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Forecasting in sales is tricky business. Using the standard forecasting rule of increasing the odds of winning as a deal progress isn’t accurate and contributes to many missed forecasts. Ask the questions and study the evidence to produce better forecasts . . . and to do something about winning the deals while there is still a chance of doing so Read More

According to the best research I can find, roughly 2/3 of CRM implementations fail. How can this be? After so many years why haven’t sales leaders and CRM vendors figured this out Read More

From the World Cup to Monday morning quarterbacks, I wonder… “What can I take away to help me sell better? Read More

Deals should not be won at the presentation stage. Deals should be won before you ever present your solution. In order to win deals, you cannot collect the prerequisites to a deal late in the sales cycle Read More

It all started last November at a barbecue joint in Birmingham, AL. (Read about our Dreamland experience.) At the time, none of us knew the other two also had the Don Quixote gene, ever-ready to embark on a grand quest. It’s been a fascinating ride so far, and the windmills keep getting interestinger and interestinger Read More

Customer Service. Every consumer looks for it. Every retailer strives to provide it.

But the term is so overused and so under-executed that I have tired of hearing and thinking about it. In my own consumer life, there have been so many missed opportunities by individuals and stores where I have shopped to provide excellent customer service that I'm just about at the point where I want - no, need - to give noogies to every retail salesperson / clerk / customer service representative that I come into contact with. Read More

Selling across different cultures requires a focus on relationships and taking a consultative approach. You can establish and demonstrate your expertise as a consultant by guiding your buyer rather than providing numerous options.
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Crazy-busy prospects can’t handle complexity. They hate it when things are difficult to decode, decide or decifer. It grinds them to a screeching halt – which is the normal human reaction to being overwhelmed and stressed out.

Because of the chaotic business environments we work in, simplicity has recently emerged as a key factor in sales success Read More

Working your big deal dream clients through your sales funnel requires that your capacity as a salesperson grow to match the size of your deal. You have to stretch and grow to fit the big deals through Read More

Is it possible for a huge database of contacts or thousands of friends or followers to actually reduce your sales output? Yes!

This isn’t another rant on quality over quantity in lead generation. Or a diatribe on how critical lead management is to sales. It’s an important sales discussion about focus, discipline, and misplaced hope Read More