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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-28
In Part 1, we went over the steps to uncover sales performance issues and decide which are applicable at a high priority for pin-point sales skill training. We first documented the main sales pe...
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by Larry Gassin - 2007-01-27
Last time we discussed how no matter what you do, what business you're in, what you're involved in pursuing, or what relationship you're trying to build or impact, the old saying that "nothing happens...
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by Marc Eskew - 2007-01-26
Do you constantly find yourself battling with your customers on price? Are you losing sales that you were sure you were going to get? If you want to start winning more sales, you need to stop selling ...
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by Everett Abrams - 2007-01-24
You would not build a home without a foundation and you should not try to build a business venture without a successful foundation as well. As children we are sent school to get an education - to buil...
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by Geoff Ficke - 2007-01-23
Albert Einstein's famous "Theory of Relativity" (e = mc2) is as familiar to many millions of people as a popular modern commercial limerick for a soft drink or a jingle for a candy bar. Even though ve...
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by Britt Phillips - 2007-01-23
You've most likely heard it said... "You must be willing to do the things others won't do in order to have the things others won't have." And it's true. After working with literally thousands of peopl...
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by Brian Lambert - 2007-01-23
There is no doubt that "sales training" is a big business, but what people have to realize is the fact that "product knowledge training" is not the same thing as sales training. Over 2/3rds of all tr...
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by Craig Harrison - 2007-01-23
DOES IT SOMETIMES SEEM AS THOUGH DECISION MAKERS are residing in a gated community? Learn how to bypass gatekeepers (GK) — those professionals who “guard” the decision makers and oft...
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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-22
In Part 2 we discussed how to determine if a sales action is a critical sales performance competency, and we determined the following:· It ...
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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-22
In Part 3, How To Double your Sales Appointments in Half the Time, we reviewed and remedied the first 3 sales prospecting errors that start us down the ‘Slippery Slope’ to low Sales prospe...
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by Jim Masson - 2007-01-22
Many individuals decide that a selling career is right for them. They recognize the wonderful benefits that they can enjoy. Unfortunately, many begin their career by making a critical mistake. The goo...
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by Mace Horoff - 2007-01-21
Handling objections. When we are giving a sales presentation to one of our healthcare customers and we hear an objection we know we can handle without much thought, what do we do? We handle it, us...
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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-20
In Part 1, we summarized that you may have the best service in the world and the best widget in its category. But if you can't physically get in front of your targeted business prospects on a ro...
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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-20
Sales organizations live by growth. And Sales Growth is measured by sales revenue. If you want to know how to increase sales revenue…there are only three ways to do it:1. Increase the number of...
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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-20
Tip # 1 Discipline Yourself to a Routine of ‘Asking’Here’s something profound. The reason most of us do not get referrals on a routine basis is because we do not ask for them on a ro...
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by Jim Meisenheimer - 2007-01-20
Well - I just got back from delivering two sales training programs.Both groups were loaded with talented salespeople.Each group had specific objectives they wanted to accomplish with their sales train...
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by Kevin Cahalane - 2007-01-20
When I commenced my training career in 1980 (with a major manufacturing, distribution and retail tire company, based in Australia) something I read in those early days had a major influence on me and ...
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by Jim Masson - 2007-01-19
Everyone possesses an ego. I like to describe ego as our 'sense of self'. It can also be described as our 'self worth' or our 'self esteem'. A big ego is considered both an asset and a liability in ou...
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by Jeff Hardesty - 2007-01-18
The last thing a sales manager wants to do is to go through a certification course in ‘Sales Prospecting’. They’ve been there and they’ve done that, or they’d not h...
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by James Osmar - 2007-01-16
This is the time of year to start working on your business plan.I have laid out a guideline for my team to follow and I believe if they work on these simple steps, success is all but guaranteed.The fi...