AdvantEdge Sales Summit On August 2nd To Reveal Sales Secrets Of Fortune 500 Companies; Techniques To Help Attending Business Owners Increase Their Profits

The AdvantEdge Sales Summit, a one-day seminar to be held on August 2, 2008, will equip sales people and business owners with the sales training, tools, and knowledge that are commonly practiced by Fortune 500 companies.

Melville, NY (PRWEB) July 20, 2008 -- The AdvantEdge Sales Summit, a one-day seminar to be held on August 2, 2008, will equip sales people and business owners with the sales training, tools, and knowledge that are commonly practiced by Fortune 500 companies.

The seminar will be conducted by Maura J. Halligan, President of AdvantEdge, Inc. Halligan, a sales and management consultant, will hold the seminar on August 2nd at the Huntington Hilton Hotel at 598 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, NY, 11747-5002. The seminar will be from 8:00 am to 3:30 p.m., with lunch and coffee breaks included. Pricing is $249 per individual.

Attending sales people and business owners will discover secrets that great sales pros know, such as how to get an impossible-to-reach customer to take their call, how to get information using powerful questions, how to lose the fear of hearing "your price is too high" Halligan will also reveal other profitable techniques to help close sales, turn objections into sales, add impact to presentations, follow up tips, and more.

Halligan's teaching methods during her sales coaching workshops create a friendly, interactive environment. She makes it fun to learn without taking away from the importance and effectiveness of training. Some of the companies she has helped through consulting and training programs include Johnson Controls, Siemens, Evergreen Solar, Bayer, Zurich Insurance, and several divisions of GE.

"I call Maura Halligan my Passport To Success! I hired her to 'enlighten' my sales force after interviewing several other vendors because she had been in sales herself and obviously could relate to all aspects of my sales force's developmental needs. Her passion for the selling business is why I have hired [her] for each of the GE divisions I've worked with!" states Pat Lang, Director of Training, GE Industrial.

About Maura Halligan:
Halligan has over 25 years experience in consulting, general management, sales management, and sales experience. After working as a medical technologist she moved into sales and sales management in the healthcare industry. She brought teams at Roche and Baxter's Dade
division to 1st place positions. She also negotiated the largest hospital joint venture in the country while working at Critical Care America.

Halligan has been a consultant since 1994. Through her company, AdvantEdge, she offers public training programs for small business owners, sales professionals, and any business person looking to grow their business. AdvantEdge also gives seminars such as "The Essentials
for Starting a Small Business" and "The AdvantEdge Cold Calling Boot Camp."

For more information about the AdvantEdge Sales Summit, business owners and sales personnel should call: 1-877-399-6757 or FAX 1-631-225-1353, or visit the Web address below:

http://www.advantedgesales.com/

For an interview, please contact Maura Halligan by phone at: 1-877-399-6757 or by email.

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