Leads have much more value than most sales reps will acknowledge. They would rather move on to new leads than to the things needed to maximize the opportunity presented by good leads over time.
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Saturday Sales Tip – 5 - The Pipeline
Posted by SellBetter under SalesFrom http://www.sellbetter.ca 5413 days ago
Three Thoughts on Competitiveness in Salespeople
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5414 days ago
Yesterday’s post on competitiveness in salespeople brought three comments, all of which require more than a response in the comments section under the original post. Ponder these thoughtful comments. Then act accordingly and fight like Hell.
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3 Business Lessons From American Idol | The Motivation 101 Blog
Posted by jkennedy under SalesFrom http://jerrykennedy.com 5415 days ago
Think American Idol is just for kids? Think again! Here are three important business lessons you should have learned while watching American Idol.
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When Sales Performance Incentives Don't Work
Posted by SkipAnderson under SalesFrom http://blog.sellingtoconsumers.com 5415 days ago
I have often been an advocate of increasing incentive pay and lowing base pay for salespeople in the B2C space. But increasing the portion of income that can be derived from commission won't work for all types of sellers.
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Competitiveness in Salespeople
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5415 days ago
Competitiveness has come to been seen as a negative characteristic. It isn’t. Sales is a zero sum game. The best salespeople have a competitive nature that allows them to believe that they can win and motivates them to take actions in line with those beliefs.
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Closed vs. Open Ended Questions - The Pipeline
Posted by SellBetter under SalesFrom http://www.sellbetter.ca 5415 days ago
Contrary to some opinions, closed ended questions have value in sales. As with any question, it's more an issue of proper use, at the proper time, for a specific objective.
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Who Do You Have To Be To Evolve?
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 5416 days ago
Your success in sales also depends upon your ability to change, to grow, to evolve, and to adapt. This constant growth and changing is what allows you to continually create value for your company and it’s clients. The game of sales has changed. To succeed in sales now you need more than sales acumen.
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Getting the Sale Started May Be More Important than Closing
Posted by billrice under SalesFrom http://blog.nextwavemarketingstrategies.com 5417 days ago
We have all heard the infamous sales mantra–ABC, Always Be Closing. But what about Openings? This is the essential question Anthony Iannarino, of The Sales Blog asks, what’s more important the opener or the closer?
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Book Review: Linchpin by Seth Godin | Better Closer
Posted by billrice under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://bettercloser.com 5417 days ago
I’ve met Seth Godin only once in person. I attended one of his personal jam sessions (my term, not his) in New York. He changes you.
Not everyone gets that opportunity. However, I think Linchpin comes the closest to having your own personal jam session with Seth Godin Read More
Not everyone gets that opportunity. However, I think Linchpin comes the closest to having your own personal jam session with Seth Godin Read More
Clever Ways to Monitor Social Media with FriendFeed
Posted by billrice under Social MediaFrom http://bettercloser.com 5417 days ago
FriendFeed is a powerful aggregator of social media. What really makes it interesting is that it is an aggregator of others aggregations. That means you potentially get the best of everyone else’s social media monitoring.
What does that mean? Simply put the best of social media monitoring–aggregation and pretty good noise filtration. Read More
What does that mean? Simply put the best of social media monitoring–aggregation and pretty good noise filtration. Read More
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