Author: Elinor Stutz

Elinor Stutz, CEO of Smooth Sale, was honored by Open View Labs with inclusion in their international list of “Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012.” Elinor authored the International Best-Selling book, “Nice Girls DO Get the Sale: Relationship Building That Gets Results”, Sourcebooks and the best selling career book, “HIRED! How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews”, Career Press. She provides team sales training, private coaching and highly acclaimed inspirational keynotes for conferences. Elinor is available for consultation. Kred ranks Stutz as a Top 1% influencer; CEO World Magazine named Stutz as one of “The brightest sales minds to follow on Twitter”. She speaks and consults worldwide.
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Revitalize Marketing Materials and Your Business

Entrepreneurship provides us with a roller coaster ride as the economy and technology change. How you anticipate change, prepare for it, and run with the new model will determine your future success.

Business is obviously much easier to control when the economy is good. But one pitfall of many is to spend too much money …

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Why Didn’t I Get the Sale?

Once it is recognized where you may have erred, it is very easy to move forward on a positive path for future sales. Reviewing past experiences is the best way to learn how to improve. Recall conversations, client requests, and delivery follow-up as these will lend insight for future improvement.

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Communication Lessons from the Field

What are you really saying?

New on the job, Alberta was asked to attend corporate sales training by her Manager. Eager to learn more about sales, Alberta anticipated that after class was over, she would witness an immediate improvement in her sales effort.

Alberta conveyed after the fact that she learned many lessons on how …

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How to Overcome Obstacles As You Advance Forward

The entrepreneurial mindset is known as one that embraces change, as well as learning how to incorporate change into one’s life. Those who fall into this category, many times, have difficulty relating with others who do not embrace this philosophy. Generally speaking, change frightens most people. Consequently, most people will not be your supportive friend.…

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Experienced Plus Innovative Equals True Meeting of the Minds

Many are dismayed by hearing the news that older people in their mid-30’s are no longer desired in the workplace. For one, the definition of older citizen used to be those in their 60’s but somehow the number shrank. Secondly, why would an employer dismiss the valuable expertise including hard lessons previously learned?

It’s no …

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Errors Detected and Corrected Early Transform into Profit

Has error in judgment ever put business on hold?

Seemingly disastrous type situations have affected many of us to the point where we thought our business might be over. Usually these occurrences are most unexpected and that is what makes the circumstance so challenging. The method in which we deal with challenging times will either …