Entries by Joeel & Natalie Rivera

SALES SKILLS: The Anchoring Technique

What is the anchoring technique? It is when a person uses a simple piece of information when making decisions, without effort or even awareness. We naturally connect external stimuli with experiences from our past, and when we create this association, it can trigger decisions in the future. An example of a simple anchor is the smell of fresh popcorn at a carnival.

SALES SKILLS: Respond vs React

In the world of sales, it’s important to know the distinction between responding to something and reacting to something. Reaction is something impulsive, something emotional that is often connected to lack of full control, while a response is something rational and logical and is something that we usually think about before we deliver.

SALES SKILLS: Dopamine and Retail Therapy

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter released by the brain that plays several roles in humans and animals. Even though it has different functions in movement, memory, behavior and cognition, attention, sleep, and learning, dopamine is mostly known for its role in our mood and the pleasurable rewards associated with different activities like sex, eating our favorite food, exercising, dancing, and even shopping.

SALES SKILLS: Faith and Religion

In my ketogenic diet course: “Keto nutrition health coaching certification”, after receiving some very constructive feedback, it became clear that a segment on vegan ketogenic diet recipes were needed. If you have ever heard of the ketogenic lifestyle, you may know that it’s based on eating high amounts of healthy fats, medium level, protein-rich foods and low in carbohydrates.

SALES SKILLS: Product Placement

We will start this lecture with a fun, little exercise. Try to remember if you’ve ever been in this situation before, or imagine, if this has never happened to you, that you just adopted a dog or a cat. You got them from the shelter, and you brought the animal home, but now the newest member of your family is hiding behind the couch, or under a bed, scared for its life, and you are wondering if it was a good decision to adopt them in the first place.