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Dirty databases kill morale. It’s so difficult to reach decision makers these days. More than ever, sales success is dependent on our ability to be more efficient. If you are like most sales people, you are working through a combination of various leads lists, and those who are wise, are managing their most targeted contacts through a CRM.

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The term “trusted advisor” used to mean that the salesperson had the business acumen to help their clients achieve better outcomes. It has now come to mean something less; namely, the false idea that trusted advisors don’t sell. Read More

Bill Rice recalls the late 1990s and the first several years of the 21st century, when lead-gen campaigns on the Web turned acquiring sales leads into a volume game. “Leads were plentiful and a 1% to 2% conversion rate was considered successful,” said Rice, chief sales officer of Kaleidico, which provides software for b-to-b sales. Read More

If your sales are not what you want them to be (or what you need them to be), know that the outcomes that you are now getting are the result of who you are and the actions that you are taking. If you want your results to change, then you have to change. Read More

Sales people sell change. They sell a better future, a better outcome. Successful salespeople know that they sell more than a product or service; they sell change. Follow these ideas to improve your change management skills. Read More

To be effective in sales requires the ability to negotiate. But negotiation with organizations that we intend work with for years, and with whom tremendous competitive value is created, isn’t about value claiming. Instead, it is about being creative enough to create win-win deals that overcome the sticking points. Use these ideas to improve your ability to negotiate. Read More

I came across one of the classic deadly myths of sales. It was in the form of a question on LinkedIn Answers. Let’s see if you can spot it... Read More

Think you as a salesperson are (or should be) in control of the sales process? Guest blogger Joel D Canfield disagrees. He'd like to remind everyone who's really in control: the customer! Read More

Is the Sales Profession Dying? No… You are just listening to the wrong people!

I recently attended a sales and marketing conference. During one presentation, the focus turned to “Closing Techniques.” The presenter shared word-for-word scripts that would lead the prospect to “YES!”

Inevitably, someone in the back raised their hand and said, “That type of approach would put me off,” to whi Read More