My friend Breanne Potter, MBTI Blog, conducted an admittedly unscientific survey of MBTI preferences found on Twitter. Not surprisingly, or maybe it is, there are more introverts than extroverts there. It’s easy for an introvert to be there because after all, we can control taking in as much or as little as we want; behind the scenes it’s just us and a computer, the perfect … [Read more...] about Networking Tip – 5 MORE Social Networking Ways that Benefit Introverts
Networking Tip – Top 4 Ways to Escape from Energy Drain Conversations
Just recently there was a wonderful blog post titled, The Introverted Nerd’s Conference Survival Guide with introvert tips on how to manage a conference without pulling the energy plug. One of the comments mentioned some useful tips around how to break free of unenjoyable conversations, in any social or business situation, would be helpful. How do you WRAP up those either … [Read more...] about Networking Tip – Top 4 Ways to Escape from Energy Drain Conversations
Sales Training – Top 3 Questions To Decide to Compare or Not to Compare?
My friend The Procrastivity Nichepert Kerul Kassel's asked in her recent ezine, "Who are you comparing yourself to, and how is that helping or hindering you?" In sales it's so easy to compare because there of goals and quotas. When we are on a team, those goals or quotas might seem like enough of a measuring stick. But no. In sales, whether on a team or solo, we often use … [Read more...] about Sales Training – Top 3 Questions To Decide to Compare or Not to Compare?
Sales Tips – Top 10 Listening Habits Give Introverts Thumbs Up
In my corporate sales training programs – whether for sales training, presentation skills, customer service, even ethical leadership – if there is any half hour or hour that will allow it, listening skills gets on the agenda. Today more than ever, when prospects and customers want to be listened to, introverts get a thumbs up. … [Read more...] about Sales Tips – Top 10 Listening Habits Give Introverts Thumbs Up
Sales Tip – 5 Tips to Cast Off Lackluster Sales
Most salespeople may find little comfort in the control and convenience of being in sales in a tough economy. In the spirit of getting through a tough economy, here’s the top five tips learned from being in a cast for a broken leg. Early in February, when helping my mom to complete her cataract surgery, I took a nasty fall resulting in a broken driving leg; my right leg. … [Read more...] about Sales Tip – 5 Tips to Cast Off Lackluster Sales
Sales Tip – Salespeople Learn from National Words Matter Week
In sales and marketing words are everything. A lesson from the pulpit, which my daughter-in-law shared with me about her minister, proves the point. In a recent sermon from a female minister, the minister having a new hairdresser was asked, "What do you do for a living?" The wise minister knowing religion is a sticky topic, prefaces her answer with, "I'll tell you but please … [Read more...] about Sales Tip – Salespeople Learn from National Words Matter Week