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More than 800 sales professions were observed in live sales meetings and were rated on 23 different selling skills. Eight types of sales people were discovered but only three groups were consistently effective in securing the next steps, moving to next stage or closing the deal. Here is a broad ove Read More

In recent years there has been more focus on price which has led to increased pressure to discount. Corporate buyers and decision makers as well as savvy consumers all seem to demand lower prices and price breaks.

What’s a sales person to do?

Here are six strategies you can implement that wil Read More

Since it is the New Year, both organizationally and individually, we have new plans, strategies and goals. They may be expressed in terms of quotas, revenue, profit goals. They may be new initiatives or new programs. In some organizations, the process for establishing these actually started back in Read More

Price is just a number, the thing that gives it meaning is what the number is relative to, value or a lower number. As a seller it is our job to make it relative to the value and impact a buyer will get by meeting your number. Read More

When do you allow a salesperson to call on a target account that by your judgment appears to be one that should be disqualified? Read More

Those of you who know me know that I am a fanatic road bike rider.  Naturally, I rode bikes a lot as a kid, and rode at college because it was the easiest way Read More

You really can't make this stuff up, you gotta live it.  When I heard this, I just had to ask, "Did you just say...?" Read More

Many people for many years have written about and focused on the notion of continuous improvement.  Personally, I think it’s necessary to think in terms of methodical, relentless, continuous improvement.  The extra adjectives add important perspective. Read More

The word “process” makes the sales process sound more confining than it is. It’s a collection of best practices that reverse engineer what works. Read More