About Rod Solar

Rod Solar is a co-founder of LiveseySolar and a Scalable Business Advisor for its customers. Rod mentors and coaches eye surgery business CEOs/Founders and their leadership teams to triple their sales, double their profit, and achieve their "ideal exit".

Provide context if you want sales training to actually stick

2021-10-20T10:00:36+01:00Converting Leads|

It's a common concern: you invest in training, spend time and energy working with the trainer to set it up, devote valuable time to send employees to the training event... and nothing changes. When they return, it's business as usual, and the training seems to have no impact whatsoever. What went wrong?In this post, Laura Livesey helps us understand how to make training stick, so that you can get the return on investment you are seeking.

Who should pay for sales training: the employee or the employer?

2022-03-23T06:03:26+00:00Converting Leads|

Today I read a thought-provoking question on LinkedIn. What a novel concept, asking end users to contribute to their own career progression by paying for training. So how do we decide who should pay? One's response to this question might depend on so many things, most importantly whether you are the employer or the employee! Other influencers might include one's culture, personal sense of proactive responsibility, and of course, one's means.

Prospects want more leadership from you when being sold to

2021-08-12T13:20:47+01:00Converting Leads|

Question: We talk a lot about how non-sales professionals might feel during sales interactions. How do you think that prospects and clients feel? What do you think they are looking for when they are trying to purchase something from a professional? What benefits might there be if the relationship gets off on the right foot? In this video, Rod answers these questions and more...

Understanding WordPress by comparing it to a car

2021-10-20T09:51:30+01:00Generating Awareness|

Many people are familiar with WordPress, the world's most prominent content management system. We made our first Wordpress website over six years ago, back then what seems obvious today - at least in our clients' minds - was not so certain. Since that point, WordPress has become the only way we make healthcare websites.

How to avoid cheesy salesmanship and sell like a professional

2021-08-12T13:21:51+01:00Converting Leads|

Today Rod Solar answers a question that we get asked all the time by non-sales professionals. If you've ever stayed clear of selling for fear of looking or sounding cheesy, then watch this video. Question: What would you say to people that say sales is cheesy or isn’t suitable for professionals or a professional environment?

In 2015 let’s use our phones for… talking

2021-08-11T12:51:17+01:00Converting Leads|

We can text, email, Tweet, and Facebook. We can GChat or Skype, and "say congrats" to our network on LinkedIn. And we can do it all conveniently through our handheld mobile devices. As we welcome the new year into our lives, it's hard not to notice that we live in a hyperconnected world where communication can be constant, yet many of us are more isolated and anonymous than ever.

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