Adaptive Business Services

APRIL 23, 2025

I spent the bulk of my latter career in the electric sign industry. After having been a selling partner in one company and the N.W. Division Sales Manager for another large sign company, I elected to spend my final years as a commission only salesperson. The easiest way to illustrate this is to give you a real life example.

Process

Salesforce

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Think about the business model Apple was introducing: We’re going to get some really expensive real estate, then we’re going to build a really expensive store, we’re going to fill it with lots of expensive payroll, and we’re going to do it to sell a commodity that has an 8% to 10% margin. There were no commissions.

Service

Adaptive Business Services

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I took about 6 months off to plan my next moves and came to the decision that I wanted to go back to selling only which was something that I had not done in a great deal of time. Additionally, I wanted to work on a commission only program. Neither aspect was appealing, So, I did the only logical thing, I tore the list up.

Networking

A Sales Guy

MARCH 20, 2013

Let’s start a series that strengthens all of our business acumen and challenges us all to connect what we sell to our customers business. Depending on what it is you are selling, knowing this could play a substantial role in your deal strategy. If the number is negative, your ability to sell something could be hampered.

Electricity

Hubspot

AUGUST 9, 2018

The bulk of Amazon’s revenue comes from selling goods directly to consumers on their website. Since they order massive amounts of products from wholesalers, they can negotiate a cheaper cost and sell them for a lower price than their competition. Amazon even manufactures and sells their own products, like the Amazon Echo and Alexa.

Drivers/motivators

Adaptive Business Services

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Well, I’m mixing it up again! We might actually end up with 10 steps or maybe even 20. I started my B2B selling career in 1977 and our program was pretty simple … make 30 face-to-face cold calls every day. I did that, knocking on the doors of Los Angeles businesses while selling commercial grade calculating equipment.

Networking

ConversionXL

MAY 8, 2019

Best-selling author Bob Burg developed the “know, like, trust” model. Taken to the extreme, the strategy leads to massive round-up posts (e.g. Created by Kitchen Cabinet Kings , the potato chip infographic earned write-ups and links from nearly 100 websites, including Today. Content marketing and the “know, like, trust” model.

Closing