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I think it’s harder than ever to keep your sales process moving forward. There are so many innovative technologies that hold promise for sales. So many social media tools that help us connect and build relationships. Unfortunately all this scatters our attention and focus and working the sales pipeline.

Here are some time-tested ideas for returning your focus to forward sales movement. Read More

Every good golfer needs to work on their follow through, and so do good sales people. You need to get past the surface where a lot of sales reps get stuck by having follow through questions for each question you ask. Read More

A competitor has recently been calling to pitch a new feature: Pop-ups when a customer opens one of your emails. The competitor seems to believe that the moment an email is opened is a good time to call the customer. I disagree.

First, if I were the customer I'd probably get freaked out. Just because I open an email from some random company doesn't mean I want to talk to them. Read More

Could it be that some salespeople are more effective than others at calling and gaining appointments with C-level executives? There is no reason that you, as a professional salesperson, cannot pick up the phone and call C-level executives, providing you have great ideas (and you do have great ideas!). Read More

Commissions are a very subjective thing, and for most sales people, a very personal thing, and rightfully so. The one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that the incentive plan should drive results. Of course, that assumes that you have the right plan in place. After that, you get little agreement.
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The Sales Bloggers Union is off to a fine start for 2010, kicking off the decade with a topic near and dear to my heart and I am sure yours, Commission Plans & Targets. Do they have to be the same old same old? If selling has changed in the post Lehman Brothers era, should incentive plans change too? Everything you ever needed to know (well almost everything).

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A Play in One Act: Why Can't Tiffany Sell to Men?

As the scene opens, the sales manager is having a private sales coaching meeting with Tiffany, one of his average-performing salespeople. Tiffany is sitting back in her chair, legs extended, looking tired and frustrated.
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Today’s podcast is with sales technology thought leader John Cousineau who is President of Innovative Information the creators of Amacus. John and I have had a number of coffee chats and debates around why and how to use technology and social media to improve sales performance and customer experience. The nexus of sales and social media seems to be happening in the CRM and Social CRM space. The Read More

Competitive intelligence is an increasingly critical skill. The economy has made the business environment more competitive. However, the increasingly social Web is big factor.

Companies (your competitors) are leaking more information than ever into social media channels. Snooping on these dropped hints and disclosures can give you a big strategic advantage.
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Mike Damphousse, of Smash Mouth Marketing blog does an interesting survey of several lead generation experts.

How aggressively do I go after them? Do I pounce immediately? Do I pause and call shortly thereafter? Do I just nurture them? Do I wait a couple days then call?

This is definitely the top question we get about Internet lead management at Kaleidico. So, what do the experts say? Read More