“I feel like nothing is working. Whatever I do, it doesn’t seem to matter. I thought the economy was getting better but no one is going to buy right now,” Connie said in frustration about her recent sales numbers. “I really think that, once the economy truly turns around and people are feeling more confident,
If there were one thing I could emphasize to C-level executives is that starting with the right people, the best people, is the key to everything. Yes there are lots of other important factors, if there wasn’t, I wouldn’t have contents for the book, but I often get asked to “train-up my
How often as a sales director, do you get that dreaded feeling from your reps as well as yourself about the weekly sales meeting? Does it go longer then it should? Did you really feel like you got something accomplished or did you just go through the motions? Why is that feeling so common? Here’s
Top 5 Sales Presentation Fails When making a sales presentation there are some mistakes that will often cost you the sale. Most of us do not understand how to truly give a great presentation. First of all, stop giving presentations. Why? Because you are giving away free information that they now have and haven’t earned
How often as a sales director, do you get that dreaded feeling from your reps as well as yourself about the weekly sales meeting? Does it go longer then it should? Did you really feel like you got something accomplished or did you just go through the motions? Why is that feeling so common? Lets
The 7 Critical Elements to Sales Success Selling is one of those things that most CEOs think if they hire their team with a good resume of experience, poof…they can sell. How’s that workin’ for ya? That has been a badly failing method for as long as I have been in sales so lets
A mid-size advertising and marketing firm were looking to expand. It truly needed an account executive to go out and call on organizations in the area to try to develop business for the firm. Denise was in charge of interviewing for the new account executive. She went the usual route and put out some ads
Being a leader is different from what most of us think it is. Most leaders are actually managers in disguise. Sarah was excited to be promoted to sales director. After all, she has been in sales for almost eight years and has always been at the top of the leader board. She knows she will
Top 5 Hiring Mistakes We all know the value of a good employee. In sales, this can make or break you. Are you hiring right?? 1) Looking for new employees when one is leaving. I think we all know the value of a good employee. Make no mistake, if you hire (and manage) right, your
Whenever I go anywhere – a lunch, a networking event, a fundraiser people are constantly giving me business cards, sometimes often before they say ”hello”. We put so much emphasis on these 2-by- 3 cards and for what? Do you think it’s going to sell for you? Have you experienced the people who hand out so
