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Flash forward…last week I was talking to a client about a new B2B social media sales training program we are building out. This client (in the business of selling big ticket enterprise software) had already noted a few natural trends in their sales organization, as it applied to using social media. There were three distinct groups... Read More

Knowledge is cheap, ubiquitous, indexed, accessible, and portable. It is no longer power. The new power is wisdom. It is the ability to make choices that generate the best results and outcomes. Read More

Your effort will make or break your sales career. So will your knowledge and skill and ability to add value to your prospects' lives. So will your ability to create trusting and genuine short-term and long-term relationships with prospects, customers, managers, and suppliers. But, perhaps more than any of the factors above, this prospect type will have more to do with your career success than
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The sales process is a non-linear. It is the salesperson’s duty to advance the sale from one stage to the next, but not to ignore the needs of their client or their client’s buying process. Sometimes this means going all the way and then backtracking to pick up the pieces in between. Read More

Honesty and integrity are defining characteristics of successful salespeople. The fact that they are table stakes doesn’t mean that aren’t part of the client’s evaluation and selection process. Read More

For sales success to mean anything, we have to be given the opportunity to fail. The more we have the opportunity to fail, the more lucrative winning at sales can be. Celebrate sales failure. Embrace it. Commit to failing, because you can only succeed in a sales career if you also have the ability to fail. Read More

Find out how the Social Media Success Summit 2010 can help your social media marketing success and what social media tactics you can learn at this virtual event. Read More

Sales managers and executives are constantly trying to figure out if they are going to meet or exceed plan month after month… quarter after quarter. As the end of the quarter approaches, managers call a meeting to figure out what everyone is going to do to ensure they hit their goals. Sound familiar? Read More

No one likes to be micromanaged. But being successful and doing quality work require that you micromanage yourself, keeping yourself on task and focused. Read More

Even if you change nothing about the sales process (which I very much doubt), it is necessary from time to time to review your sales process, to take an inventory of what is working and what isn’t, and make adjustments and improvements. Give your sales process an expiration date. Read More