One of the best strategies to gain increased engagement with a prospect or customer is to approach them with three thoughtful, relevant ideas about how you can help their business. In this way, you’ll drive an agenda favorable to your business, increase your credibility as a strategic partner, and differentiate yourself from the competition. I […]
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Calculating the True Cost of Marketing
Over a century ago, retailing pioneer John Wanamaker famously said “Half my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half.” The same challenge confronts most companies today. But what if you could know exactly which of your lead sources was producing what results and calculate your marketing and sales costs to the penny on […]
Recruiting Top Producing Salespeople
Good help is hard to find. Never is that phrase more true – or important – than when it comes to finding, developing and keeping good salespeople. Sales team member development will be covered in my articles on training. Retaining good salespeople is generally a question of properly setting and managing expectations which will be […]
Zen Selling
We’ve all known salespeople who seem to be the the marketing equivalent of “The Natural.” They know everything; about their offering, their clients, their prospects and their competition. They’re prepared for and calmly overcome every objection. They never get flustered or seem desperate, never take “no” for an answer. When they are faced with unavoidable […]
The World’s Greatest Sales Team?
This site was born out of frustration. Like most salespeople, over the years I’ve been frustrated with different aspects of every organization I’ve been associated with. Whether as an employee, independent contractor or consultant, it seems that invariably I find multiple, critical aspects of the sales process either ignored or poorly handled by the companies […]
