Following Up on Sales Quotes

Following Up on Sales Quotes

Q. Sales Quotes – A prospective client seems interested but never gets back to you. A. I’m assuming that the question here is, “How do I get the prospect to give me an answer when I provide a quote?”   Following up on sales quotes is one of the most common...
Learned Optimism For Salespeople

Learned Optimism For Salespeople

I’ve been pondering an email I recently received; a young salesperson described his most pressing challenge:  The sales roller coaster.  When things go well, he’s up, emotionally, and when things don’t go well, he’s down.  The swings from up to down were wearing on...
8 Powerful Rules to Build B2B Relationships

8 Powerful Rules to Build B2B Relationships

B2B salespeople must be good at relationship building. For B2B salespeople, relationships are essential because you see your customers more often, and for longer periods of time than almost any other type of salesperson. You must build relationships that provide you a...
Two Keys to Sales Time

Two Keys to Sales Time

It’s 10 AM Tuesday, and you are about to visit one of your customers. Why are you here? That’s the question I have asked innumerable distributor salespeople. Unfortunately, the answer too commonly is, “Because it’s Tuesday at 10 AM.” In other words, the salespeople...
Are We Becoming Afraid to Think?

Are We Becoming Afraid to Think?

I’m afraid for the future of our country because it appears we are afraid to think. It’s not just Covid-19 and the reaction to it.  And it is not just the recent riots and looting.  It’s much deeper than that. I’m afraid because I believe that the discipline of...