Professional Sales People

Using CRM to Shorten the Sales Cycle

By CommenceCRM / August 22, 2012

One 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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Professional Selling Skills Tip # 4 – Get To Top Management

By CommenceCRM / May 23, 2012

Today’s challenging economy may be the best thing that’s happened for sales professionals in more than a decade and here is why.  Every financial decision at any size company is now going through a level of scrutiny like never before.  If you cannot demonstrate that your product or service will provide the customer with a rapid return on investment your…

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Sales Question and Answer #11

By CommenceCRM / May 22, 2012

Suppliers to the automotive industry do not accept price increases unless they have zero alternatives. How do we handle this?

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Sales Best Practice #3 – Has an excellent working relationship with the boss

By CommenceCRM / April 11, 2012

A best practice for sales people by guest poster Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. By Dave Kahle The best salespeople understand that their company has assembled a collection of resources into which they can tap in order to further their sales success.  One such resource is your sales manager. Now, I understand that the quality of sales managers…

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Building a Professional Reputation with Your Customers

By CommenceCRM / October 7, 2011

The world is full of sales people who focus on their product instead of
the customer. Don’t do that.

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Sales Practices: Question and Answer #2

By CommenceCRM / August 25, 2011

Q: How do you know how far to push a sale without overstepping your bounds and threatening the sale and/or the relationship with the customer?

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What can we learn from the best sales people?

By Dave Kahle / May 27, 2011

This is the second post in a series of guest posts from Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. He will be discussing best practices of the top sales people.

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