Stop price resistance and get paid more “Stop Price Resistance and Get Paid More”. It sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? No more price complaints AND you get paid more from your customers. It can happen, but it looks a lot different than you think. It’s no surprise that grain and livestock producers are […]
Practical Steps to manage your fears when selling Jody was calling me from the prospect’s parking lot. A bit nervous to make her first call on a prospect alone, she phoned to “just talk” for a few minutes. It didn’t take long to realize the anxiety around this call had been building with Jody […]
Data Tells but a Story Sells Which do you remember more, your 6th grade American History class or the historical scenes from Forrest Gump? For most of us, 6th grade was so long ago, we can’t even remember the teachers name, let alone what she said. Why? We think it is because it was boring. […]
How can Reality TV help you be a better Ag Sales Professional? Twenty-one years ago, I was running hills on a training run to get ready for my 7th marathon. As I did, something snapped in my ankle and suddenly I was in extreme pain and couldn’t put weight on it. No, it wasn’t my […]
We’re “Fixin” to get busy in the farming and agribusiness world. Many parts of our industry are busy all the time, but late March through mid-June is an extra busy time. On the farm, ground needs to be worked, fertilizer spread and crops planted. In our Agribusinesses, we prepare for this rush of activity and […]
I really shouldn’t call them traps because I truly don’t think our customers are setting a trap. They are just busy people and want to get right down to the point. As most of us know, the sales process involves – Connecting-Asking good questions to uncover needs-Presenting a solution to those needs-Closing […]
There’s a life cycle in every career and being an Ag Sales Professional is no different. In most cases, we start out young, with little experience. If we stick with it, we move into our experienced years, where we climb to success and then move into the waning years of our career. There’s nothing comparable […]
If You Ever….. Many of you will remember Jeff Foxworthy and his classic comedy routine of “You might be a Redneck”. They were a series of things that you might have done in your life that indicated that you might be a redneck. Recently, I was in mixed company and was telling a […]
There’s a life cycle in every career and being an Ag Sales Professional is no different. In most cases, we start out young, with little experience. If we stick with it, we move into our experienced years, where we climb to success and then move into the waning years of our career. Below are a […]
Here’s How It happens to every person who ever set out on the great adventure of selling something. Eventually you will experience that moment in sales when you FEEL Salesy. You know it when it happens and it’s not a good feeling. Learn how to recognize it, self-correct for it, learn from it & […]
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