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| Paul McCord | ||
Paul McCord is a leading authority on prospecting, referral selling and personal marketing. With over 25 years experience as a salesperson, manager, executive, professional sales trainer and management consultant, Paul’s experience is both broad and deep. Paul is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Texas A&M University,Commerce, former college instructor of literature and philosophy, and business owner who’s primary focus is helping salespeople,professionals, and business owners become more successful, both as salespeople and as individuals. Paul McCord’s personal business experience spans the financial services industry, including wholesaling securities to NASD firms and running mortgage companies, to owning and managing a successful specialty newspaper, to selling millwork and specialty products to residential builders. As a trainer and consultant, Paul has taken the hard learned lessons of his sales and management days and created innovative, unique and effective solutions to some the sales and marketing department’s most critical problems. As a recognized authority in sales training, personal marketing/branding and sales department development, Paul has been called upon to help journalists, producers and freelance journalists address issues of importance to their readers, viewers and listeners. He has been interviewed or quoted extensively in such publications as The Dallas Morning News,SellingPower magazine, Stu Taylor on Business, Airport Business, SalesRepRadio, Motel and Hotel Management, Advisor Today, The Boston Globe, Forbes, The Seattle Times and many others. |
- All articles by Paul McCord
- Recognizing Your Biggest Competitor
- The Waste of Sales Training
- Panic and the Rise of Micro Management
- 4 Steps to Creating Powerful, Effective Sales Meetings
- The Three Most Important Words for Sales Success
- Lessons from the Real Estate Industry
- Sales Call Reports—Are They Worth the Hassle?
- Netting a Return on Networking
- Where Is Your Sense of Urgency?
- Using Incentives to Get Referrals
- 2009 – The Year of the Hunter
- Personal Marketing
- Can We Reclaim Our Place in the Sales Process?
- Is Your Follow-up Communication Guilty of Prospecticide?
- The Death of Personal Marketing, Part 2
- Moving Sales Out of the Dark Ages
- Build Your Business through Your Contacts
- Three 'Secrets' to a Successful Networking Event
- Turn Your Expertise into a Road Show
- The Death of Personal Marketing, Part 1
- How to Populate Your Company with Top Talent
- Professional Development
- Why Clients Resist Giving Quality Referrals
- Three Critical Words for Sales Success
- Never a Cold Call, Always an Introduction
- From Classroom to Paycheck: Making Sales Training Work
- Know Who Your Client Knows
- The Medium, The Message, and The Financial Planner
- Client or Customer? Is It Important?
- Referral Sources or Referral Partnerships?
- Do You Need to Fire Your Employer?
- A First-time Manager's Story: A Lesson in Wasted Talent and Money
- Are You a Sales Professional or Semi-skilled Laborer?
- What Are You Teaching Your Prospects About Your Value to Them?
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