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Kaleidico has always been one of the leading innovators in lead management and its critical role in converting Internet leads.

Kaleidico's Sales Manager is Innovation

Our Sales Manager lead management software has led the way many times in the Internet lead generation space: Read More

The Internet is a great tool for increasing the breadth of the information we acquire. But it is doing so to the detriment of the depth of knowledge. The impact are even worse for our time, our focus, and our attention. As this societal change continues, those who are able to discipline themselves to give their ideas, the projects, and their tasks their full focus and attention will have a strong Read More

If you look at the Lijit search widget on the right side of my blog you’ll see that the most popular topic readers search for is… Cold Calling Scripts. I find it interesting because using scripts is one of those “BIG Debate” topics that sales people and their manager often argue about.

In my very first management role I wanted everyone to, “say it just like I say it …word-for-word and you’ll Read More

It's Girl Scout Cookie time, so I took my daughter out for her first door-to-door selling experience on Saturday, spending three-and-a-half wonderful hours with her. Here's what I learned about selling on that cold January day. Read More

The world’s oldest profession involves selling. One might even argue about which came first – the selling or the sex? In fact, selling and sex are so closely related that succeeding at either one of them can be euphoric, addictive, and good fun.

You have the freedom to SELL! You can sell as much as you like, to whomever you like, for whatever the acceptable rate is, without exploiting yourself Read More

Sales people need to realize that a pipeline is not a holding crate for everything they come across in the course of the day, but a place to manage real opportunities to close. Rather than having the false comfort of a "full pipe", they should be striving to clear the distractions and focus on closing and refilling the pipe with viable prospects. Read More

Steroids have been in the news this past week with Mark McGwire's admission that he used steroids while playing Major League Baseball in his interview with Bob Costas on the MLB network. Read More

In the end our successes and our failures have more to with what we believe and the actions we take than any external factor. Regardless of the goals and targets set for you, your personal and professional development are primarily your responsibility. Don’t simply accept the goals and targets that are given to you. Read More

It is important that you as a salesperson know your business and the prospect’s business well enough to be able to make improvements. You must be well-equipped and well-informed about your product and service offerings and how they create value for your customers. However, that knowledge can’t be allowed to overrule other possibilities. Read More

Remember that your prospect is the company, not one or two individuals in it. Key roles and buyers are important, but you should also reach out and prospect some non-traditional titles or players in prospect companies, especially other executives. Read More