Sales Effectiveness: 3 signs you are not speaking to decision makers

At the very beginning of the sales process, it is very important to understand who the decision makers are in the purchasing process. Sales people should never start the discussion with a buyer in the purchasing department.

3 Ways to Fix your Lead Qualification Process

The first step to fixing your lead qualification process is figuring out whether your lead qualification process even needs work. We can do it in the spirit of comedian Jeff Foxworthy – just not as funny. You might have a qualification problem if you have customers that make you think, “Someday I am going to get rid of this guy.” You might have a qualification problem if you have clients who are disappointed in the work that you do, even though you go out of your way to take care of them.

Bye bye, BANT? A round-up of new qualification frameworks

BANT. You’ve heard it a million times. It used to be the go to acronym for prospect qualification – failing to clearly establish a potential customer’s budget, authority, needs and timeframe early on would result in long sales cycles and low win rates.

Why sales squander leads – and what to do about it

Here’s an exercise - ask each person on your sales team to explain how they manage their leads. Whether it’s an inbound lead from marketing or someone they met at last week’s conference, there should be some type of system in place. Right?

How many different answers would you likely receive?

Why B2B Sales has to confront the Value Gap

In survey after survey, the average sales person’s inability to effectively communicate the value of their offering has been rated as the most frustrating challenge facing today’s CEOs and Heads of Sales.

They are right to be concerned. The statistics are truly horrible.

The price and value relationship - 4 tactics to employ

Over the past 6 months, how many times have you heard somebody say “We have to add/deliver/sell/prove value!”. Most likely, it’s somewhere in the high 30s. Thanks for the concrete advice on how not to sell on price.