There are two groups of people who cold call: telemarketing firms and professional salespeople. For telemarketing firms, cold calling is what they do. For professional salespeople, cold calling is one tool in an arsenal of many tools (or at least it had better be). There are many reasons that salespeople don’t like cold calling, but in professional salespeople, it is rarely a fear of rejection. I
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The Truth About Why Salespeople Don't Like Cold Calling
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5438 days ago
Commitment Is the Fuel of Success Oriented People | The Motivation 101 Blog
Posted by jkennedy under SalesFrom http://jerrykennedy.com 5438 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on January 6, 2010 5:16 am
Do you give up easily, or do you pursue projects to completion? The answer to that question has a direct bearing on your level of success.
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The Salesperson as Leader
Posted by SkipAnderson under SalesFrom http://blog.sellingtoconsumers.com 5439 days ago
Made Hot by: tiroberts on January 6, 2010 12:16 am
Leadership traits are always sought after in management and executive positions, but it's less common, and unfortunate, that all companies don't require leadership qualities in new hires within the sales discipline. One way salespeople can sell more is by acting as a leader. Leaders have the ability not only to
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Matt Barrett & the CEO Mindset | Biz Money Matters |
Posted by TonyJohnston_CNi under ManagementFrom http://blog.tonyjohnston.biz 5439 days ago
Made Hot by: Cathode Ray Dude on January 5, 2010 6:38 am
If you're interested in how to develop a winning CEO mindset, I recommend you copy key pages from the Matt Barrett management play book if you can. You could learn a lot from how he achieved success at Bank of Montreal in Canada and Barclays Bank in London England. Here's how.
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Do We Have a Leadership Problem?
Posted by SalesBlogcast under ManagementFrom http://salesblogcast.com 5439 days ago
I’ve been working through some new ideas on leadership. Everywhere you turn you hear the experts talking about how, “We lack the leadership needed to carry us into the future.”
That’s a problem.
After considering it for the last six months or so, I think I have some of the answers... Read More
That’s a problem.
After considering it for the last six months or so, I think I have some of the answers... Read More
Mistakes of Ignorance and Ineptitude
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5439 days ago
Made Hot by: heatherharper on January 5, 2010 6:34 am
Sales has changed radically over the past decades. We are less ignorant about what it takes to succeed and how to create value for our clients. Many of the mistakes we now make are mistakes of ineptitude. We don’t take actions we know are necessary.
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Sales eXchange – 28 - The Pipeline
Posted by SellBetter under SalesFrom http://www.sellbetter.ca 5439 days ago
It is easy to blame the technology for failure. But the same issues that plagued CRM, could well spoil the party for Sales 2.0. Process and adoption are two areas to consider when it comes to sales related technologies.
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Quantify Yourself III: No Panaceas in Sales Improvement
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5440 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 5, 2010 10:26 am
Two posts over the last two days have generated some interesting comments and feedback. The first was a post titled Quantify Yourself. This post explained that sales is not a numbers game and suggested that you quantify your own personal sales metrics as way to understanding what you might need to improve to improve your sales results.
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Quantify Yourself II: The Return of Activity over Effectiveness
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5441 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 5, 2010 10:27 am
Less in not more. But more is not always more either. In sales, we too often believe that simply increasing activity is enough to generate increased sales. More often than not, it requires an increase in effectiveness. The key is treating activity problems and effectiveness problems differently.
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Saturday Sales Tip - The Pipeline
Posted by SellBetter under SalesFrom http://www.sellbetter.ca 5441 days ago
Made Hot by: on January 5, 2010 10:27 am
At time it is the things that we fail to do as sales people that prevent success, rather than how well we do execute those things we do. Planning is one success factor that many sales people do not do, or don't do enough of when they do.
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