Are You a Valuable or Viable Salesperson?

A Salesperson that only talk’s about product and price may be a viable resource to their customers but it’s the Sales Professional who provides value by seeking solutions that: Decrease the customer’s overall cost Increase the customer’s...

The Rainmaker Series – Over Achievers

This is the last in a series of posts that I have called The Rainmaker Series. It has been my intent to help identify some of the common traits or characteristics that I believe most Top Sales Producers or as I have referred to them as Rainmakers have that makes them...

The Rainmaker Series – Great Social Skills

It probably comes as no surprise that Rainmakers and Top Sales Performers have excellent social skills. Ron Willingham in his book “Integrity Selling For The 21st Century” describes social skills as: The ability to gain rapport, adapt to different personalities and...

Making Cold Calls Just Like the Kids at Halloween

Its Halloween night and I’m trying to finish the last couple of articles in the Rainmaker Series. In-between trips to the door passing out candy to the trick-or-treaters (my job is to hold the dog back while my wife passes out the candy) I seem to be getting nowhere....