALL OF LIFE IS A SALES TRANSACTION you might want to study to get things right. That’s right, whether you are trying to get your spouse to take out the garbage, or encouraging your kids to do their homework, or selling a tangible product for commission YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE SOMEONE TO ACCEPT YOUR IDEA which is nothing less than a SALES TRANSACTION! So are there some simple things you can do to get a better response? Absolutely! Here’s a few suggestions!

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3 Simple Secrets for Consistency in Your Life and Your Business

“Whether it is good or bad, when you do something often enough, it will become a habit! Choose your habits wisely!” Karen Phelps

As I was riding my bike up my driveway last week I realized it was a lot harder to get up the driveway than it had been the previous week. After I made it to the top and did my “celebratory drive in a circle” I realized it had been more difficult because with my busy travel schedule I hadn’t rode my bike in 6 days. The consistency of riding my bike 5 days in a row had helped to train my body for performance and then I took too long of a break and I needed to get the edge back again.

That’s when it dawned on me! Everything we do in every aspect of our life becomes easier once we do it consistently enough for it to become a habit! Once you develop a consistent pattern of doing something correctly you will discover how easy it is to achieve your desired results!

I laugh when people tell me they don’t have any habits because the truth is we ALL HAVE HABITS! When they tell me they don’t have any habits they are thinking only of bad or destructive habits, which truth be told, we all have many we just dismiss them! Because you are an entrepreneur it’s important for you to develop goo habits that will help you grow your business! Habits are simply the result of doing something consistently! Doing the “right things” on a consistent basis WILL alter your lifestyle. Here are 3 simple steps to help get you on track . . .

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Choose How You Will Live Each Day!

John is the kind of guy you love to hate.   He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.  When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, ‘If I were any better, I would be twins!’ He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having…

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5 Simple Steps to Achieve Self-Confidence

Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, “Wow, what incredible self-confidence this person has? How’s your self-confidence? Do you often find yourself second-guessing your decisions? Have you ever met someone and thought to yourself, “Wow, what incredible self-confidence this person has? How’s your self-confidence? Do you often find yourself second-guessing your decisions? Some…

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Leadership Skills

Many direct selling leaders arrive accidentally at a new position and aren’t sure how they got there or what to do next. It may have happened to you or someone you know in direct selling. Being a leader is a fun and rewarding part of the direct selling industry and when you know and implement these simple skills it will make the position even more FUN and REWARDING!

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Eliminate Information Overload

I attend many 3 – 4 day training events and my brain is always on information-overload when I return home! Has this ever happened to you? Have you attended an event and you listen, take notes and then come home on overload and put the notes away and never get around to making any changes in your life or business? Well, I have to confess that as good as I am at taking control, I often find myself out-of-control after seminars and training because I didn’t take the time to create an action plan with a FEW STEPS I COULD TAKE IMMEDIATELY!

These trainings are quite an investment on my part ranging from $1000 t0 $3000 registration fee so I know I want to get everything I can out of each event! Here are five secrets I use during and after events to get results?

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Are you afraid to lead?

I’m known as a “thought provoker!” I do my BEST to get people out of the inertia they are currently hiding behind so they can improve their lives,earn more income and begin to live the life of their dreams. In direct selling many leaders, company executives and persons of influence are afraid to challenge people to do better or at least do their best because they don’t want to LOSE THEM! Great, so they continue to build a team or a company of whiners and complainers and provide them with every reason and incentive not to succeed in making money. Gotta love it when someone tells me their earned their company incentive trip and in the next breath they tell me they’re broke!

I confess, I despise mediocrity. I never sent my sons to school encouraging them to “get a C” when they were both capable of and did get lots of “A-grades.” I believe all of us were put on this earth to achieve greatness, make a difference and live up to our potential!

We all have the ability to find an excuse or to “FIND A WAY” to succeed.

I would never in my wildest dreams be afraid to show someone how to succeed in direct selling especially if I took the time to have “a conversation” with them to find out their goals and then showed them exactly step-by-step what they needed to do to reach them. I owe it to every one I share the opportunity with to show them how to succeed, not set them up to fail. Let’s look at just a few of the ways you can have a great impact on other people’s direct selling income as well as your own!

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