Diane Pinkard
BS, MA
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Success with Happiness and Heart Expert

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- Sales Training, Coaching, and Mentoring
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Consultant
Diane loves to learn and she loves to teach. Best of all, she loves share with happiness and heart!
Diane Marie Pinkard earned her Califo ia State Teaching Credential and master’s degree from Califo ia Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo, Califo ia. Her emphasis of study is in psychology and the social sciences. Diane’s passion lies in the “Business of Human Relations.” Her love for teaching and selling ultimately evolved into her own personal study about human dynamics and what makes people tick. She has launched and operated three successful businesses and has earned the reputation of being an accomplished professional in a number of sales arenas. Now she is taking her personal touch to technology – she sells a mortgage reduction program on the telephone and internet.
Diane is available for speaking engagements, consultation, coaching, and mentoring, upon request. Her personality is warm and infectious. A natural teacher, she will inspire you, she will challenge you and she will delight you. Her approach is straight-up, genuine, and full of heart. She joyfully shares her street smarts and her delightful, heartwarming stories with the sincere intention of enlightening and education you – whether you are in Diane’s company, or you are reading her book.
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From the Heart: Six Ways to Build Connections in Your Selling Relationships
If you want to have a fulfilling career in sales, you must first and foremost ask yourself these two questions: Do you enjoy serving people? Do you want to make your customer’s day better than it was before he or she met you or talked with you?” If you answered yes to these questions, then ...
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A Gift for You from “G:” Twenty-five Life Lessons for Your Selling Success
So, who is “G?” And, what is the importance for remembering him? “G” is my father. To his family he is “Bill,” and to his grandchildren he is “G.” Rather suddenly, “G” passed away at the ripe old age of 90, in April of 2011. Needless to say, for the last couple of years, my life has been halted for pursuing my own goals and dreams. Instead, my time has been consumed with trips to Santa Barbara, to aid my sister, as we watched our Mom succumb to the disease of Alzheimer’s and our Dad fight to keep the home front strong and intact.
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Attention Youth: Increase Your Professional Success with Timeless Wisdom
By Diane Marie Pinkard “Sales Success with Happiness and Heart” It isn’t what you don’t know that is killing your selling success. Its: What you don’t’ know that you don’t know that is killing your selling success! This simple proclamation, packed with priceless wisdom, makes me think of a very successful business model in the marketplace today that I would like to share with you.
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Diane Pinkard
“People buy people, and they buy best from people that treat them like they matter."
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831.426.2510
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Diane Marie Pinkard, “Sales Success with Happiness and Heart,” believes that “People buy people, and they buy best from people who treat them like they matter.” This simple, cheerful proclamation is the heart and soul of my book, Just Treat Me Like I Matter: The Heart of Sales, and my sales trainings. I teach that successful selling is not only about closing the sale, it’s also about building quality relationships, rich connections, and loyal trust—first with yourself, and then with your customers.
My passion lies in the “Business of Human Relations”, and I have a culmination of 40 years experience in teaching and sales. As a professional sales coach, sales mentor, and sales trainer, I offer expert professional sales training programs and sales training services. No matter what your type of selling, my teaching “toolbox” is brimming with brilliant “tools” and techniques for improving both your personal and your professional life.
Diane Marie Pinkard, “Sales Success with Happiness and Heart," is an author, sales professional, and sales trainer. My book is, Just Treat Me Like I Matter: The Heart of Sales, and my Website is: www.heartofsales.com