by Adam Shapiro | Oct 2, 2018 | Presenting, Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Today's Lessons
For my birthday, Mrs. SalesReformSchool suggested I take a couple days off and tag along with her at a retail software conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Hmmm, a few days in the desert: I could work some, hike some, enjoy the scenery, get some reading in at the pool...
by Adam Shapiro | Apr 9, 2014 | Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons
At the collision of Literature and Neuroscience, researchers are learning exactly why stories work better than facts at getting listeners in alignment. Allison Kopnik describes this effort in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal. This echoes a theme I laid out in...
by Adam Shapiro | Mar 6, 2012 | Champion, Prospecting, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
When inbound leads from marketing just aren’t cutting it, do you work with internal sponsors and trusted advisors for referrals to grow your business? Or, do you do it the old-fashioned way and cold call and email blast your market? My friend, social media...
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...
by Adam Shapiro | Oct 21, 2010 | Champion, Marketing, Presenting, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Today's Lessons, Tools
How do you leverage success with one customer into a cross-selling opportunity with another? I hope the below presentation that I delivered earlier this week helps. Intro to Cross-Selling View more presentations from Adam Shapiro. Intro to Cross-Selling [slideshare...