National Web-based Seminars - Training Resources

Driving Business Development Using Modern Principles of Productivity ...plement the teachings for this eseminar. Paul enjoys a national reputation as an expert in solving the productivity challenges faced by executives, managers and professionals in today's frenetic working environments. When not giving high-content keynote addresses on these subjects, he is delivering interactive training programs or customized coaching services to his clients to assist them in  more...

Master Cold Calling to Drive Revenue ... of Credit Union Telemarketing, published by Credit Union National Association. Peter is the past president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Teleservices Association, and he is a frequent guest lecturer on telesales and inside sales at UCLA. His Ten Commandments of Telemarketing and CallCoach assessment form are both considered industry standards, and his Tips of the Trade  more...

The Sales Compensation Conundrum How to Develop a Truly Effective Sales Compensation Plan Developing a sales compensation plan can be a pretty intimidating undertaking. What are the most critical decisions you need to make? What compensation plan structure will motivate your salespeople to achieve the targets you set for them without producing unintended consequences? Sales performance expert Alan Rigg has helped hundreds of  more...

Performance-Based Sales Recruiting How to Hire More Top Sales Producers and Jump-Start New Hire Sales Performance How expensive are sales hiring mistakes? To answer this question, take a look at the difference in revenue, gross margin or profit (whichever number is most important to you) produced by your company s top sales producers and your bottom sales producers. Then add in the costs of recruiting and training new salespeople.  more...

Article Publishing to Grow Your Business or Consulting Firm How to Build Your Reputation and Generate Revenue Using Articles The first thing clients do when looking for a consultant or researching your business is to check Google. One of the easiest ways to dominate search engine results is article marketing. Done correctly, articles help prove your expertise and generate leads. Incorrectly, article marketing becomes a drain on your time and can even  more...

Fill Your Pipeline with Hot Prospects It has never been harder to be successful to get profitable clients. Budgets are tight. Competition is fierce. The secret to success is to fill your pipeline with only hot prospects. But who are they? Referrals! Don't stop reading because you think 'I already know how to get referrals.' Successful referral sellers aren't asking clients to pass their name along, nor are they calling a new  more...

How To Be An Online Spy ...dwide and SVP/Chief Marketing Officer at ActiFi ( ), is a nationally sought-after speaker on topics ranging from online searching to effective selling to value-based leadership. He is a published author ( ) and has been featured in hundreds of publications, television programs, and radio shows. Sam was formerly president of a national business research organization and he has more than 20 years  more...

Forecasting & Pipeline Management How to Eliminate Stalled Opportunities from Your Company s Sales Opportunity Pipeline What is the condition of your company s sales opportunity pipeline? How many of the opportunities have been stalled at the same step in the sales cycle for weeks or months? If sales forecasts and opportunity pipelines are inaccurate, or if opportunities do not close in predictable time frames, it can wreak  more...

How to Handle Customers Who File for Bankruptcy ...lip P. Philbin, Certified Credit Executive (CCE) with the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) and 35-year expert, helps business executives navigate through the murky waters of claims traders. Sell the claim to a trader without doing your homework could result in your company getting sued by the very claims trader who bought the debt from you and for more money than they owe you!  more...

How to Become Recognized as an Expert And Monetize Your Expertise! 'I know more about that subject than her! How come she is always the keynote and I'm always the attendee?' You have the experience done the research and created a unique approach but you are also a well-kept secret. You work hard chasing prospects and are constantly asked to share your knowledge for free. How do you go from being knowledgeable to being recognized as a  more...

Email Marketing for Consultants and Entrepreneurs Build a Loyal Following and Keep Business Flowing Most consultants live by the feast or famine rule except those who master database cultivation and relationship building. Your email list is the lifeblood of your business and it takes proper care and feeding to generate revenue. Promote too much, people unsubscribe. Promote too little and you get no business from the campaign. Those who have  more...

The Secret to Closing More Sales Closing is certainly an important sales activity, as the time, effort, and resources invested in managing sales cycles are wasted if orders are not secured. However, the real secret to closing sales is doing a great job at the FRONT end of the sales cycle. In other words, it is the quality of the work that is done during the OPPORTUNITY QUALIFICATION stage of the sales process that determines  more...

How to Develop an Effective Sales Compensation Plan The most common sales compensation question my company receives is, 'What is the standard (salary, draw, commission percentage) for (an industry, product or service, geography)?' Unfortunately there are very few standards that apply to sales compensation. The variations in sales compensation plans are infinite, and there is little published research that provides compensation details (salary or  more...

Get the Trash Out Of Your Funnel What s a sales professional supposed to do in this turbulent economy -- you re not getting meetings with real prospects, your clients wonder if they ll be in business tomorrow and you re not generating revenue. You may rationalize that your sales funnel is filled with active leads, but it s actually just filled with rocks, weeds, and sand. How do you fill your sales funnel with qualified leads and  more...

How to Handle Customers Who File for Bankruptcy ...lip P. Philbin, Certified Credit Executive (CCE) with the National Association of Credit Management (NACM) and 35-year expert, helps business executives navigate through the murky waters of claims traders. Sell the claim to a trader without doing your homework could result in your company getting sued by the very claims trader who bought the debt from you and for more money than they owe you!  more...

eSoftware Tester Certification - Foundation Level ...nationally recognized certification in software testing in an eLearning format? Delivered by top experts in the testing industry right to your desktop, eSoftware Tester Certification is an accredited training course to prepare you for the ISTQB Certified Tester - Foundation Level exam. This program is the only internationally accepted certification for software testing, accredited by the ISTQB  more...

Should You Write a Business Book? What Every Potential Author Should Know Before Writing a Single Word As any published author will tell you, writing a book will help grow your business. But writing a book can consume massive amounts of time, cost a lot of money, and distract you from the business of serving your clients. Before jumping on the book-writing bandwagon, discover the questions to ask to determine whether it s the  more...