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The Sales Ethics of Personalization
For Sales Pros / Apr 20, 2018 / Daniel Matthews
What do you think of sales ethics of personalization? Have you used personalization in your business? With all the consumer data now available, you could potentially know almost everything about the next person who walks into your store or visits your website. But should you use that information? Strangely enough, that last question is one ... Read More
The Sales Rejection Myth
Sales Training / Apr 19, 2018 / Michael Licenblat
Every year companies spend tens of thousands of dollars on training their sales teams in areas like prospecting, questioning and closing more sales/deals. While this type of training is clearly valuable, it fails to address a key factor impacting sales performance. That is, the ability of the salesperson to manage the rejection they face on ... Read More
Driving Sales at Executive Level: Value Assessments
For Sales Pros / Apr 19, 2018 / Tim Haller
It’s certainly no surprise that the landscape of sales is changing dramatically. Neil Rackham of SPIN selling talks about the new landscape for sales and the outlook is not pretty. Transactional business is quickly being squeezed through the hiring of low cost offshore groups, as well as technology and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. It should ... Read More
Is Sales Ethics Part of Your Team’s DNA?
Sales Management / Apr 18, 2018 / Janice Mars
Warren E. Buffett once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.” Wow, is that statement ever so true. It’s especially valid when it comes to salespeople who oversell and/or underdeliver. Or those who make or exceed their quotas time and time again, but their cost of sale ... Read More
SalesPOP! Top Contributor Spotlight: Andy Rudin
For Sales Pros / Apr 18, 2018 / Bruce Boyers
In addition to being a top contributor to SalesPOP!, Andy Rudin has been writing about sales and selling for over ten years. For him, writing is actually an educational experience. “I write so that I can learn,” Andy explains. “For me, finding an edgy or innovative biz-dev idea is like finding a diamond in the ... Read More
Don’t Do This in Getting Past the Gatekeeper
For Sales Pros / Apr 17, 2018 / Richard Forrest
There was a headline I saw that very much interested me. Okay, admittedly, it actually excited me. It read, “How to handle gatekeepers and reach decision-makers.” This, I thought, is an online article that would be great to share with my B2B sales team. It contained tips on dealing with personal assistants, receptionists, and others ... Read More
Precise Account Management Through CRM
Sales Management / Apr 17, 2018 / Nikolaus Kimla
Account management is a considerable job—and one of the most important for a sales professional. Account management consists of several key functions, all of which actually add up to happy customers. Account management is most precisely conducted through CRM. Existing accounts are the foundation and stability of a company. Moreover, it is far less complex ... Read More
Sales Ethics Reflects Company Culture
For Sales Pros / Apr 16, 2018 / Monika D'Agostino
It almost goes without saying that salespeople should have integrity and come from a place of truth, but why is it that we always have to spell that out? “He is a salesperson, but you can trust him” is something that I hear way too often and I always wonder why. I get it, of ... Read More
For Sales Success Tell The Truth
For Sales Pros / Apr 15, 2018 / David Meerman Scott
In a world of increasing scandal, with institutions playing fast and loose with the truth and people slapping “fake news” labels on content with increasing frequency, success must come from telling the truth. Always. Every day it seems like there are new headlines describing how a company or institution has used technology in a nefarious ... Read More
Sales Ethics: Technology and Emotional Manipulation
For Sales Pros / Apr 14, 2018 / Mark Delarika
Sales business is tough and most agents would do anything to win over a customer, despite the widely-accepted International Code of Ethics for Sales and Marketing. In the abundance of brands, products, and services, it’s easy to cross the line and exercise manipulation practices to improve your sales results. But is there a way to ... Read More
Sales and Marketing: What They Both Need to Learn
Sales & Marketing Alignment / Apr 12, 2018 / Michael Deane
What Marketers Need to Know About Sales and Vice-Versa When you have both your sales and marketing teams working together, you will know about it! Unfortunately, this is not always the case. More often than not, sales teams and marketing teams ignore one another and do not appreciate the value which each bring to the ... Read More
Do You Have Weekly Sales Meetings?
Sales Management / Apr 12, 2018 / Craig Lowder
Over the past three decades I have studied dozens and dozens of SMB companies where the selling was not smooth. Patterns began to emerge as to why sales were not growing as expected. The number four reason on my “Top Twelve Reasons Why Sales are not Growing as Expected” list is: No weekly scheduled sales ... Read More