There’s a massive elephant in the room when it comes to B2B sales. Put simply, it’s impossible for your business to be “customer centric” while you continue to run a sales-focused culture. That is, if you still measure and manage B2B salespeople around sales quotas, commissions, and a steadfast [...]
Hiring great salespeople is tough… You need to invest time, money, and resources in order to bring the best possible team onboard. You need the right sales hiring approach to build a team of top performers. But getting the right team onboard is only half of the battle. Before [...]
Here we are, in the madness of the summer season, the sun is shining, people are taking vacations, and we are still trying to get work done. We are 2 weeks into Q3 and we know that we have 2 months of summer fun and sunshine ahead of us [...]
When managing accounts and talking to clients who have invested time and money into your organization, it is important to remember the basic fundamentals of interpersonal interaction. Treat others as you would like to be treated and show enthusiasm in what it is that you are talking about. Stay [...]
Why happy customers are a great marketing resource Every time I sit down with a company to learn how their sales process works and what kind of sales professionals they are looking for, I hear the same message over and over. “We need a pure hunter to go out [...]
Book Review: "The Challenger Sale" by Matthew Dixon And Brent Adamson of CEB "The Challenger Sale" is a must read for anyone charged with increasing revenue derived from solution sales, especially if you are finding that: Your buyers are making purchase decisions on price not value; Your reps are [...]
Hiring Checklist - Book Review: Delivering Happiness, Tony Hsieh A wonderful gift this year for your team may be the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com, Inc. He is creative and definitely an out-of-the-box thinker. This book is captivating for both employees and entrepreneurs. It is an [...]
Many sales managers revise their sales compensation plans each Fall for the following year. In some cases good effort and intentions fail to produce the desired outcomes. Here are five steps to a more effective sales compensation plan: 1) Define desired outcomes and related behaviors: Purposeful sales compensation plans [...]
Sales Prospecting at the Speed of Trust By Gary Ambrosino, President and Chief Operating Officer of TimeTrade Every great sales rep intuitively senses the pivot point moment when they've built enough trust in a prospect that they know the deal will close. You know who these reps are - [...]
Why doesn't fear motivate sales people? Or does it? Bob Knight, the now retired coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, once said, "Right here is the key to success in coaching. Probably no motivational device I've ever come across is as good as this." He was holding a bullwhip. Did [...]
