Believe it or not, generating highly-qualified leads is a challenging task for nearly every business. Though, the marketing department plays a key role in generating good leads for the sales department. It doesn’t mean that the sales team should not invest their efforts to find high-value prospects. Salespersons are always looking for some innovative ways ...
You might remember, a few years back, an author named Guy Kawasaki writing about The Art of Evangelism. He wrote about how important evangelism was to the astounding success of Apple, and other companies as well. I’m now writing not about the huge evangelists like Steve Jobs, but about salespeople. Salespeople were once the primary ...
Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success." -- Dale Carnegie
The key to making quota might lie in your existing network.
This Sales Tale tells the story of a presenter striking out big time!
As a business owner, it’s only natural that you will want to provide excellent customer service to whoever uses your products and services. To keep your company ahead of competitors, you should take time to analyze what type of support you have available, ensuring that your customers are well taken care of. Here are a ...
When Sherron Watkins spoke to Kenneth Lay about the faulty accounting practices being implemented at Enron and the subsequent crash of the company, insiders described the workplace environment as highly secretive and autocratic. Of course, that is not surprising, because when information this sensitive is leaked, all aspects of a company are then in turmoil. ...
I hate to provide such a negative title for an article but I’m a big fan of being real, especially when it comes to selling, especially enterprise selling. We live in a task-driven world, highlighted by starts and stops, defined beginnings and defined endings. And we find comfort in the modularity of our lives, knowing ...
