The 4 Biggest Time Wasters of Salespeople

The 4 Biggest Time Wasters of Salespeople

Good time management for salespeople has been an obsession of mine for more than 30 years.  In the last decade, I’ve been involved in helping tens of thousands of salespeople improve their results through more effective use of their time.  Over the years, I’ve seen...
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...
8 Steps to Prioritize Customers and Prospects

8 Steps to Prioritize Customers and Prospects

One area of business that is important to manage is prioritizing customers and prospects.  Fortunately, it’s also the area of a sales job that will make the biggest impact on sales performance. From my personal experience as a salesperson for 30+ years, plus my...
Live Deeper – Stay Balanced

Live Deeper – Stay Balanced

Excerpted from 11 Secrets of Time Management for Sales People by Dave Kahle.  Copyright Career Press. Picture the way a sailboat operates. Its majestic sails catch the wind and power the boat forward. But if a sailboat were only equipped with sails, it would be...
Building Your Business With The 5% Principle

Building Your Business With The 5% Principle

In the 1990’s I came across a book titled, “Everything I Needed to Know About Success I found in the Bible,” by Richard Gaylord Briley. In it, the author put forward an observation that was, at the time, radical for me.  It’s called the “Five Percent Principle.’ We...
Ten Commandments of an Ethical Salesperson

Ten Commandments of an Ethical Salesperson

Here are ten commandments that sales professionals should follow to ensure they follow ethical sales practices. 1. Ethical salespeople don’t intentionally misrepresent anything. Never, never, never lie to a customer.  About anything.  Ever.  Period. 2. Fix any...