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Jane is an experienced and successful district sales manager who could work in any industry and for any company. In fact, there are many Jane's in all companies. Jane is performance-driven, a very good coach and a people person. Each month Jane is put to the test with different sales reps she must coach to success. Read More

The most common question I hear as a consultant when working with clients to integrate their sales, marketing and social media strategies is “What is the ROI ( Return on Investment ) for Social Media and Social Networks.” Many business people and companies struggle with the ROI on tools like Twitter, Blogging, FaceBook, or Video online. Based upo Read More

So, you're company doesn't provide enough training? They won't send you to seminars? Won't reimburse you for books and audio programs? Well, while that is unfortunate (sales managers, what are you thinking?!), we're not going to let you off the hook! Read More

Achieving success with cold calling is all about maintaining perspective. Too often people approach cold calling with the idea that they want to see results now. They end up abandoning the activity because they don't feel like they are making any progress. Check out these 2 Simple Goals for Cold Calling Success... Read More

No matter what you sell, the core competency every sales person needs is the ability to build relationships. Whether you've got five minutes or five months, your capacity to build rapport with your prospects is critical, and that was the topic of our discussion with Kim Williams, Vice President of Sales at Pike's Home Maintenance. Read More

Joe is a successful district sales manager who could work in any industry and for any company. In fact, there are many Joe's in all companies. Each month Joe is put to the test with different sales reps he must coach to success. He must now coach a self doubter Read More

Cross-selling is one of the holy grails of professional services - but so few firms do it well. One of the key issues is that professions are simply not aware of what their colleagues in other service areas do - or if they are, they don't trust them enough to let them loose with their clients. Read More

The key things to keeping a sales cycle shorter is a clear plan for each stage of the cycle, the willingness to let opportunities go, and focusing on the buyers buy cycle. Read More

In a strong economy just showing up to play is enough to achieve your sales objectives. In today's economic environment sales leaders are facing sales force downsizing and poor sales rep morale. Sales reps are frustrated by longer sales cycles, dropping demand, unrealistic quotas, concerns about declining income and losing their jobs. The key t Read More