Is your sales process too complicated? How would you know? Do you have too many steps? Too many tools? Too many templates? The easiest way to know if your sales process is too complicated is to look at how well it is being used. If there is any significant variation between your process and what actually gets implemented then ...
Forrester Research predicts "1 million US B2B salespeople will lose their jobs to self-service eCommerce by 2020, accounting for 20% of the B2B sales force."
What does your pricing say about you? Most salespeople lack the confidence to charge full price. Regardless of the pricing model, you have worked hard to develop when push comes to shove, and often even before push comes to shove, salespeople cave in and offer discounts. This reflects an underlying lack of confidence in the ...
Decades ago, psychotherapist Thom Hartmann proposed two mental models that described how people go about their work. The hunter mindset, based on nomadic societies, suffered from a short attention span but had hyper-focus for short bursts of time. The farmer, based on agrarian societies, was patient and worked steadily with the understanding that he would ...
The purpose of process is to ensure consistency. A good process is like a checklist that ensures the right things get done by the right people at the right time. Unfortunately, sales is a discipline that often lacks documented processes. Consequently, sales results are often unpredictable from one quarter to another. Many organizations are now ...
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our special 1-week series on sales prospecting, from experts on the subject. Like it or not, prospecting is the key to your sales success. You may have wonderful opportunities in your sales funnel today. You will either win or lose these opportunities and deplete your funnel. No matter ...
No doubt you’ve heard that trust is required in today’s business relationships. Few people, however, can actually define what trust is. Mistakenly, many salespeople with strong values automatically assume that because they are good people they are trustworthy. It frustrates and surprises them when they come to realize that their prospects don’t really trust them. ...
As a sales leader, you live and die by your results. No doubt, you experience intense frustration when members of your team don’t seem to get it. Equally frustrating are the salespeople that are so focused on their numbers they turn customers and prospects off. What is the key to building a team that is ...
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