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Lots of salespeople are challenged by having to make cold calls. But there are some principles that, if taken to heart and adopted into your practice, can make cold calling a lot more effective Read More

Sales is a metaphor for a number of things in life, sports, art, sex, you name it. But in the end when you look at sales as an art form, executed by an artist, you can't help but think that sales is itself a metaphor Read More

Part of a salesperson's job is to explain things. You might need to explain how a particular feature of your product works, or why the customer's shipment of the product has been delayed, or why your return policy is what it is.

But some salespeople can be notoriously poor at explaining things well.

A good "explainer" add Read More

Change efforts come with their own pain. When the pain of the change effort outweighs the pain your dream client is experiencing, they are likely to keep the pain they know Read More

The first recording of this episode started with the recommendation that all sales reps should start a blog. After pondering a bit on the reasons behind the recommendation though, it became clear that a prediction was more appropriate Read More

Sales people with short attention spans often need instant gratification. Sales managers are the same way… pushing to, “get something to close… anything… today!” If they don’t experience the immediate hit, they start looking for a better way.. Read More

Say Goodbye To The Billable Hour With Alexis Martin Neely exclusive interview with the lawyer you love on getting rid of billable hours and how she has built several million dollar businesses Read More

One of the hottest topics in the sales community right now is lead generation. Not just the big marketing programs that your company runs (and you rarely get any good leads from), but personal lead generation. Marketing efforts that you can start, manage, and see results from without any significant investment of time or money Read More

PYou have a new desk, a nice chair, and a fancy phone. You have a blank tablet, your favorite pen, and a computer. You have a product or service and a great pitch lined up. You’ve got sales goals written on the whiteboard and everyone’s names–ready to record their contribution.

But, the office is deafeningly quite. How do you get sales lead flowing into a new sales team Read More

As a manager, how do you communicate with your team? Do you have a systematized, reliable process for sharing both large and small segments of information with your employees? Or do you rely on the default communication structure in any organization Read More