I have a number of business quotes I’ve found to be true and that I live by and share in my ad sales training. One of my favorites is, “Always be looking for repeatable patterns of sales success.” That advice most definitely applies to the art of building an ad…

As advertising sales professionals, we all recognize we’re selling in a media landscape that’s tougher than ever before. So what are we going to do to control the conversation with advertisers? How will we command that conversation? And then, ultimately, convert the conversation to a sale?

It’s incredibly tough to get meetings with potential advertisers today. Everyone in media sales knows this! So prospecting, and learning to do it well, is a critical component of ad sales training. I’ve figured out six steps to perfect prospecting that work for me. Put these into practice, and watch…

Consider this:  You are a busy, dedicated, ad sales professional. Every minute of your working day is committed to doing the best for your advertisers and the media company you work for. When you’re not actually seeing clients or prospects you are researching them or designing effective ad campaigns for…