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Vision boards can empower sales! Slam’s Sales Tips 1400-1500

     A couple of years ago, I was impressed by my friend Steve Gutzler http://www.stevegutzler.com/  that a Vision board could be a powerful motivation, direction and planning tool.      I had seen this concept used else-where but had … Continue reading

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What’s important to me.

     Dear GutsIsTheKey reader, When I started to do my new year’s purposing; my heart wasn’t in it. So, for the first time in 7 years; I did not come out with what I felt was an earth shattering … Continue reading

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18 Life Lessons from Monopoly

      Dear GutsIsTheKey Reader. It is interesting how writing topics come to me. Some topics I stew on for a long time. Some are the result of great inspiration and divine leadership. Some are themes that I am … Continue reading

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Look In the Mirror – Slam’s Sales Tips 1200-1300

     Look in the mirror to sell better. This is so obvious, you say. Don’t be so quick.      Of course the obvious parts of what I mean here deserve re-emphasis themselves. Make sure your dress is appropriate, … Continue reading

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A deeper dimension with God

     It has been a popular and known theme among my writings that I am “rough around the edges.” I really am. I am a karate fighter, an outdoors-man, and a little brutish in my conversational style. I drive … Continue reading

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Treat every customer like a Secret Shopper

     Sales as in life rewards the champions who excel in the fundamentals. Lombardi proved in football, a lesson that should help us in the whole of life. When we return to strengthening the foundation; the whole performance improves. … Continue reading

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Utilize an Intuitive Sales Approach

     The old saying goes that “great minds think alike.” I have found so many examples of this, in my career that it is astonishing. The idea behind this sales article is certainly one such example.      I … Continue reading

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GUTS and Heather Von St. James

     Dear GutsIsKey Reader; If you have followed my BEAMS for very long, you know I am all about GUTS. Modeling Courage myself, teaching others about courage and honoring and highlighting people that demonstrate great examples of courage in … Continue reading

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We like it when you like it.

     Oftentimes a sales rep. does not see the essential link between serving the customer and making the sale. Customer service is a chain of activities or value provided to increase the level of customer satisfaction. Another way to … Continue reading

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Onion Theology revisited.

     By now, if you are a regular GutsIsTheKey Reader; you realize that the two biggest topics are inspiration and sales fulfillment. This one deals more with personal wholeness. So it is more of an inspirational topic. But being … Continue reading

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