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As there are many, many books on sales management, so there are endless publications, articles and blogs on the subject of lead generation. This article doesn’t touch that subject, but addresses another vital topic: how to handle leads as they’re coming in, and the basics of establishing your lead management. Inbound and Outbound As with ...

Pipeliner CRM conducts a regular Twitter chat on sales issues. This fast-paced (no more than 30 minutes) multimedia series provides leading strategies, tactics and thinking for sales professionals worldwide. It connects you to an entire community of sales experts, and is a great forum to learn more about sales and to establish yourself as sales ...

Have you ever thought that you would prefer to hear the “f” word (profanity) over another that we and our kids use multiple times per day? I didn’t and that’s where I’m at. “Failure” is a word I despise. Our society is conditioned to loosely throw this word around and it officially starts at an ...

Without a doubt, sales continue to be an important driver of revenue for organizations of all industries. Countless books and inspirational speakers cover the ever-increasing interest in the world of sales, and across all markets and interests, experts agree that results are the most important facet of any job. In sales, results are not only ...

Frequently I am asked by management teams to attend their sales meetings, to give feedback, and to participate in how my customers are developing their revenue engines. These meetings are often designed around team building events on a beach or at a resort with a golf course. Sometimes they are dialed down meetings, designed to ...

The current level of sales management is failing companies. It is failing customers, and it is failing employees. Here’s a way out.

4 Strategies To Succeed No Matter What I was 27 years old when I got my first job in sales. I was thrilled to finally be given an opportunity to make some “real money.” After years of working in customer service, I had talked my supervisor into giving me a chance to make sales calls ...

“In the dark of the night, every cat’s a leopard.” This old Indian saying provides keen insight into enterprise selling and understanding the sophisticated sales competition who come prepared in the enterprise arena. We must know them and account for them. But what do we see in much of the competitive analysis done today? Competitive ...