The 3 Simplest, Most Effective Time Management Ideas You’ll Ever Learn

Simplest and Most Effective Time Management Ideas I don’t know about you but sometimes business improvement and personal development can be way over complicated and difficult to implement. So, I wanted to give you 3 simple idea’s on how to manage yourself better so you can be more efficient with your time – now you might be doing these things […]

Where Can I Get Good Staff?

Or more importantly how can I keep them It happened again today… In fact it’s happened everyday this week. I’ve been chatting to retailers this week about our Retail Sales Master Class (coming up on the 23rd May ) and they’re all crying out desperately for more staff. And i’ve got nothing! Actually I feel kind of […]

The First Day of the Rest of Your Lives

Coming soon… The “tell all” tale of my past 22 years in business… I’ve gotta warn you though, it gets heavy, weird and will not be for the faint hearted. I can’t say anymore at the moment but I’ll keep you posted. Until then Look after yourself and the ones you love John Blake

Don’t Just Fix it Make it Bullet Proof – Sales Training Lesson # 31

Hey there, About 5 years ago I injured my shoulder really badly after a pretty bad stack on my skateboard. I pretty much couldn’t move the thing. To view this email at our blog (where there is a really cool image associated with this email) go to. BlueRocket I had a Cortisone injection to reduce the […]

Who Am I? Sales Training Lesson # 33

Who Am I? Believe it or not I saw this for the first time on the back of a cereal packet. It’s a great reminder that what we do on a regular basis really does control our ultimate outcome. This time of the year is a great time to look at your habits. What are […]

Sales Training Lesson # 29 Two Mosh Pit Sales Lessons from Metallica

Hey There, It’s Sunday night here in Perth and I’m with the whole family staying at my folks place. Awesome weekend of weather in Perth this weekend had an engagement party, a 1 year old birthday party and went and saw Metallica play at Burswood. Leigh is presenting at a property management conference in Dunsborough this weekend, so […]

Sales Training Lesson # 125 Are All Salespeople Manipulators?

Are all Salespeople Manipulators? The word manipulation is an interesting word – one that has an overall negative connotation in English. I say in English because like many words in English there are many words that can describe the same thing. The key to interpreting meaning is in the semantics. For example if you influence […]

Sales Training Lesson # 35 The Unfair Sales Advantage

As I write to you from my place in Margaret River, it’s Sunday 7pm and both children are asleep. If you have children you’ll appreciate the significance of that. Even if you don’t have children yourself. You’ll no doubt agree that often getting kids to go to bed can be like herding cats – and having […]

Lead Generation Warning Signs You Must Not Ignore

Lead Generation Warning Signs You Must Not Ignore It’s Sunday Night here in Margaret River. Shannon and I very bravely ventured out last night into the freezing cold air with our 4 week old son to attend a friends 40th birthday. Lachie was awesome, it was really loud in there (as you would expect at […]

Sales Training Lesson #71 The Death Trap of Product Knowledge

The Death Trap of Product Knowledge It’s Sunday night and I am writing to you from my living room table as my wife Shannon and daughter Mischa watch “Dancing with the Stars”. This week was a real eye opener. I had preliminary meetings with 3 businesses with 15 plus sales people who have never done […]

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