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Kim Duke
Member since 02nd June 2007
Kim Duke, The Sales Diva, provides savvy, sassy sales training for women small biz owners and entrepreneurs. Kim works with clients internationally, showing them The Sales Diva secrets to success! Sign up for her saucy and smart FREE e-zine and receive her FREE Bonus Report "The 5 Biggest Sales Mistakes Women Make" at http://www.salesdivas.com
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08th October 2008
I hate Buckley's cough syrup. (I mean - I really, really HATE IT).
But when I'm sick, it truly is the only thing that works for me.
So I always have a bottle in the medicine cabinet. (Honestly, I think I wince even when I'm buying the stuff!)
Once, whe...
08th October 2008
Are you still trying to sell like the Good Old Boys Club?
Well if you are - I want you to remember the childhood story "The Emperor's New Clothes"
I'll refresh your memory.
The Emperor Was Naked, Nervous and a Nit-Wit!
This is a story written by Hans ...
08th October 2008
One of the most important rules I learned after spending 15 years selling national television advertising is:
If You're Dull Customers Don't Buy
Why?
Well - it really breaks another big rule of SELLING. When you're dull - you're not different.
When yo...
09th September 2008
OK - don't laugh!
When my friends come over to my house, the first place they head to is the fridge.
And nooooo - it isn't for the food either! (although I AM a fabulous cook)
They are STARING at all the cool quotes, cards, offers and important things ...
09th September 2008
I LOVE my customers and my e-zine subscribers!
Why? They help me take my business to brand new levels of success.
The bulk of my business comes from referrals. It definitely motivates me to keep raising the bar for myself!
Do Your Customers Love You?
...
09th September 2008
OK - I have a confession to make.
I HATE going to the dentist.
Now I KNOW everyone says that.
However, as a kid - I had a small mouth and a dentist with a hand the size of a turkey platter.
I've had dentists start drilling when the freezing wasn't c...
09th September 2008
A few weeks ago my youngest niece got into a VERY big water fight.
The problem is that her Super-Soaker Gun had a major leak in it.
No matter how quick she was with adding water and hunting down her opponent - she immediately ran out of water!
And she...
24th August 2008
I was browsing through the bookstore today (which for me is very close to achieving Nirvana) and I bet you think I was hanging out in the SALES and BUSINESS section.
Nope.
You'll hardly ever find me there in fact.
Nooooo...I like hanging out in the coo...
24th August 2008
Psssst. Lean in - I have something to share with you. Especially if you're feeling a little beat up in the game of sales.
I believe if you're an entrepreneur or in sales - you deserve a gold star!
Why?
Because we're people who don't get regular pay che...
24th August 2008
Recently I went to this really cool, really massive grocery store that friends had
been raving about. It has all sorts of international foods, smoked pork, fish from all over the world...it was like stepping into a fabulous foreign country!
As we purch...
17th July 2008
Now I'm a girl that loves a fairytale as much as anyone. As a little girl, I lived with my nose in a book (and many of them were about damsels in distress waiting for someone to save them)
Oh my - this princess has grown up!
I get tons of email from my ...
17th July 2008
So you've made the sale.
Provided the product or service.
Sent the invoice.
Waited. Waited. Waited.
And now your stomach is in a knot because you absolutely HATE having to call customers for cash?
When I first got into sales, my biggest complaint to ...
17th July 2008
When I was a kid, growing up in a very small town in Canada - one of the thrills of the year was watching the Academy Awards. (And yes - we only had 3 TV channels!)
But what I really loved watching was The Barbara Walters Special.
Why?
She would interv...
17th July 2008
Last week-end, my two cutie-pie nieces told me I have a formula for getting their attention.
They said:
"Auntie - you never tell us EXACTLY what you have planned for us -
it drives us crazy!!! We feel like we're waiting for Christmas."
Well I think ...
11th October 2007
I'm still laughing.One of my favorite clients shared one of her recent promotion ideas that rocketed her sales over the same quarter last year.The hilarious part was when Angela told me what she'd done - her eyes were huge, an eyeb...
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