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Everything Was GREAT!!!! Until We Started Talking Price …

Are sales leaders clear on what prevents their salespeople from executing what they’ve been trained to do? In a series of posts, we will Read More

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Paging Alex Trebek … Is Your Sale in JEOPARDY?

How often have you heard this one? “I know for sure I got the sale.”

How about this one? “They told me for sure I Read More

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The SALES Power of Story Telling — and Story Tending …

2008 was both extremely difficult and exhilarating. After more than 30 years, and tens of thousands of salespeople trained in both my Solution Selling and Read More

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Yer OUT!!! The 3-Strike Rule: How to Develop (& Fix) Sales Channels

Increasingly, businesses are turning to sales channel relationships to sell their products. These relationships provide both parties access to markets and revenue they would otherwise Read More

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First Meeting Went Great, Buuuuuuut … 5 Hidden Weaknesses in Salespeople

Are sales leaders clear on what prevents their salespeople from executing what they’ve been trained to do? In a series of posts, we will be Read More

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You Can PLAY … But Can You Coach? 5 Traits of a Great Sales Leader

As an ambitious company owner and/or leader, you know all about the difficulties of planning and leading growth efforts — and you’ve probably had the Read More

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Exclusive Webinar: How to Sell to Small Businesses

Are you in the business of selling products and/or services to small business leaders? And if not — are you trying to be?

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‘They WANTED to Buy, But the Economy’ — (Enough With the Excuses …)

When was the last time a member of your sales team (or even worse, your sales management team) fed you an excuse that included the Read More

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Should ‘Cold Calling’ Be Dead? And If So, How Do You Kill It?

$3,400 per hour for services seems a bit high, doesn’t it? But most CEOs are paying at least that much every day and don’t seem Read More

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Evolve or DIE! A New Sales Strategy for a New Economy

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Occasionally, we get asked a question from our Vistage Connect executive community that we hand off to one of our resident experts. Read More

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Stumped by a BAD Hire? How to Net Top Sales Producers

Have you ever been stumped by a bad hire?

The resume looked good, the interview was solid, and the references checked out. You hired the Read More

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How Can I Get You … to … SELL!!! Commission vs. Salary

Which way does the compensation pendulum swing in your company?

Have you been frustrated by under-motivated salespeople who are paid a handsome salary for selling Read More

Why is it Difficult to Find Outstanding Sales Professionals?

Why is it Difficult to Find Outstanding Sales Professionals?

In my last blog post on hiring sales professionals, I introduced the concept of why it is difficult to hire great sales professionals and we Read More