Financial Services, Speaker and Coach

Don’t Sell Products; Sell a Process

Last week I spoke at a conference in California to a group of financial advisors from one of America’s largest banks. After my presentation on growing your business by building your relationship network, an advisor came up to me and asked, “What financial products do you think are “hot” right now? My answer was to […]

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Bring It On; Dealing With The Competition

As a sales and marketing strategist I am often asked “What can we do to train our salespeople to compete more effectively?” In addition, as a speaker, I am asked to get the troops fired up about what they are selling. Motivational speakers often inspire us, but often they don’t deliver techniques, and often sales […]

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How Thin Can You Make It?

This morning I was talking to a new friend from Milwaukee named Rochelle Lamm. Rochelle has been at some of the highest levels of the investment business over the last four decades (I hope I don’t get yelled at for making that statement!) We were discussing how [tag]salespeople[/tag] need to focus, not try to be […]

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Food & Friends…And Building Your Business

Late yesterday, I received an email from Larry Littler, an investment wholesaler with John Hancock Financial Services, with an idea on how he touches his clients in a memorable way. Over his twenty years in the investment business, Larry has consistently been a top-decile sales leader. Larry’s email spoke of the importance of developing professional […]

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