sales management
How to Set 2020 Goals Your Team Will Actually Meet
As we move into the first quarter, many of us are focused on and excited about our goals for the year – whether they’re personal, professional, or organizational. We all want this to be a year in which we actualize our plans and accomplish everything we set out to do.
A Tale of 3 Squirrels and Their Human Counterparts in Sales
It was rainy and cool so the leaves are dropping from the trees, the peak color has passed and it's time to focus on something else. Speaking of focus, this morning I was watching 3 squirrels each doing their thing...
Why won't your salespeople do what they know to do?
Sometimes, poor sales performance is due to a lack of skills or knowledge. But sometimes, salespeople know what to do, they know how to do it, and they even know why they should do it… and they still don’t do it, at least not consistently.
Stretching your customer's value gap
Whenever your customer sees little meaningful difference between their current situation and their future potential, they will be inclined to stick with the status quo.
Are we calling our customers by the wrong words?
Every sales professional knows better than to make the cringe-worthy mistake of calling a customer by the wrong name. But it occurred to me recently that entire sales organizations may be making the mistake of calling their customers by the wrong words, and it may be limiting their effectiveness.
The harder the questions; the easier the sale
Have you ever left a sales appointment and wished you had said something else? Or have you ever debriefed a sales rep’s call and find they didn’t ask the next logical question, and now critical information is missing?
