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Street Level Consulting infographic titled Military Strategy in Sales, mapping military concepts like know the battlefield, reconnaissance, flanking and after-action review to sales applications, and a six-step Sales Battle Plan: Recon, Position, Engage, Maneuver, Close, Debrief.
Infographic: military concepts turned into a sales battle plan.

Strategy

Military Strategy in Sales

Same mission, different battlefield — 13 military concepts mapped to sales, plus a 6-step Sales Battle Plan: Recon, Position, Engage, Maneuver, Close, Debrief.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Chess Theory for Sales, showing twelve chess principles such as control the center, think several moves ahead and checkmate applied to sales, a Sales Chessboard mapping sales elements to chess terms, the biggest lesson, and a nine-step SLC Sales Chess Framework from Scout to Expand.
Infographic: 12 chess principles and a 9-step sales chess framework.

Strategy

Chess Theory for Sales

The 12 key chess principles applied to sales, the Sales Chessboard, and the 9-step SLC Sales Chess Framework: Scout, Control, Discover, Position, Maneuver, Attack, Check, Close, Expand.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Sun Tzu Tactics for Sales, listing timeless strategy principles, the five biggest lessons, and a five-phase sales strategy.
Infographic: Sun Tzu's strategy principles applied to selling.

Strategy

Sun Tzu Tactics for Sales

Timeless strategy principles, the 5 biggest lessons, and a 5-phase sales strategy.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Why Do Tech Salespeople Fail, pairing the ten biggest reasons tech sellers fail with ten matching fixes.
Infographic: 10 reasons tech sellers fail and 10 fixes.

Sales Skills

Why Do Tech Salespeople Fail?

The 10 biggest reasons tech sellers fail — and the 10 fixes that turn failure into success.

Street Level Consulting infographic on Neuro-Linguistic Programming for sales, covering key NLP principles, a question formula, and a sales conversation model.
Infographic: NLP principles, question formula and sales model.

Communication

NLP — Neuro-Linguistic Programming

Key NLP principles, a question formula, and a sales model for better conversations.

Street Level Consulting navy and gold infographic titled 7 Principles of Powerful Storytelling, listing seven storytelling principles, credited By Natan Mohart, with the tagline No Fluff — No Bluff.
Infographic: 7 principles of powerful storytelling.

Communication

7 Principles of Powerful Storytelling

Seven principles for telling stories that hold attention, build trust and move buyers to act.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Elicitation, showing a five-step framework: Rapport, Open, Prompt, Listen, and Verify.
Infographic: the 5-step elicitation framework.

Communication

Elicitation

Get the information you need without asking directly — a 5-step framework: Rapport, Open, Prompt, Listen, Verify.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled 10 Quiet Habits of Top 1% Sellers, listing ten habits such as prep before every call, follow up longer than you feel comfortable, ask sharper questions, take notes others forget, stay calm when others chase, say less and listen more, and obsess over the buyer, not just the close.
Infographic: 10 quiet habits of top 1% sellers.

Sales Skills

10 Quiet Habits of Top 1% Sellers

Prep before every call, follow up longer, ask sharper questions, say less and listen more — the small daily habits that separate the top 1% of sellers.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled 8 Uncommon Traits in Every High-Performer: chip on their shoulder, tough childhood, obsession over work ethic, never satisfied, extreme self-awareness, adaptability, relentless goal-setting, and strategic collaboration, each with supporting statistics.
Infographic: 8 uncommon traits in every high-performer.

Mindset

8 Uncommon Traits in Every High-Performer

Chip on the shoulder, obsession over work ethic, never satisfied, self-awareness, adaptability, relentless goal-setting and strategic collaboration — the traits behind top performers.

Street Level Consulting resource sheet titled Why Starlink? Internet Where Traditional Service Can't Reach, listing: works where others don't; good speeds and low latency of 25 to 220 Mbps and 25 to 60 ms; business backup with automatic failover; fast deployment; disaster ready; temporary locations; and portable Roam options for RVs, travel and boating.
Resource sheet: why businesses use Starlink.

Technology

Why Starlink?

Internet where traditional service can't reach — rural and remote sites, 25–220 Mbps with 25–60 ms latency, business backup failover, fast deployment, disaster readiness, temporary locations and portable options.

Street Level Consulting resource sheet titled UCaaS ALL-n-ONE Systems listing ten advantages: all-in-one voice, video, chat and SMS; work from anywhere; lower total cost with no PBX hardware; instant scaling; built-in business continuity; enterprise-grade security; CRM, Teams and helpdesk integrations; real-time analytics; predictable per-seat pricing; and carrier-backed 99.999% uptime SLAs.
Resource sheet: advantages of a UCaaS system.

Technology

UCaaS 'ALL-n-ONE' Systems

10 advantages of a UCaaS system — voice, video, chat and SMS on one platform, work from anywhere, lower cost, failover, security, integrations and 99.999% uptime.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled How to Win in Tech Sales, listing ten key principles such as selling the business problem, mastering discovery, finding the money, and building a repeatable process.
Infographic: 10 principles for winning in tech sales.

Sales Skills

How to Win in Tech Sales

The 10 key principles for success — sell the business problem, master discovery, find the money, and build a repeatable process.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled The Cold Calling Playbook, covering mindset, the PPDVA call formula, openers, discovery questions, objection handling, a daily routine and a scorecard.
Infographic: a complete cold calling playbook.

Sales Skills

The Cold Calling Playbook

Mindset, the PPDVA call formula, key openers, discovery questions, objection handling, a daily routine and scorecard — start conversations that lead to opportunity.

Street Level Consulting infographic on Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, showing the 12 key principles, a core formula from desire to results, and a sales success strategy.
Infographic: Napoleon Hill's 12 principles for success.

Mindset

Think and Grow Rich — The 12 Key Principles

Napoleon Hill's 12 principles, the core formula from desire to results, and how to turn them into a sales and business success strategy.

Street Level Consulting navy and gold infographic titled The Street Level Guide to Critical Thinking, showing seven steps: identify the problem, gather the facts, question assumptions, consider other views, weigh the evidence, decide and act, review the results, and five questions: who benefits, what's missing, why now, what if I'm wrong, what's the next best move.
Infographic: 7 steps of critical thinking and 5 key questions.

Mindset

The Street Level Guide to Critical Thinking

Think clearly. Decide wisely. Win consistently. 7 steps of critical thinking plus 5 questions to ask every time.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled How Does Your Brain Learn, with a glowing brain at the center, the six stages of learning from attention to mastery, six key factors like focus, repetition and rest, and a six-step personal action plan.
Infographic: the 6 stages of learning and how neuroplasticity works.

Mindset

How Does Your Brain Learn?

The 6 stages of learning, the key factors that help your brain learn, and a personal action plan — the more you use it, the stronger it gets.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Technology Solution Map, organizing solutions into Cloud and Managed Services, Customer Experience, IoT and Smart Solutions, Cybersecurity, and Application and Industry Solutions, with the tagline Technology. People. Performance.
Infographic: the full map of technology solutions Street Level Consulting offers.

Technology

Technology Solution Map

Integrated solutions, smarter technology, stronger business — cloud and managed services, customer experience, IoT and smart solutions, cybersecurity, and application and industry solutions on one map.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Pinterest Sales System, showing an eight-step funnel from Pinterest profile to client, ten recommended Pinterest boards, example pin ideas, a 30-day content calendar and key tips for success.
Infographic: using Pinterest to attract small business clients.

Marketing

Pinterest Sales System

Visual content → qualified leads → more business. An 8-step Pinterest sales funnel, 10 recommended boards, example pin ideas, a 30-day content calendar and key tips for success.

Street Level Consulting navy and gold infographic titled How to Think Like a Churchill, with a portrait of Winston Churchill, seven thinking principles from see the big picture to inspire through action, a why it matters list, seven daily habits, and the quote Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.
Infographic: the 7 Churchill thinking principles and daily habits.

Leadership

How to Think Like a Churchill

Strength in mind. Leadership in action. The 7 Churchill thinking principles, why they matter, and daily habits to think like Churchill.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled Veterans and Leadership, The Legacy of Service, with a soldier on a mountaintop at sunrise, a John C. Maxwell quote that leadership is influence, six qualities veterans bring to leadership, and the message that the mission may change but leadership remains.
Infographic: the leadership qualities veterans bring to every sector.

Leadership

Veterans and Leadership — The Legacy of Service

Leadership is not a title. What veterans bring to leadership — resilience, mission focus, accountability, team-first mindset, adaptability and commitment — and why the mission may change, but leadership remains.

Street Level Consulting infographic titled The Science of Getting Rich, based on Wallace D. Wattles' book, showing nine key principles such as think abundantly, have a clear vision, create value and keep moving forward, a formula from vision to wealth, and six steps for applying it to your business.
Infographic: Wattles' 9 principles and how to apply them to your business.

Mindset

The Science of Getting Rich — The 9 Key Principles

Wallace D. Wattles' 9 principles, the formula from vision to wealth, and how to apply them to your business: think big, solve problems, deliver results, reinvest and scale.