Lead Tracking System
The amount of sales and prospect information you entrust to your memory each week will match the decrease in the income you generate each week.
Read MoreA best practice for sales people from Dave Kahle Best Practice #15: Regularly makes a sufficient quantity of presentations for the products, services and programs that we sell. By Dave Kahle “You’ve got to show it in order to sell it.” That simple advice given to me decades ago by a wise sales manager seems so simple and common sense.…
Read MoreLarry Caretsky, Commence CEO, has released the white paper “Don’t Let Quality Leads Slip Away: Executive Takes Action with CRM Software.” Here’s an excerpt including the introduction and you can download the full white paper below: “As a sales executive of a computer software firm, I became consistently frustrated when comparing the number of leads that we generated every quarter to…
Read MoreAs a sales manager when I get together with some of my colleagues the conversation is often centered on what deals each of our teams has closed. My colleagues seem focused on the size of the deal or the number of deals coming in. One day I decided to ask a question that seemed to confuse them all: where do…
Read MoreThis is a best practice for sales people by guest poster Erica Bell. Now, you’re probably thinking you’ve heard this many times before – how being persistent while on a call or making a pitch can improve your results. However, this article isn’t just about being persistent; it isn’t enough to just keep trying. Continuing your sales efforts at the right time and…
Read MoreOne of the biggest dangers in sales is letting a prospect hang out there too long. Most sales people will tell you that time is traditionally your enemy and not your friend. The longer a prospect waits to move forward; the risk of losing the deal greatly increases. Today’s sales professionals are constantly in a race against the clock. Not…
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