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Excerpt from "Some Cats Got It, Some Cats Don't"
by: Thomas McKee

"Hey Big Bopper, what's the secret of your success?"
The Big Bopper answered, "Some cats got it, some cats don't."

Is that the real score?

Mary, Carl and Carrie…all are on the same energetic young sales team offering the same viable product. They are in their mid-forties and have 20 years sales experience. And if you were to listen to each one, you would expect all of them to have equal success.

But Mary makes $30,000 a year; Carl $95,000; and Carrie $350,000.

So what's the difference? They all have the same opportunities and leads; they each have the same resources available from the home office.

So what's the difference? Is the Big Bopper right? Is it a matter of some cats having it and some cats not?

Success in sales is determined by how people deal with relevant sales issues, such as:

  • Time Management
  • Call Reluctance
  • Rejection
  • Prospecting
  • Closing
  • Client Nurturing
  • Successful Follow-up
  • Tracking
  • Self Motivation
  • Major Changes
  • Plateauing
  • Mary has not developed sales skills. She is depending on her dynamic personality. She would find herself sitting on a gold mine if she would start taking her sales career seriously.

    Carl has developed some skills, but is not consistent. He needs help making his sales skills a part of who he is on a daily basis.

    Our sales seminars have been available to help Mary and Carl move to the next level. But we have found that Mary doesn't attend such training, and Carl only occasionally attends, sitting in the back. It is Carrie who consistently attends, and you can find her in the front row.

    What some "cats have" is not luck or more natural ability. What they have is a tenacious commitment to well developed sales skills. Let us help you train your sales team and take them to the next level!

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