Best Sales People
Relationships with inside people, a best sales practice by Dave Kahle. By Dave Kahle Best Practice #13: Has an excellent relationship with customer service, purchasing and all the support staff inside his/her organization. This is such an important practice that I have named it one of my top eleven time management strategies. If you have the book, Eleven Secrets of…
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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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“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…
Read MoreHow 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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How to become an astute planner for sales people, an article by Dave Kahle.
Read More 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…
Read More As an executive I get sales calls every day. If I answered even half of them I would not get anything done. What is a bit perplexing however is how few of these sales representatives ever call back. It’s as if they have already determined that since I did not take their initial call I have no interest. I may…
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This is a Sales Question and Answer article from guest poster Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. Follow Dave’s latest Tweets at @davekahle. Q. I’ve read your ideas about the need to invest in developing myself. Can you quantify that? How much time and money should I spend on my own education? A. Now that‘s a question I’m rarely…
Read More Helping your prospect resolve uncertainty Regardless of the type of business you are in, your prospect has some idea of what he or she wants to buy. But most are not 100 percent sure because they may be dealing with uncertainty and experiencing insecurity. No one likes nor enjoys being uncertain or insecure and they are not going to buy…
Read MoreBy Dave Kahle Every now and then I encounter a salesperson who believes that it is to his advantage to have all the calls and requests from the customer go to him personally. Picture a salesperson with his arms wide open, trying to encircle and control every relationship with the customer, every communication, and every transaction. Salespeople with this mentality…
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