Profit Potential: Assessing The 4 Categories of Products & Services

If you’re like most business leaders, you want to maximize the profitability of your products and/or services.  But you also likely recognize that success means managing your time and resources effectively.  Before launching a new sales strategy or marketing campaign, it’s important to first look at the profit potential of each of your products/services – empowering you to make the best decisions possible for allocating your resources. The 4 Categories of Products and Services Step back and think about your … Read More

The 3 Closing Techniques Your Sales Team Needs to Know

All too often, sales directors and executives consider the importance of developing an effective sales strategy over developing the skills of their sales team.  While, of course, a sales strategy is integral to sales success, it’s meaningless unless you also have a team who can implement it.  From prospecting to overcoming objections to closing techniques, sales skills are learned and honed over time. When approaching the final stages of the sales process, it’s common for anxiety to build inside the … Read More

Sales Funnel 101: What It Is and Why You Need It

Although most of us wish the sales process was as simple as “a prospect has a need” followed by “the prospect buys from us” – we all know that’s not the case.  The truth is that the sales process is complicated and challenging, and we’re all constantly looking for ways to close more deals and drive more sales.  This is where your understanding of the sales funnel comes into play. What is a Sales Funnel? From identifying that they have … Read More

Decoding DISC Assessments & Building More Productive Teams

An increasing number of business owners, CEOs, and senior managers are embracing the transformational impact of behavioural assessments for achieving goals related to more successful hiring practices, more cohesive internal teams, improved communication patterns and more. DISC Assessments (by TTI Success Insights®) are one of those powerful tools – designed to help you objectively assess and navigate individual behaviours and preferences in order to build the highest performing teams possible. What Are DISC Assessments? The DISC Assessment is an inventory … Read More

Sales Tips: 5 Questions Your Sales Team Needs to Answer

To build a high-performing sales team, many business leaders search for the latest sales tips and techniques while overlooking their team’s foundational knowledge. The most effective salespeople are proactive in learning as much as they can about their company, its products/services and its customers, but imagine the impact if your entire sales staff was armed with that knowledge. Sales Question #1 – What Are We Selling? Talk about the impact your products or services can have. Instead of simply knowing … Read More

Define Your Competitive Advantage: How Do You Line Up?

Many business leaders spend a good deal of time and resources trying to create an impactful marketing strategy and/or winning sales strategy – only to find that it doesn’t translate into increased conversions. Often times, it’s because an integral step was missed: defining the company’s competitive advantage. The truth of the matter is that customers don’t think like we do about our business. They don’t care about your products or services; they care about the solutions you provide. There’s a … Read More

3 Sales Mistakes That Are Hurting Your Business

For how long could you sustain your business without making sales? If you’re like most business owners, the answer is not very. Fundamentally, your business depends on your team’s ability to close sales – because, without that revenue, you simply can’t keep your doors open. So, it’s incredibly important to focus on your sales processes and be sure you aren’t allowing sales mistakes to stand in the way of your continued success. If your sales efforts aren’t living up to … Read More

The 7 Key Sales Skills Your Sales Team Needs to Master

Businesses are operating in the most competitive market we’ve ever known. Consumers are inundated with sales messages at home, online, and at the office. So, it’s more important than ever to hone your team’s sales skills. However, as many as 70% of companies don’t conduct any sales trainings – leaving the remaining 30% to dominate the market. Where does your company fall in that equation? When developing a highly skilled sales team, it’s important to start with a full understanding … Read More

6 Steps for Doubling Your Income & Time Off | Time Management

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The key for making more money while claiming more time off is learning essential time management skills. Think about how you spend your day. Studies have shown that as much as 80% of an average workday is spent with activities that contribute very little to the employee’s greater performance goals. Even more shocking, as much as 50% of an average day is being wasted with socializing, personal calls or text messages, social media, and other personal business. Time management centers … Read More

The Grand Slam Formula: How to Increase Productivity & Maximize Your Time

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Every business owner or executive is faced with the challenge of succeeding professionally while thriving personally. For many, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to get it all done. The FocalPoint Process helps business leaders increase productivity through a wide range of tools and techniques. One of these is our Grand “SLAM” Formula. The goals of the Grand SLAM Formula are to provide insight into how you use your time and to implement strategies for maximizing that time. … Read More

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