by Adam Shapiro | Oct 5, 2016 | Networking, Qualifying, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons
You may be thinking I am about to go off on an existential rant about authenticity, our place in the universe, or possibly a lecture on the appropriateness of a paleo diet. Nah, let’s save those for a get together over coffee or other notes. Today, I’m sticking to an...
by Adam Shapiro | Nov 10, 2015 | Sales Messaging, Today's Lessons
Do you give good phone? Today, I called a stranger to buy football tickets. I had found the nice lady on the other end of the phone through her craigslist “for sale” posting. She had suggested in her listing that interested buyers text her to check...
by Adam Shapiro | Jul 21, 2015 | Sales Process
A friend of mine, Let’s call him Joe, asked me to get together with him for breakfast last week. I had a feeling this was going to be a coaching breakfast. I know Joe through another business contact and talking shop mostly frames our relationship. That’s...
by Adam Shapiro | Jan 23, 2012 | Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it seems appropriate to take a fresh look at prospecting. After all, isn’t it sales and marketing’s constant function to ask others, “Will you be my Valentine?” The Valentine’s...
by Adam Shapiro | Oct 21, 2011 | Closing, Presenting, Qualifying, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Tools
Last week, I led a two hour seminar at a client’s annual meeting of partners and agents – think 40 B2B sales people and executives. The President had asked for 2 hours on closing skills to be presented to a group of sales professionals and executives at...
