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TLC TKO – Are You Ready To Fight?

Are you ready to resume the fight?  For almost a year we have been treading the sales waters, staying safe, and biding our time in

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February 25, 2021
Right Way Wrong Way

When the Right Thing is Also the Wrong Thing in Sales

Sometimes doing the right things is not successful in the sales arena.  I equate this phrase with the common misconception that ‘maybe the left hand

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January 21, 2021

Do Packages And Promotions Sell During A Pandemic?

More important to the question ‘do packages and promotions sell during a pandemic’ is ‘should we even be creating and offering opportunities to travel when

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November 27, 2020

Micro-cizing Your Hotel’s Offerings…. Bigger Isn’t Always Better

In days past, it was always our goal to aim high.  Now, we are finding that we must fine-tune our offerings and create new opportunities

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November 27, 2020
Human Touch

Delivering the Human Touch in Hotel Sales

I was reading today’s hospitality news and discovered an article describing how hotel designers are looking to integrate the human touch in hotels of the

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August 29, 2020
phone

Quit Procrastinating! Pick Up The Dang Phone And Dial.

Quit Procrastinating! Pick Up The Dang Phone And Dial. I watch people and their phones.  Everyone, from 8 to 80 years old is glued to

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August 13, 2020

Sharpening Your Sales Skills: Getting Back To Your Fighting Weight

Have your sales skills waned over the past months?  Have you lost your edge?  It’s no wonder… and certainly not your fault.  You’ve been busy

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July 21, 2020

Driving Business from Drive Markets.

Have you noticed that most retailers, businesses, hotel and travel companies, as well as many product advertisements are focusing on driving business and encouraging people

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July 17, 2020

Building Relationships: Providing Personal Touch Sales Across The Miles

While we can no longer meet with our customers face-to-face we are still able to create personalized interactions across the miles.

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June 10, 2020

Ingredients for Hotel Sales in the “New Normal”: Care, Compassion and Hospitality

In the “new normal” our sales techniques will need to be modified.  In the short-term, we need to refresh our “menus” and put ourselves on

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May 28, 2020
virtual sales calls

Selling To Customers During Sensitive Times

While most meetings and group travel have been halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative that hotel sales professionals continue to reach out

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April 20, 2020
Fall is the Season for Sales

Don’t Fall for it. It is the Season for Sales.

My Daddy always said, “if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything.” I am taking advantage of this “first day of Fall”

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September 23, 2019
meeting rooms

Meeting Rooms: Sometimes you meet; sometimes you learn

Hotel meeting rooms are becoming obsolete.  So why do we keep building them, renovating them, and hiring people to go out and find companies and

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September 10, 2019
Prospecting for business

Prospecting For Gold And Sales Success

Prospecting might seem outdated, but rest assured it still is an integral party of the sales process.  Any salesperson worth his weight in the sales

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July 17, 2019
Lies are wrong

Over-Promising, Cover-Ups, Lies, and Stretching the Truth in Sales

My Mother and Father taught me that cheaters never prosper and telling lies was a sin.  Regardless of your religious persuasion, it is, in my

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April 24, 2019
price

Is the Best Price the Right Price?

I have met some pretty terrific sales people in my life… professional, conversant, smart, savvy, good listeners, people who know what to say and how

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March 31, 2019
NATO Phonetic Alphabet

The Benefit of Cheating and Value of a Cheat Sheet

I’m an Army Brat.  My Dad was a Colonel and served our country for 32 years before retiring.  So, given my upbringing, it’s likely that

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March 31, 2019
proper etiquette

Etiquette In Today’s World: Where is Emily Post When You Need Her?

I am appalled at the lack of proper business etiquette (or any type of etiquette for that matter) in today’s world.  When did it become

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February 25, 2019
Heart made of arrows.

Forget About Finding Passion In The Workplace.

Do you really need to be passionate about your chosen career to be effective?  Or, can you just go through the motions and complete your

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January 30, 2019
2019 Pigs

2019… The Year of the Pig

Let’s talk turkey, resolutions, and organization as we begin 2019:Turkey:You were probably not born in a Year of the Pig, so don’t waste time trying

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January 7, 2019
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