Your salesperson made a mistake. Making them pay for their mistake costs you more than you can afford, and does nothing to help either you or your salesperson.
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Stop Punishing Failure (A Note to the Sales Manager)
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5042 days ago
Turn Down That Deal! It’s Poison!
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5043 days ago
Sometimes salespeople, sales managers, and their companies believe it is wrong to turn down a deal. When a deal isn’t right for you and your company, it isn’t right.
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Hiring Mistakes: Hiring Those Who Haven’t Embraced Sales
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5045 days ago
When a salesperson leaves their job and sales to pursue a job that is not in sales, you know that you made a serious hiring mistake.
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Clients are demanding. They want what they want. Sometimes it feels as if they expect everything to be perfect. They don’t. But they do have expectations.
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How Your Sales Manager Knows That You Are Working
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5049 days ago
You may not know it, but your sales manager knows when you are working and when you aren’t. And, she doesn’t need to look at your activity reports.
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A Very Pleasant Conversation, Quickly Going Nowhere
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5049 days ago
To succeed in sales, you have to know the outcome that you want from the actions you are taking, and you have to have a single-minded focus on achieving that outcome
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Rant: The Inequity of Commission-Only Sales
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5050 days ago
There are some positions where commission-only structure makes sense. There are some salespeople for whom a commission-only pay structure makes sense. They are few.
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So, What Makes You Different?
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5051 days ago
The question as to what makes you different is either the easiest question in the world to answer, or it is the most difficult question to answer.
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Understanding Your Place in the Value Chain
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5053 days ago
Your place in the value chain is in helping your dream clients to produce results for their dream clients. You are their competitive advantage.
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If You Are Going to Do Something, Do Something Big
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5053 days ago
Create big and meaningful value. Don’t dabble around the edges. It’s not good for you, and it isn’t what your dream clients need from you.
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