An executive level sales and motivational presentation by Bill Todd

4. Take Advantage of This Recession

5. Historically, recessions are relatively short and they're usually followed by long periods of prosperity

6. “ Most firms in our analysis cut their [marketing] budget in a recession.” “ Companies that have been looking at marketing as an investment, and not an expense are the ones that are going to come out of this [recession] really, really well.”

8. This is not the time to cut sales and marketing! It is well documented that companies that increase sales and marketing during a recession, when competitors are cutting back, can improve market share and return on investment at lower cost than during good economic times . John Quelch is Senior Associate Dean of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

9. “ I have yet to see any study that proves timidity is the route to success.” Studies consistently have proven that companies that have the intelligence and guts to maintain their overall marketing and advertising efforts in times of business downturns will get the edge on their timid competitors ” . J. Welsey Rosberg Senior VP, Meldrum & Fewsmith’s

10. McGraw-Hill Research analyzed 600 businesses. Those specific companies that maintained or increased their sales, marketing and advertising expenditures during a recession averaged significantly higher sales growth, both during the recession and for the following three years, than those that eliminated or decreased advertising. Sales from companies that remained aggressive during recession enjoyed a 256% increase in overall revenue- during the first three years of the recovery

18. It’s About The Relationship Stupid!

23. 39%

27. We tend to remember… 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see in pictures 50% of what we both hear & see 70% of what we explain to someone

30. “ Whenever there has been an economic downturn, consumers have kept travelling”

31. only a modest decline of 1.3 percent in pleasure travel for 2009. only a modest decline of 1.3 percent in pleasure travel for 2009. a modest decline of 1.3 percent in pleasure travel for 2009.

32. “ American families are not canceling travel…but they are traveling closer to home”

33. GREAT NEWS FOR YOU !!!

34. Good News for Hampton

36. 71%

37. “ We’ve concentrated on targeting guests who will travel 2 to 4 hours from their home”

38. This one is just a breeze

41. You have a specific skill set that is in tremendous demand now …and will only become more essential each year for the foreseeable future !

48. $8 trillion in 2008 $15 trillion by 2018

49. A Loaded Question

53. 1. Sales and Marketing

54. Sales Cures All ! Mark Cuban, Owner, Dallas Mavericks NBA Team

55. … .

57. Your career will take off the millisecond you establish the reputation of always exceeding on your annual sales targets

58. 75% 49% or less

59. $ 20,000.00 $ 8,000.00

60. People Pay for Performance

64. A Brilliant Move

65. 80 - 20

66. 4%

73. “ The rest of us seem pretty darn sure why the best of us are so productive”

76. College Drop Outs

79. Experience Or Years Of Service

84. This is Just Too Simple!

85. 96%

86. Attitude

87. “ Attitude is not a feeling, it is a self induced state of mind! In fact, it is one of the few self imposed blessings”

88. "Our attitude toward life determines life's attitude toward us"

89. ATTITUDE NOT Aptitude

90. “ Your attitude right now - is only as positive as you decide it will be”

91. They will know to the last dime what their 2009 sales targets are and they have every intention of not only hitting those goals …. but exceeding them !

92. If they do not find the circumstances easily accessible for success ….they will create their own. No questions asked!

94. Jason http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fw1CcxCUgg

95. “ 80% of Your Success Comes From Attitude And Only 20% From Aptitude”

96. “ Selling the exact same product at the exact prices in the exact same markets ”

98. The only difference between the two groups was in their attitudes

99. People are always blaming their circumstances on their on their lack of success. ________________ The people who get on in this world are the people who get up …and look for the circumstances they want … And, if they can’t find them, make them. ______________________

101. Start thinking and acting like the person you want to become.

102. “ How would the person I’d like to be, do the things I’m about to do?"

103. “ The number one problem that keeps people from winning in North America is a lack in belief in themselves”… A.L. Williams

104. If you don't program your success, your life will program you.

106. Sometimes you have believe in their vision until your attitude catches up.

113. Hire For Attitude First

114. 74%

115. Infectious attitude

118. PMMFI

120. Unwavering Bias For Action

121. Ready – Fire - Aim

122. They have an unrelenting focus on doing things that produce revenue!

123. "The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It's as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today! "

124. 53 vs 8

125. Double Your Sales Performance

127. Professional Persistence!

129. “ I Miss 100% Of The Shots I Never Make”

131. “ What separates the successes from the failures is the ability to carry on when the clients say no.”

135. SW-SW-SW-SW

137. 65% 74%

138. Because they did not feel appreciated.

141. FUN

142. 70% of corporate buyers would switch vendors today if they could find someone more fun to do business with. ☻

149. Fun = 127% More Productive

150. The simple act of incorporating fun into your sales plus your employees jobs had just been designated as on of the best business ideas ever .

153. “ To those of you who are never in a hurry, who say what’s the rush. Who believe that when it comes to taking action that we have plenty of time. Well, I’ll do my best to be as polite and delicate as possible.”

154. You are an idiot. There is no time. There is always a rush. You don’t have all the time in the world “ HURRY UP!”

158. The End -Thank You !