Diva Sales Tips

This week’s question is from Kevin May of May Flowers & Gifts:

So leave a comment with your answers!  We’ll show my response as well as yours NEXT WEEK.  And don’t forget to send in a question too. Thanks Ladies!!

If you want to see your question featured here, send it to us at: info@salesdivas.com

My cutie pie niece recently celebrated her 11th birthday.

And of course, one of the traditions for a birthday is to get the Royal Bumps as well as “A Pinch to Grow An Inch!”

If you’ve never heard of that line before or don’t know what it means – is you give the birthday person a little pinch and say ” A Pinch To Grow An Inch!”

Maybe it’s just a weird Canadian thing – let me know!

So I Was Thinking….You Probably Need A Pinch To Grow An Inch!

There certainly has been lots of complaining going on lately. 

And something I’ve also noticed is that most people like to blame others for what is going wrong with their biz. (and their lives)

The recession.  Their customers.  Their banker.  Their husband.  Blah, blah BORING!

 Hey – Did You Just Feel That???

I just gave you a PINCH TO GROW AN INCH!

I think its time for you to SNAP OUT OF IT.  (That’s my mom’s phrase by the way!)

I want you to grow this year….and you know what? It doesn’t matter what is happening with the economy. 

Hate to break it to you cupcake but this isn’t the first recession and it certainly won’t be the last.

However – there are millions of business owners who are proactively growing their businesses and making money RIGHT NOW (I’m one of them!) because they know THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO GROW.

Why? 

They realize this recession is the perfect PINCH TO GROW AN INCH motivator!  Yes – some companies will fall by the wayside. 

 However in a capitalist marketplace (and thank goodness for that) :

• The strong survive. 
• The flexible survive.
• The people who know how to build a community of customers will survive.

I Diva Dare You to decide TODAY that you’re not going to be angry and whiny about your situation.  Really – you’re boring everyone to tears.

Instead – GIVE YOURSELF a pinch to grow an inch and you’ll be delightfully surprised at the opportunites that are currently around you.

 So there.

Alright ladies.  It’s your time to shine.  I want to hear what you have to say!

As you know, from reading my fabulous ezine (what! you’re not a subscriber yet?  Well then, click here!), I’ve started a great new Q&A section called Dazzle This Diva.  Each week, I’ll pick one sales and marketing related question, that has been sent in to us at info@salesdivas.com , to share with you.  Your job, my lovely readers, is simply to share your Diva insight and advice.

The first question is from Gina McNew, of The Diva Success Network. Gina writes:

Hello Kim, So excited to be able to participate in your new Q and A column. Here’s my sales and marketing question. I am a local radio show host on a small AM station outside of Atlanta. We podcast however so in truth we are GLOBAL. My newest show The Diva Success Network has only been on the air a little over 7 months and in looking over my guest roster nearly 1/4 of my guest have also appeared on Oprah. Now, I’m not saying that makes me the newest Oprah of the airwaves, but we do like to joke with our guests that ” Once You’ve Been on the O, There’s Only One Place to Go ” and that’s the DSN show. In all seriousness, I feel that the level of guests that we have interviewed brings great credibility to our show and I want to be able to share those guests with as large an audience as possible while increasing advertising opportunities as well. Is there a way to use this statistic to fully reach a larger market share of listeners? I am very excited to hear your feedback and those of the other Diva readers. Thank you in advance for your time and suggestions. Sincerely, Gina McNew The Diva Success Network “With Passion~Comes Possibility” http://www.thedivasuccessnetwork.com http://www.radiosandysprings.com/showpages/divanetwork.php

OK Divas, time to share your tips, tricks, advice, and inspiration with Gina.  Leave a comment and let us know what you would do if you were in Gina’s stilettos. And watch next week’s ezine for my response to this question as well as all the other Divas out there!

If you want to see your question featured here, send it to us at: info@salesdivas.com