The Big Questions I’d Like Answered

Ordinarily, blogs are about answers. We come up with questions in our heads; questions that we Wile E. Coyote type super geniuses think our readers might ask us and then go about spewing answers in 250-500 words.

This time, I’ve got the questions. Do you have the answers?

Here’s a random list, a brain download of things that I wonder about coupled with queries from customers. Answer them if you like, or just read them and smugly know the answer but refuse to Comment. Your choice. I just need to get them out of my head,

• Why am I not selling more?

• Who was the guy who told us there was an untapped market for digital printing? I want him found and beaten!

• Why is no one answering the phone these days?

• What is the emotion behind a buyer’s “We already have a vendor.” objection?

• What is the most important skill a print sales rep can have?

• When did life get so busy?

• Why DO fools fall in love?

• What is the best first step in a prospecting process? Is it a letter or an e-mail?

• Why do some sales people sell $2 million and others $200,000 using the same number of hours in the day, selling the same services, and selling in the same market?

• What exactly is a “free moment?”

• What is the best use of my time RIGHT NOW?

• Were the old days really better? Easier?

• How can someone sell a job for half of my quote and stay in business?

• Can someone explain Sirius radio’s strange affection for and subsequent overplaying of Rod Stewart songs?

• Where does the day go?

• What percent of the time when a client says, “Your price is too high.” are they telling the truth?