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Why you need job descriptions for sales positions. Read More

Back in 1999 “Let's Get Real or Let's Not Play” was published. It was a groundbreaking work - one of the very first books to focus on selling for consultants and other professionals; and one of the very first to take the stance that selling should be about seller and buyer working together to achieve mutual objectives - not one trying to manipulat Read More

The expanding reach of the Internet and growth of online collaboration tools have all changed small business outsourcing dramatically in the past 3-4 years. Let us take a look at 10 key trends for using independent contractors for projects and even ongoing staffing needs, and how they shape up in 2009: Read More

This post is about the poser of saying No in the sales cycle Read More

In the 80's there was a saying that a sales person could walk outside and catch an order in each hand while four were falling to the ground. Boom economies are great for companies but mask the true worth of a sales persons skill, how much of those orders were down to customers fulfilling their need rather than the sales person selling? Read More

Stories and Anecdotes can be one of the most powerful tools in the professional's sales armoury. And yet they're often overlooked in favour of more rational approaches: facts, figures and statistics. However, those who learn to sell with stories find that they gain credibilty, are able to make complex ideas more concrete for clients, and are ab Read More

A very interesting article debating if the top sales people have the capacity to become top sales managers. Read More

Enter a contest to win $5K in free sales training. Win by getting free sales training, this is just crazy. Read More

A little fun and games for a winter day. Read More

How can we bridge the gap between the need for realistic, accurate sales forecasts - and the inherent characteristic of successful salespeople to be highly optimistic. Read More