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Maybe it’s time to get some outside help. Finding your New Year’s sales projections already flatter than you hoped for? Doing all you know how to do with the personnel and financial resources? 

 
How do we become great at sales? The stock answer is there’s the natural aptitude we’re born with and the knowledge and experiences we gain over time. And, of course, our drive to succeed. Here’s the story someone whose first job was at a bakery in college, and how with grit and determination she rose to become senior vice president for business development at a major multi-channel marketing platform company.

           
Have you ever heard of neuro-linguistic programming, commonly referred to as NLP? Neuro stands for brain, linguistic refers to language, and programming is how neural language functions.

What if you could quickly access expert advice on how to accelerate your sales process? Would that be worth a little of your time? Tune in to the next episode of "Asher Sales Sense" on Thursday at 3PM Eastern.
The guest this week is Fred Diamond, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the IES.  Fred discusses why he founded the IES and what sales managers and salespeople get from this member organization.  You'll learn the four things every sales manager struggles with in order to succeed. 

You’ve been great at the selling game.  So great that your company promoted you to Vice President of Sales.  But the joy of the announcement has given way to near panic as you realize you now have to step up to meet big company goals.  You’ll need to develop sales talent and put a structure in place to help your salespeople succeed.  Wouldn’t it be great to know how someone else faced this challenge and thrived? 

Finding your new year’s sales projections already flatter than you hoped for?  Doing all you know how to do with the personnel and financial resources?  Maybe it’s time to get some outside help.  Everything is easier if you know how and the upcoming Asher Sales Sense Podcast might just be the answer you’ve been looking for to help you accelerate your sales.

If you are thinking of video marketing, start by listening to John Carter and John Asher.
Do you know that customer relationships can start in less than a minute on a five-inch phone screen?  It begins with a story.  Your story.  Buying behavior can start this fast and wide, but how can you be sure you’re sending the right information?    In this episode the host John Asher talks to veteran videographer John Carter and they discuss:

One of the most difficult and enduring challenges business leaders face is misalignment of sales and marketing.  Misalignment is another word for trust. When Sales and Marketing don't trust each other it isn't good for either and worse for the company. 
Brian Beveridge knows how to fix this.
Even if you have winning talent and winning solutions, if you can’t get your sales and marketing strategy and execution working seamlessly you’re missing out on money. 

It’s a new year and your boss has just handed out your team’s performance goals. They’re ambitious. As the sales leader, it’s all on you. You’re stressed. So, you go to the gym and work out, hoping you can at least make headway on that New Year’s resolution. And you wonder, wouldn’t it be great if you had a performance coach who could help you with your team’s goals?

The Internet has turned the flow of information between sellers and buyers completely up-side down. Gone are the days when sales people controlled the conversation and the exchange of information.  You might have great solutions and distinct advantages over your competitors, but if you can’t get out in front of them you can’t get the sales you need.