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So Hollywood tells us that the world is going to end in 2012. Yikes! That means we only have a couple years to meet our sales and career goals! Better hurry... Read More

Every good golfer needs to work on their follow through, and so do good sales people. You need to get past the surface where a lot of sales reps get stuck by having follow through questions for each question you ask. Read More

Want to know more about what's going on in the minds of venture capitalists? These are the blogs of venture capitalists and VC firms from around the world – ranked by their number of Google Reader subscribers. Please note, there are many great blogs with fewer subscribers as the number of subscribers doesn’t necessarily correlate to the quality of content. Read More

If you’re going to transition from the budget work into the higher quality jobs, you’re eventually going to have to stop relying on job boards to get your work, but that doesn’t mean they’re completely without value. I was introduced to many of my best clients via bidding sites. Read More

A competitor has recently been calling to pitch a new feature: Pop-ups when a customer opens one of your emails. The competitor seems to believe that the moment an email is opened is a good time to call the customer. I disagree.

First, if I were the customer I'd probably get freaked out. Just because I open an email from some random company doesn't mean I want to talk to them. Read More

An overview of best practices and hidden tips and tricks to maximize Twitter lists. Includes an overview of the different ways to use the lists feature. Read More

Could it be that some salespeople are more effective than others at calling and gaining appointments with C-level executives? There is no reason that you, as a professional salesperson, cannot pick up the phone and call C-level executives, providing you have great ideas (and you do have great ideas!). Read More

Commissions are a very subjective thing, and for most sales people, a very personal thing, and rightfully so. The one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that the incentive plan should drive results. Of course, that assumes that you have the right plan in place. After that, you get little agreement.
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A Play in One Act: Why Can't Tiffany Sell to Men?

As the scene opens, the sales manager is having a private sales coaching meeting with Tiffany, one of his average-performing salespeople. Tiffany is sitting back in her chair, legs extended, looking tired and frustrated.
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Today’s podcast is with sales technology thought leader John Cousineau who is President of Innovative Information the creators of Amacus. John and I have had a number of coffee chats and debates around why and how to use technology and social media to improve sales performance and customer experience. The nexus of sales and social media seems to be happening in the CRM and Social CRM space. The Read More