Archive for May, 2009

The Death of Refresh Phoenix and Why this isn’t a Bad Thing

Posted by conrey on May 28th, 2009 under Not-Sales  •  1 Comment

Thanks for being a part of this! You should keep reading via RSS or Email or follow me @conrey.This is reposted from my post to the actual Refresh Phoenix group – for other people to see, and since no one goes there anymore:
Refreshers -
First let me remind you of what Refresh was intended to do: [...]

Take the Challenge

Posted by conrey on May 28th, 2009 under Sales Tags:  •  1 Comment

It is easy to give up. Walk away and say that you’re just not going to be able to do it:
“The economy is too bad”
“People just aren’t spending money right now”
“There are no leads”
“No one is answering the phone”
“blah blah blah whine”
Those are all bullshit excuses for giving up. Take the challenge, [...]

Relationships, Twitter, and the Real World

Posted by conrey on May 21st, 2009 under Not-Sales  •  1 Comment

Do you find yourself giving real information, real interaction with people on Twitter? Are you able to really convey things in 140 characters or less? Can you have a meaningful conversation in that amount of space?
Certainly, but most people don’t. I’m not condemning Twitter, in fact I find it to be [...]

When you Fail – Fail Memorably

Posted by conrey on May 20th, 2009 under Sales Tags:  •  No Comments

I broke one of my own Rules of Sales this week and went to a meeting with only one business card in my possession. This could have been disastrous with me being unable to leave my contact information with new contacts who could want to get ahold of me later. I [...]

You are NOT Your Customer

Posted by conrey on May 19th, 2009 under Sales Tags:  •  7 Comments

When you read things on the internet or in magazines or see them on TV and say to yourself – “Who believes this stuff? That’s not how it really is!” You need to step back and remember one very important thing – your client probably does believe that stuff.
They don’t know the [...]

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