National Sales Trainers
and Authors
www.gitomer.com Jeffrey
Gitomer, author of The Sales Bible,
and Customer Satisfaction is Worthless, Customer
Loyalty is Priceless, is President of Charlotte,
NC based BuyGitomer. Gitomer gives seminars, runs annual
sales meetings, and conducts training programs on selling
and customer service. His column, Sales Moves,
now appears in over 70 Business Journals across the country
and Europe and is read by 3.5 million business professionals
every week.
www.briantracey.com
Brian Tracy is the most listened to audio author on personal
and business success in the world today. His fast-moving
talks and seminars on leadership, sales, managerial effectiveness
and business strategy are loaded with powerful, proven
ideas and strategies that people can immediately apply
to get better results in every area.
www.zigziglar.com
A talented author and speaker, Zig Ziglar has an appeal
that transcends barriers of age, culture and occupation.
Since 1970, he has traveled over five million miles across
the world delivering powerful life improvement messages,
cultivating the energy of change. Zig Ziglar's corporation
is built upon the same philosophy he expounds to his
audiences - hard work, common sense, fairness, commitment
and integrity.
www.tonyrobbins.com
For more than a quarter of a century, Anthony Robbins
has served as an advisor to leaders around the world. A
recognized authority on the psychology of leadership,
negotiations, organizational turnaround, and peak performance,
he has been honored for his strategic intellect and humanitarian
endeavors.
www.tomhopkins.com Tom
Hopkins is a sales legend. Many believe that natural
ability is enough to make you successful in a selling
career. The truth of the matter is that natural skill,
combined with "how to" training is the real
secret to high level productivity. He has personally
trained over three million students on five continents.
www.boyensgroup.com
The Boyens Group is dedicated to maximizing the productivity
of sales processes that generate the desired results.
Through a combination of dynamic training programs, business
consulting services and sales management systems we provide
unique perspectives and powerful tools that enable sales
organizations to be more productive. The Boyens
Group enjoys a track record of documented successes including
helping our clients shorten their sales cycles, improve
their close rates, increase their average order size,
maintain the integrity of their pricing, improve the
size/quality of their pipelines and increase the number
of salespeople at or above plan.
www.chrishilicki.com
Chris Hilicki, author of May
I Have Your Attention, Please?: Build a Better Business
by Telling Your True Story (Wiley Press) and
founder and former Vice Chair of Dalmatian Press,
one of the nation's most successful children's publishers.
As a corporate executive and entrepreneur, she's forged
partnerships with some of the world's biggest brands
like Disney, Warner Bros,
and The Children's Television Network,
and she's been interviewed for respected publications
like Forbes, The Wall Street
Journal and Publisher's Weekly.
You and your organization can benefit from defining and
building your personal and professional brand identities.
She outlines the steps in building a better business
through telling your true story.
www.keithsanders.com
Working in broadcast journalism and print media has given
Sanders an incredible insight into how to build effective
teams, especially when deadlines are looming and emotions
are high. That's why his sessions in goal setting, project
planning and leadership are always well received. His
ability to think on his feet, to describe complex situations
in simple terms and to help participants feel at ease
make him a favorite with audiences.
www.billlindsley.com Dr.
Bill is an accomplished consultant, speaker, author,
teacher, and manager - and expert in the art and science
of strategic listening . He has over 15 years
experience teaching graduate business students case
studies in strategic planning, winning a number of
teacher-of-the-year honors, and as one of his award
reads, "teaching us to laugh while we learn." In
addition he has almost 20 years of experience helping
clients transform their companies into highly focused
listening organizations - faster than Donald Trump
can say, "You're fired!".
Organizations
www.nashville-nasp.org.
NASP is a non-profit, professional
organization that provides a positive forum for skill
enhancement training and networking for career sales
people. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, we provide monthly
meetings with sales trainers, motivational speakers,
sales tips of the month, member spotlights and the
opportunity for you to tell us about your company.
A true enhancer for any sales professional, sales manager,
business owner or anyone who negotiates with others
in their business.
www.toastmasters.org
At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups
and working with others in a supportive environment.
A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people
who meet once a week for about an hour. Each meeting
gives everyone an opportunity to practice public speaking,
conducting meetings and giving helpful evaluations.
www.metroleaderstoastmasters.org
Metro Leaders Toastmasters was chartered in October 2003.
The club consist of members and friends of NASP. The
Metro Leaders Toastmasters was founded in the spirit
of growing business skills in a fun and friendly environment.
We meet for lunch the 1st Friday of every month.
For more information on Toastmasters in general, see
above link to www.toastmasters.org.
www.nashvillechamber.com
To provide leadership that fosters growth and prosperity
by ensuring the Nashville/Music City region is the
best place to operate and grow a business, as well
as the most desirable place to live, work, play and
visit.
www.smei.org Sales & Marketing Executives
International (SMEI) is the worldwide non-profit professional association
serving the sales and marketing community. Founded in 1935 and with over
10,000 members around the world, SMEI is focused on its Five Founding Principles™:1.
Identification & Standards 2. Continuing Education 3. Sharing Knowledge
4. Assisting Students and 5. Supporting Free Enterprise.
Business Magazines
Selling Power - http://www.sellingpower.com
Business 2.0 - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2
Fast Company - http://www.fastcompany.com
Entrepreneur - http://www.entrepreneur.com
INC. Magazine - http://www.inc.com |