Southwestern Sales Talk

Currently Browsing rejection

I just read Geoffrey James’ Sales Machine blog for Nov. 9 entitled, “How to Bullet Proof Yourself from Rejection.”  I think of the many times I encountered the feeling of rejection my first summer selling books with the Southwestern Company. There were some pretty painful moments.  Here’s what James suggests to “bullet proof” yourself: Step #1: [...]

5 comments so far (is that a lot?)

Posted by | 11.11.2010 | 07:11 pm

I’ve heard from many of you that Matt Atchison’s material is helpful.  He is doing an outstanding job as one of the Southwestern Company’s top District Sales Managers.  I hope you enjoy his treatise on rejection…. Let me tell you about the worst rejection of my first summer.  I ran up to this house and [...]

12 comments so far (is that a lot?)

Posted by | 06.08.2010 | 03:06 pm

Here is some more great info from Matt Atchison on bookfield objections.  Matt is one of the top District Sales Managers with the Southwestern Company: “We already saw these last year.”  This objection can cause you to lose faith that you can do well this summer.  BE CAREFUL OF THIS!!!  Don’t worry.  Every year we [...]

1 comment so far

Posted by | 06.01.2010 | 08:06 am

Here is some great stuff from the Southwestern Company’s Matt Atchison.  Matt is a District Sales Manager, and is one of the best salespeople and sales trainers in recent history.  Here is part one of several on the nature of rejection, and how to handle objections from Mrs. Jones.  Rejection is going to play some [...]

3 comments so far (is that a lot?)

Posted by | 05.25.2010 | 03:05 pm

Learning to overcome rejection is probably one of the most under-rated skills in both life and business.  At Southwestern Company, we assist college students in not only overcoming that fear, but in running a buisness to gain life skills to achieve their goals.  It’s almost like a package deal! A recent article in The Boston Globe entitled “Accepting Rejection” (click here [...]

No comments yet

Posted by | 04.29.2009 | 09:04 pm