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Dec 27, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Coaching, Sales Coaches, #JodySays, Sales Managers, Achieve, Interactions, Opportunities, Commitment, Excellence, Results, #closeratio, Systems, solutions, BADAS, success, Goals, strategy, Reflection, consistency & Intention

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Actions for achieving your goals

Completing ACTIONS is the only way to produce results. Period.

Your actions need to align with your strategy and your goal. Similar to your goals and strategies, you want your actions to be specific, clear, measurable. When writing actions, begin with a verb. For example:” ASK the BADAS Questions with 90% of your opportunities.”

Consider quantity (how many) and quality (when and how well) as you write these actions. You want to calendar them to DO at the time of day that will allow you to …

Dec 27, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Coaching, Sales Coaches, #JodySays, Sales Managers, Achieve, Interactions, Opportunities, Commitment, Excellence, Results, #closeratio, Systems, solutions, BADAS, success, Goals, strategy, Reflection, consistency & Intention

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Dec 20, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Coaching, Sales Coaches, #JodySays, Sales Managers, Achieve, Interactions, Opportunities, Commitment, Excellence, Results, #closeratio, Systems, solutions, BADAS, success, Goals, strategy, Reflection, consistency & Intention

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HOW do I reach my goals?

Now that your goals are written, we move to creating a strategy for achievement.

This is kind of fun because you can focus on HOW you will achieve this. During your evaluation and assessment of the year, you might have noticed that you like doing some strategies more than others, or you were better at some than others, or some strategies were more effective than others. You may have found that the market or buying habits of your customers/clients has changed and you need to adjust your appro…

Dec 20, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Coaching, Sales Coaches, #JodySays, Sales Managers, Achieve, Interactions, Opportunities, Commitment, Excellence, Results, #closeratio, Systems, solutions, BADAS, success, Goals, strategy, Reflection, consistency & Intention

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Dec 13, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Coaching, Sales Coaches, #JodySays, Sales Managers, Achieve, Interactions, Opportunities, Commitment, Excellence, Results, #closeratio, Systems, solutions, BADAS, success, Goals, strategy, Reflection, consistency & Intention

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What exactly are goals?

Consider WHAT you WANT to create and achieve next year. What matters to you so much that you are going to “make it happen,” as my father used to say by setting a strategy. Those are your goals.

Goals should always be written as RESULTS. Articulation is important. I like the S-M-A-R-T process because it’s clear and simple.

Specific Clear, not ambiguous or vague.

Measurable It can be counted. Numbers or percentages…

Dec 13, 2023 05:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under Action plan, Coaching, Sales Coaches, #JodySays, Sales Managers, Achieve, Interactions, Opportunities, Commitment, Excellence, Results, #closeratio, Systems, solutions, BADAS, success, Goals, strategy, Reflection, consistency & Intention

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Oct 18, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, Action plan, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Opportunities, strategy, solutions, Closing, #closeratio & Excellence

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Coming From Behind

Are you falling short of your goal this period? Do you have ground to make up before the period ends?

Coming from behind is a skill and a process. And it’s a skill and a process that you will use more than once, as falling short of goal is not unusual even when the intention is to make goal consistently and to stay on track.

The process needs to be high impact…meaning it needs to produce results quickly. To do that, look to the business that is closest and easiest to close: appointments that …

Oct 18, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, Action plan, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Opportunities, strategy, solutions, Closing, #closeratio & Excellence

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Oct 11, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, Sales Coaches, Coaching, Build Habits, Action plan, challenges, communication, sales, Goals & Actions

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Be Realistic and Honest

This month I'd like to dedicate time to discuss ENDING a selling period…and ending it on track and on goal, even if the month didn’t go as smoothly as desired.

We are now in the fourth quarter of the year, so the skill of finishing strong applies to the month as well as to the year.

Let’s start with being straight and realistic. You are either on track to make goal or you are not. You have had a specific number of opportunities that you have closed or scheduled, or you have not. You have sch…

Oct 11, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, Sales Coaches, Coaching, Build Habits, Action plan, challenges, communication, sales, Goals & Actions

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Aug 29, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, team, Appointments, Results, Structure, Actions, Achieve, Sales Managers & leaders

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Observe the Calendars of Your Sales Team Members

Now that your calendar is set with recurring actions and appointments, you can start connecting the dots (for yourself) of how that level of organization is contributing to the results you are achieving.

And you can be the example for your team to follow.

Your example and expertise will allow you to coach your team on HOW to organize their time and HOW to plan for appointments so that they can begin to experience that level of organization for themselves and connect their own dots of struct…

Aug 29, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, team, Appointments, Results, Structure, Actions, Achieve, Sales Managers & leaders

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Aug 22, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Action plan, Achieve, Appointments, solutions, Systems, Results, sales, Closing, Discovery Questions, strategy & BADAS

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Take the Actions That Create Appointments

Actions are the only things that produce results. When appointments are the target, there are specific actions to take, in a sequence, that will get them on the calendar, get them accepted via invitation, and get the result intended – namely, the sale. Here they are in chronological order:

Organize your calendar to schedule 8-10 appointments per week – at times YOU set.
Enter EACH customer interaction INTENDING to accomplish a sale or an appointment.
Recognize when an appointment WILL be …

Aug 22, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Action plan, Achieve, Appointments, solutions, Systems, Results, sales, Closing, Discovery Questions, strategy & BADAS

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Aug 8, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Organization, Appointments, Systems, Goals, Action plan, Build Habits & Coaching

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What is Your Relationship to Organization?

As a natural list maker, it still surprises me when I work with someone who relies solely on a daily to-do list and doesn’t use a calendar. Is that you?

A daily to-do list is an insufficient structure for organizing actions in time. They are good vehicles for prioritizing results per day…but using them exclusively fosters high stress and a narrow perspective…which is why I encourage using a calendar with at least a weekly view. It encourages a wider vision of the time allowed and the best tim…

Aug 8, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #JodySays, #SellItOrScheduleIt, Organization, Appointments, Systems, Goals, Action plan, Build Habits & Coaching

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Jun 27, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert

Under #SellItOrScheduleIt, Action plan, Results, sales, Opportunities, Appointments, Sales Coaches, Sales Managers, Closing, Systems, #JodySays & Intention

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June is…a good practice month.

It’s hard to imagine that less sales traffic would be a good thing…and yet it can be.

If traffic is off, you can spend more time with each opportunity and increase the chance to close and to close for bigger tickets.

What makes the difference is intention.

Intention to focus on creating an outcome with each and every opportunity. The intention is to sell it or schedule it. Not to sell it or follow up… to sell it or schedule it.

If you notice that you are not scheduling at least 20% of your…

Jun 27, 2023 10:00am

By Jody Seivert