Metrics not only help in improving specific sales skills, but in measuring the actual time an activity requires. Too often sales people over allocate time to activities they don't like.
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The Upside of Being Measured – Sales eXchange – 97
Posted by SellBetter under SalesFrom http://www.sellbetter.ca 4944 days ago
The Chief Executive Officer of Your Life—You!
Posted by iannarino under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://thesalesblog.com 4945 days ago
Too many people leave their life’s direction and meaning to others. You are the CEO of your life. It’s a lot of responsibility (one with a short tenure, too).
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Who Do You Serve? A Note to the Sales Manager
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 4946 days ago
Many sales managers serve the business before the sales force. By serving the company first, they neglect the one asset they have to produce results: the sales force.
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Before You Can Sell Your Solution You Must Sell Your Diagnosis
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 4947 days ago
We waste too much time trying to fast forward to solutions. The real action in the sales process--and the buying process, for that matter--is in the diagnosis.
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Are You Selling Like Publishers Clearing House?
Posted by SalesDuJour under SalesFrom http://www.salesdujour.com 4947 days ago
The first time a “You won a $1,000,000” showed up in my mailbox, my sales and marketing mind was piqued. Opening this treasure revealed I had not won anything yet and might only win a car or digital clock with a shortwave radio that doesn’t work. The pitch unfolded to a litany of stuff
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Reports of the Death of the Salesperson Are Greatly Exaggerated - Guest Post
Posted by SellBetter under SalesFrom http://www.sellbetter.ca 4947 days ago
Made Hot by: HeatherStone on May 15, 2011 7:35 am
While sales and customers are changing, and sales people need to evolve to stay relevant, it is too optimistic to suggest that REAL sales professionals will be extinct soon. Craig looks at things impacting sales and what you sales professionals should do in response.
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The Difference Between Persistence and Nuisance—The Sales Blog Mailbag
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 4948 days ago
The persistence that your dream client will later value when applied to the outcomes you promised can sometimes damage relationships. How to know where the line is.
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Yet Another Signal That “Every h-Rep Needs An e-Rep”
Posted by tyoungbl under SalesFrom http://ypsgroup.com 4948 days ago
Made Hot by: Monsieur Eraser on May 15, 2011 8:04 am
Dreamland Interactive, a business partner of The YPS Group, took a major step in its ability to deliver e-Rep content development services. Their new radio studio in Atlanta, GA was specifically designed to support business talk radio and help clients solve the prospecting problem.
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Be Fully Present, Not Focused on Your Outcome
Posted by iannarino under SalesFrom http://thesalesblog.com 4949 days ago
Even though you want to focus on obtaining the future commitment you need, that outcome comes through your focus on the sales interaction you are now engaged in.
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You’re Through the Door, Now Stay Inside - Sales- Eventbrite
Posted by SalesDuJour under SalesFrom http://twhmayexpertseries2011.eventbrite.com 4949 days ago
Congratulations! All of your homework and follow up has paid off! You landed the first meeting with your prospect. Join us and learn how to not just stay inside, but move through your sales process with Gary S. Hart.
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