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Sales Optics

What do Subway Restaurants, a free-anytime hand surgeon, and how you dress have in common? They are all wrapped together in Bill Farquharson’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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The Digital Print Sale

A recent digital print user’s group meeting gives Bill Farquharson a chance to remind the industry it takes more than incredible machinery to make those amazing, show-worthy sales. None of it matters without the critical component he talks about in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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A Cautionary Sales Tale

QUICK!!! Drop what you are doing and watch this sales tip. It might just keep you from unnecessarily giving away a lot of money. Here’s Bill Farquharson Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Initial Sales Skills

The first and most important thing to teach a sales rep is product knowledge, right? Well, it depends on who you ask. If you are asking Bill Farquharson, you will get a different answer in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Sales Worthiness

You are reaching for the phone to call a top decision-maker when a feeling comes over you: Why would anyone listen to you? This kind of self-doubt is not unusual. The question is, will you listen to that voice? Perhaps you should listen to Bill Farquharson’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip instead.

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Hearing Sales Voices

On a call with a prospective client, a little voice inside you speaks up and whispers to you. You ignore it at first but the voice persists. Do you listen or shut it out. Bill Farquharson hears voices all the time and has advice for what to do in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Why It’s Rude to Be Early

Think you know all about being on time? Think showing up early is your way of saying, “Look at me! I’m punctual!” After Bill Farquharson’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip, you will think differently.

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Time Management is a Bag of Flour

We are all in the unfortunate habit of turning one task into two, two into five, and five into ten. What we need is a practical way to manage all of these great ideas that pop into our heads during the day. In this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip, Bill Farquharson offers one up.

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Avoiding the Price Objection

Not all price objections occur during bidding. Sometimes, it’s an existing account who is demanding a reduction. To avoid that situation, take Bill Farquharson’s advice in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Best Sales Advice for a Newbie

At a dinner party, a young sales rep asked Bill Farquharson, “What advice would you give me, just starting out?” At first, Bill gave one answer. But then he changed his thinking to a skill we all need to obtain, and quickly. Find out more in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Another “Duh” Sales Tip

You should know this. We have been living in a social-media-ruled world for a while now. Bill shouldn’t have to tell you but, sadly, this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip is another one of those obvious message not everyone practices.

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Trust me. I’m in Sales.

It’s a paradox: A client won’t give you an order until they trust you and they can’t trust you if they don’t give you an order….or can they? In this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip, Bill Farquharson shows you how to break that cycle.

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A Sales Resolution Reset

By the time this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip hits your inbox, 33% of us will have given up on our New Year’s Resolutions. If you are in that minority or if you are struggling to stick to your promises, take heart: Bill Farquharson has a way to get you back on track.

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A Different Sales Approach

When someone asks, “What do you do?” what you say in return can dictate your sales profitability, retention, and ultimately, your success. So, you might want to think about taking Bill Farquharson’s advice in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Your 2024 Sales Jackpot

Happy New Year! Do you want more (Sales? Happiness? Money?) or less (Weight? Anxiety? Fear?)? Or do you want what Bill Farquharson wants in his first Short Attention Span Sales Tip of the new year?

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When Motivation Goes Away

99% of the time, a sales rep is motivated. Bill Farquharson recently experienced that 1% of the time when motivation is lost. His experience is a lesson for you as we enter two very difficult selling weeks.

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Righting the Sales Ship

You wake up in the middle of the night with an idea and note it on your iPhone. A task is added to your list. Then another. And another. Before you know it you’re overwhelmed. This happens to Bill Farquharson as well. In this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip, find out what he does about it.

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Make One Thing Your First Thing

Working with a client to improve time management and sales productivity, Bill Farquharson recently added one component that made all the difference. Read all about it in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Four LinkedIn Lessons

One year ago this month, Bill Farquharson went all in with LinkedIn by posting daily. In this week’s Short Attention Sales Tips, he delivers 4 lessons you need to know in order to grow your marketing presence.

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Biggest Factor to a New Rep’s Success

The majority of new sales hires will fail, and for a variety of reasons. But of all the factors in their recipe for success, Bill Farquharson’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip identifies #1 for them and for you, no matter where you are in your sales career.

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The Best Sales Goal to Have

It’s sales goal season! This is when we think ahead and come up with hopes and dreams for everything from our sales to our finances. Quotas are handed out for 2024 and magic is in the air…or at least was until Bill Farquharson’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip this week. Give it a look and then rethink your goals.

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Prepare to Negotiate

There is no shortage of advice on what to do and what not to do in a negotiation, but in all the research Bill Farquharson did, he did not find the one important piece of advice he includes in this week’s Short Attention Span Sales Tip.

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Biggest Sales Call Mistake

It was the biggest sales call of her life and she blew it. Her material was correct and the presentation was flawless. Still, she violated the #1 rule of sales call etiquette. To make sure this doesn’t happen to you, make sure to read Bill Farquharson’s blog this week.

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