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Are you focused on making end of year numbers? That is only half the job for Sales Management at this time of year, the other half is being focused on planning for next year! We have created a checklist of major issues all sales leaders must work on to ensure the New Year will start ...

With relationship building finally climbing to the top of the “priority” pile in B2B marketing, we have a lot to celebrate. It’s taken years for the twin sheens of spam-blast email campaigns and the “inbound with significant ROI” pipedreams to wear off, but it finally has. And here we are, starting over again as more ...

What makes someone an effective presenter? Why do some salespeople seem to effortlessly captivate their buyers, while others struggle just to keep them awake? What an ocean of research has identified is that the way something is presented shapes how it will be perceived and whether it not it will be acted on. In other ...

In any meeting with more than 2 people – you’ll find that there will be present both an ally and an antagonist. They come from opposing points of view to their own needs and certainly to your offering. But more – the antagonist really wants to be heard. He or she has a point of ...

Building anything well takes time, perseverance, detailed planning and trials. It doesn’t happen overnight. As I discovered when I was researching the incredible Apollo program for my recent ebook Accomplishing the Impossible: Lessons from the Apollo Space Program, the Apollo program was built step-by-step, layer by layer. As you’re building something, you’re experimenting—not with the ...

Excelling and standing out in anything requires a game plan and relentless execution. In sales, I learned that these simple actions taken EVERY DAY boosted my sales performance and yielded amazing results. #1: Check your performance dashboard to see where you are year-to-date. Keep your targets in front of you and look at them constantly. Where are you ...

A prospective client’s digital presence can literally be the gateway to closing sales—if you know how channel your message correctly. In a world that is literally chockfull of means to market your product, what can you do to make sure you are capitalizing on every opportunity to close sales? First of all, you can’t be ...

Adapt or die. We have seen this consequence play out for centuries. Now it’s time for sales to pay attention. Old school traditional sales has outlived its usefulness. It no longer works. If sales is to maintain relevance in today’s world, a transformation of the way it is practiced is required. Not just incremental change, ...