Gather round, sonny Jim, old Taskmaster has a tale to tell. Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there was a consumer in a key target …
Gather round, sonny Jim, old Taskmaster has a tale to tell. Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there was a consumer in a key target …
I’m quite assertive when it comes to sales and never want to leave empty-handed. But I’m worried that I sometimes give the ‘hard sell�…
This article first appeared May 12, 2011. Entrepreneurs spend a lot of time trying to come up with new and creative ways to grow their sa…
Over the long weekend, Old Taskmaster trundled through a few local stores tasked with finding a birthday gift. Truth be told, it was a good …
As regular readers will know, your humble correspondent has been locked in a Taskmaster Towers broom cupboard, listening back over inbound s…
This article first appeared on May 20th, 2011. I’m in the process of setting sales targets for my team (I have two sales staff). I k…
This article first appeared on May 17th, 2011. I get really nervous when I have to pitch to others. I hate public speaking and forcing…
This article first appeared on June 27th, 2012. As a busy mumpreneur, finding the time and sometimes the budget to market your business c…
This article first appeared on September 14th, 2010. It’s always tough at this time of the year to come up with new initiatives to boo…
You’ve been dealing with this customer for what seems like an eternity. On paper, the decision is an easy one, some might say trivial, and …
Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, salespeople had a clearly defined role. They called on prospective customers, asked a lot of questi…
When we employ salespeople we expect somehow that they will be selling nearly 100% of the time. However, the truth is most salespeople are l…
