Sales Training

Sales Best Practice: Skilled at dealing with adversity and failure

By CommenceCRM / April 9, 2014

A best practice for sales people by Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. By Dave Kahle Every now and then, I run across an idea which makes a significant impact on me. One such was the idea (I wish I could remember who first said it) that the surest indicator of success was the ability to deal effectively with…

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The Practice of Sales

By Dave Kahle / April 1, 2014

“Every profession expects the serious practitioner of that profession to continually seek out the best practices of that profession, and then to roll them into his/her routine with discipline.” That statement comes out of my mouth in almost every seminar or key-note that I present. Sometimes I follow it up with the ironic observation that there is, apparently, one exception…

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Sales Q&A – Should I keep calling?

By CommenceCRM / March 26, 2014

Q. My boss recently decided that we must call prospects once every hour, every day, until we get a yes or no, regardless of what they say, or if it’s voicemail. What’s your opinion of this? A. I really think there are two questions here. The first has to do with this practice – Is it a good idea to…

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Sales Best Practice: The science of making good first impressions

By CommenceCRM / March 17, 2014

Best Practice # 17: Understands the science of making good first impressions, and uses specific techniques to get the relationship off to a good start.

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Sales People: Position Yourselves with Power

By CommenceCRM / March 10, 2014

How sales people can sell better by positioning themselves with power, an article by Dave Kahle for B2B sales people, and wholesale distributor sales people.

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Sales Best Practice #16 – Has cultivated a unique personal presence

By CommenceCRM / February 18, 2014

Dave Kahle discusses differentiating yourself from the competition, a best practice for sales people.

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Sales Performance Tips – Astute Planner

By Dave Kahle / February 11, 2014

How to become an astute planner for sales people, an article by Dave Kahle.

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Sales Q&A #30 – Getting an appointment

By CommenceCRM / January 29, 2014

Getting an appointment, a question and answer for sales people by Dave Kahle.

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Best Practice #10 – Makes good use of tools provided by the company

By CommenceCRM / January 17, 2014

A best practice for salespeople by Dave Kahle. I just rode with two sales people for one of my clients. One of them went off with only the address of the company in his head. He took nothing into the sales call, and took no notes afterward. The other had looked up each call in the company’s CRM system, and…

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