I hate writing about or talking about CRMs. It’s boring and tiring. It is also a turnoff because I know salespeople have no love for the CRM. But this is this is the brutal, and often ignored, reality:There is no weapon or tool in your sales arsenal that is more…...
A Hack For Closing More Sales in December
From now until the end of the year it is a challenge to get prospects to make buying decisions. Savvy sales pros, though, are engaging businesses that are sitting on piles of cash and demonstrating how smart buying decisions now can add value to the business while reducing their…...
What Does it Mean to Be a Woman in Sales? 16 Sales Experts Speak Out
Sales has traditionally been a male-dominated environment, but over the last few decades, more and more women have entered this career and thrived.As we celebrate International Women’s Day events at our offices across the world, we wanted to take a moment to shine a light on the amazing, smart, savvy…...
Guest Post: 4 Ways to Measure the ROI of Your Sales Training
Evaluating the efficiency and effectiveness of an investment is an essential part of running a business.Since sales are what keep a business running, the return on investment (or ROI) of your sales training is a valuable tool for assessing the company’s performance. ROI measurement is a bit tricky but very…...
Aligning Functions for Enablement
Sales Enablement can be defined as getting the right content, in the right hands, at the right time, with the right message to further the right sales opportunity. A lot of right’s, right? At face value, this seems like a straightforward task. Have a Sales Enablement charter. Build the right sales plays and…...
Should You Make Your Top Rep Your Sales Manager?
You have an opening for a sales manager. Your rainmaker is vying for the role. He is outstanding in sales and has helped you make the number every year. Should you move him into the managers chair? When considering promoting a star sales performer into management, tread slowly. There…...
How to Choose Between Personality Tests and Sales Assessments
Finding good salespeople is one of the biggest challenges that sales VPs face today.Most sales managers find themselves stuck in a never-ending quest to hire quality salespeople that will help grow the company to new levels.And, as you gain more hiring experience, chances are you are learning that the standard…...
What Questions Should I Ask in a Salesperson Phone Screen?
After reviewing sales candidate resumes, hiring managers often add a phone screen to determine whether to move the candidate forward into the testing and interviewing process.This 20-30 minute phone call helps bring the candidate’s resume to life and provides some excellent clues about whether he or she has the characteristics…...
Aligning Functions for Enablement
Sales Enablement can be defined as getting the right content, in the right hands, at the right time, with the right message to further the right sales opportunity. A lot of right’s, right? At face value, this seems like a straightforward task. Have a Sales Enablement charter. Build the right sales plays and…...
6 Reasons Salespeople Win or Lose a Sale
Why does a salesperson lose a sale?It’s a question I’ve studied for years, as part of the win-loss analysis research I conduct.There’s a tendency to assume that the salesperson lost because their product was inferior in some way. However, in the majority of interviews buyers rank all the feature sets…...
75 One-Sentence Sales Tips Every Rep Should Know
Just as the best athletes constantly practice, improve, and refine their strategy, successful salespeople are always experimenting with existing techniques and trying out new ones. After all, the second an athlete or rep stops striving to get better, they backslide.Check out these 75 one-sentence tips to keep you in peak…...
13 Sales Podcasts Every Rep Should Check Out
After a long day at the office, Netflix is usually more appealing than cracking open a sales book or streaming a sales training video on YouTube.Fortunately, there’s a simpler way to learn new sales techniques without having to set aside extra time in your day -- through podcasts.The next time…...
The Ultimate List of Words That Sell
The pen is mightier than the sword. Which is good, because you probably don't want to threaten prospects into buying at sword-point.As the primary "weapons" to convert prospects into customers, words are incredibly important to salespeople. How sales reps deliver their messages and converse with contacts can have a dramatic effect…...
