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More, better, faster. In today’s highly competitive world, busy professionals need to create habits that support the achievement of greater levels of performance and effectiveness in both their work and personal lives. read more


Numbers dont lie

I recently started working with a client to increase the effectiveness of its sales force. The main problem was
that most team members were coasting and in maintenance mode. They weren’t working hard enough to add clients and grow sales.

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Ask the ‘Help Me/Hurt Me’ Question
Topic: Sales     Type: Articles
Not to oversimplify, or to over complicate things either, but at the end of each month, the business development professional needs to answer the “help me/hurt me” question.   more...

Bring your ‘A’ game
Topic: Sales     Type: Articles
Sales is not for slackers. Overcoming and beating the competition requires that you bring your “A” game. Selling success requires hard work, continuous learning and continuous growth. Selling success requires an analytical mindset as well.   more...

Can’t Dish it Off
Topic: Sales     Type: Articles
Simply put, success requires hard work. Successful selling requires prospecting, and prospecting is hard work. Prospecting is still one of those activities that you can’t dish off to others.   more...

Close Ratio
Topic: Sales     Type: Articles
The close ratio is also an investigative star among sales teams. It’s a simple formula that helps sales managers and sales producers investigate and interrogate their forecasts in order to flush out the truth about what will actually close from month to month.   more...

Find Your Bull’s Eye
Topic: Sales     Type: Articles
One of the greatest inefficiencies within sales organizations occurs when sales producers waste valuable resources by spending time on low-potential prospects.   more...

Selling in a Recession
Topic: Sales     Type: Articles
There is no denying that it’s tough to be a sales professional right now. Budgets are tight, companies need to maximize their return on investment and everyone is increasingly selective about how they spend their money. The real question is what are you doing to ensure that when there’s money to be spent that it’s spent with you?   more...

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