Posts about Sales

Just a year ago, I would have shivered at the word “sales”. The idea of “ selling” seemed so scary to me & I was comfortable working my shift work in a restaurant just taking orders. Even when I was growing up, I was always the shy child in school who never raised her hand in class & was afraid ...

While I attempt to practice gratitude on a daily basis, it’s always great to celebrate Thanksgiving, because gratitude is brought right to the forefront. Just a couple short years ago, Gallup issued a survey that showed that 71% of workers are “not engaged” or “actively disengaged” from their ...

I think for most people starting this new position as a sales representative is quite intimidating because sometimes sales can be thought of in a negative way. Before Vector Marketing Canada the things that would come to mind when someone said the word sales were things like telemarketers, ...

Shy, quiet, reserved…not usually 3 adjectives you’d use to describe someone in sales right? However, that’s exactly what I was like when I applied for the sales representative position with Vector Marketing Canada back in 1996. I was a University of Guelph student, desperately in need of a ...

Why is “sales” such a scary word for so many? When we think of sales, it often conjures up a stereotype of a pushy, aggressive used car salesman. The salesperson is slick, and the customer is always on the losing end of the relationship, right? I think selling is like sushi for many people. ...

So, you’re home for the summer. You see family and friends and they ask what you’re doing. You tell them. And they say – with a nose wrinkle or eyebrow crunch – “Is that the knife thing?” Or even better, 20 years later in my case, “Are you STILL doing the knife thing?” Yes I AM!! If you are too, ...

Can you remember a time when you felt afraid even though nothing bad or fearful was happening in that moment? How often do you imagine, “Well, if I do X, then I know Y (a bad thing) will happen…” Have you ever looked back on these moments and realized there was nothing to be afraid of? The fact ...