How do you effectively and consistently grow your business? When it comes to “what not to do,” here’s a common practice – “Popcorn.” Imagine kernels of popcorn simmering in hot oil in the bottom of an old-fashioned popcorn popper. As the heat grows, one of the...
In my first professional sales position, I spent six full weeks in sales training before I was released to go out into my territory. That included memorizing two five-page, single-spaced sales presentations, presenting them to the sales training class,...
I field this question, in one form or other, in almost every seminar I do. Just heard it again yesterday in relationship to the competency of building relationships. The questioner opined that building relationships was a natural talent. You either had it or you...
The world is full of sales people who claim, quite proudly, to have great relationships with their customers. If that were true, it really would be great. But unfortunately, “great relationships” is too often a veil that sales people hide behind to keep from...
Best Practice #15: Regularly makes a sufficient quantity of presentations for the products, services and programs that we sell. By Dave Kahle “You’ve got to show it in order to sell it.”That...
Q. There has been a lot of conversation inside our company about our compensation plan. We haven’t changed it in 20 years. We pay a commission based on gross profit. Would you comment?...
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