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With spring in the air, it is time to open the windows and let some fresh air in, and clean out winter's rut. Same goes for your pipeline, get rid of the trash the clutter, and bring in some opportunities that will grow nicely over the next couple of months. Read More

Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone. How can this phrase help you become the greatest salesperson in the world? Read More

[Open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Harper] Due to the problems in the economy and the capital markets, innovation oriented SMEs all across Canada are REALLY struggling. They need Federal Government help NOW. Here are 2 relatively cheap and affordable ways to do that... Read More

Smart companies hire salespeople who already possess the attributes that are required to succeed in sales, and they know that they can’t change people. But people who want to can and do change themselves and we all posses the ability to be something more than we are. Read More

Brochures, flyers, catalogs: They're all part of the weak salesperson's selling arsenal. While these pieces can be helpful in marketing a business or a product, they are rarely much help to a salesperson in selling a product or service. Read More

In most cases, sales processes are effective enough, just like most business strategies are effective enough. The performance gap is in the execution. Sales has never been more difficult and more complex than it is now. But the answer to the complexity isn’t process alone; instead it effective process integrated with the timeless principles that success and sales success has always built upon (pl Read More

Are you master of your emotional domain? Choosing your reactions and responses to the circumstances of your life is the key to greatness! Read More

For sales people Sales 2.0 is a boon as long as they are smart about it. But if they don't manage their "social media footprint", it could impact their Reputation 2.0. Read More

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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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