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“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 ... Read Post
Why The Days of Live In-Person Training Are Coming To An End In recent years I have noticed something: more and more of my clients do not want live in person training. They want training done remotely. When I first started to facilitate online training way back in 2012, I found it difficult to ensure ... Read Post
Does your demo start with any (or all) of the following? PowerPoint slides talking about your company, your customers, the problems you solve or the solutions you provide An agenda outlining what you’re going to demonstrate Logging into the software Clicking through a workflow or process Warning: Your Sales Demo is Upside Down and it’s ... Read Post
Sales managers and leaders can impact the quality of the sales conversation and win ratios by asking the right questions at the right time. Successful sales leaders have a solid deal review guide as part of their Sales Leadership Playbook. The questions can be used during pre-call planning, as part of 1:1 coaching or during ... Read Post
Someone once said to me, “I was certain it would be a success. Everything was in place—a great product and a truly unique selling proposition. We had a firm understanding of the prospect’s corporate requirements and buying process. I really don’t get why the results didn’t happen.” I actually have a pretty good idea. There ... Read Post
The “long dollar” is the dollar that keeps on giving to the salesperson. Here are a few quick hints to get you that elusive bit of currency. Read Post
From 1915 through 1975 it was the largest grocery store chain in the United States. Today you probably never heard of it. It was called A&P. Only a few A&P stores remain open today. One mistake in particular accelerated their rapid decline: they underestimated the importance of choice. They made a management decision to primarily ... Read Post
On what she loves about SalesPOP! and sales, the importance of asking the right questions, on reaching executives early in the sales cycle, seeing through the customer’s eyes, and the most important sales challenge of 2018. Janice Mars is a top contributor on SalesPOP! and truly enjoys it. “Your audience is very similar to mine ... Read Post