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BEST PRACTICES FOR MOTIVATING A SALES TEAM
When it comes to motivating a sales team, not just to sell, but to sell the right items to maximize their company’s profits – not

HOW LOCAL BUSINESSES CAN INCREASE SALES AND CUSTOMER RETENTION
Sometimes it can just seem unfair! The amount of money that big retail chains can throw at marketing, running TV ads, full coupon inserts in

TWO WAYS TO INCREASE SALES YOU MAY NOT HAVE THOUGHT OF!
Sometimes it seems like there just isn’t enough business available. If you’ve run as much advertising and marketing as you can muster, you feel like

17 BASIC TRUTHS OF LIFE AND BUSINESS
After arriving home from my 2015 Top Dog Event In Vegas—which took me about a week to recover from—I grabbed a tall coffee, threw on

PROVEN TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE SALES – NO MATTER WHAT BUSINESS YOU’RE IN!
One of the biggest issues faced by any business, in any industry, whether based on sales, service, or even manufacturing, is the motivation of employees,

HOW BOSSES CAN MOTIVATE THEIR EMPLOYEES THROUGH GAMIFICATION
One of the hardest things for any manager to do is to motivate his or her employees. Of course, new hires are always enthusiastic, but

7 SALES LESSONS FROM GETTING WHIPLASH
“Dude, this movie has so many great business and sales lessons,” my friend and long-time client Big Chris said, as if he’d just discovered the

WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS CAN BENEFIT FROM SALES TRAINING GAMES?
One question I get a lot from prospective clients of mine is along the lines of “Can my business really benefit from gamification-based sales training?”

HOW YOUR BUSINESS CAN USE GAMIFICATION TO DRIVE EMPLOYEE AND TEAM PERFORMANCE
It’s human nature. We like having fun! It’s the nature of business. Fun has no place in the workplace. Right? WRONG! The key to the

USE GAMIFICATION TO SHATTER SALES IN YOUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT
As gamification – the application of game design, and even games themselves, to drive and improve sales and other business practices – grows more and

EMBARRASSING STORY—BUT IT MADE SALES EXPLODE…
Here’s an embarrassing story that shot a Ford dealership’s sales through the roof… but not ‘til after I was red in the face… 1993. My

SALES SECRETS OF A FARTING BULLDOG
I have a big sales lesson for you today from my farting bulldog… I’d just gotten back from being interviewed by Howard Stern on his