In March, I wrote that the common industry expression “100 days of hell” should be changed to “100 days to sell.”
It’s more upbeat and helps your team stay optimistic in tough times.
Here are two quick tips to keep you sane and selling in the 100 days of sales.
In order to succeed in this economy, someone needs to be in charge of building your sales team: Hiring, Motivating, Steering and Managing. You need a Professional Sales Manager to do all this. The funny thing about Sales Management: You can’t study it at school, there are not many books about it, and a great many sales managers are really salespeople pretending they enjoy managing. For those of you who are dedicated to this mysterious trade, here are few practical updated tips from my Sales Symposium, that I held last year: 7 Tips To Improve Your Sales Team’s Performance:
Mark Smith is the owner of Smith Lawnscapes, a 5.4M business in St. Johns, Michigan. Mark truly loves to snowmobile, but a snowmobiling accident changed Mark’s life, and his approach to how he managed his business. Mark and Jeffrey discuss his journey of growth and...
There is an expression in our industry, The 100 Days of Hell. While it is humorous, it sets the wrong tone.I like the following upbeat expression better: 100 Days To Sell. Spring is here and many of you across the country have already been selling into this year’s goals. But you can always get better. Answering the phone and returning calls promptly puts you ahead of 90% of your would-be competitors. The following ten tips above will help you get ahead of everyone else. 10 Sales Knowledge Bombs to help you up your sales game.
Here is a proven approach to finding golden opportunities in your divisional numbers. But first, the back story:I just spent the day in Macon, Georgia, with one of our Leaders Edge peer groups, reviewing everyones 2022 benchmark numbers.(Thank you, Tommy Thornton, Southern Eco-Scapes, Gray, GA for hosting!) Benchmarking is one of the highlights of our peer group meetings! Everyone huddles around studying their numbers and their peers, looking for blind spots, golden nuggets and affirmations. Its always eye opening, humbling and exciting to watch the aha’s unfold.
Do you know how Mariani got to the size they are today?
I am not talking about their acquisitions; I mean before that.
How did they achieve their long standing organic growth?
Seven Steps to Organic Growth
As I prepare for our upcoming Summer Growth Summit at Mariani Landscape this August, I have been contemplating the question of their growth.
Of course, you will get the chance to ask him yourself when you come to our Summit, but I have known Frank for years and here is what I have witnessed.
Mike Bogan returns for a follow up podcast to dive deeper into the nuts and bolts of Landcare. Mike shares with Jeffrey the business philosophy of People First that drives their growth. Jeffrey and Mike discuss Landcare's core values, purpose and systems, high...
Last week we bought a new Honda SUV, and the dealership was willing to negotiate. Does this mean that price negotiating is coming back in style? It seems the answer is YES from what I am seeing. Here is how to be prepared.
You are invited to our 2023 Summer Growth Summit, August 23-24 (Details below.) As part of this Summit, enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of Mariani Landscape, the country’s largest residential landscape firm. Highlights include:
Ron Edmonds (founder of Principium Group) was a guest speaker at one of my peer groups recently, and shared some valuable tips for buyer’s and seller’s of landscape firms.
Here are some of the takeaways, as shared (to me) by some of my clients who attended this peer group meeting.
