Sales Best Practice
A best practice for sales people by Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. Mediocre sales people are content to react to the requests of their customers, and focus on maintaining the relationships in order to solidify the business they enjoy. The best sales people understand that, while some of the above is necessary, they proactively seek to discover additional…
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This is a best practice for sales people by Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. Article by Dave Kahle This is one of those pieces of conventional wisdom that no one seems to question: “It’s good to be passionate about your product.” Like so many of these conventional myths that ingrain themselves into our psyche, this one has the…
Read MoreIn part one of this paper, we discussed how critically important it is to select a sales model that is appropriate for the products or services you are selling. In our case study the ‘NewCo’ company needed to transition from a high cost direct sales organization to selling via the internet and channel partners. The second and equally important strategy to…
Read More A best practice for sales people by Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. The best salespeople are habitual goal-setters. There’s a good reason for that. When you set a goal, you survey the world of all possible things that you could possibly do, and decide which of those things are the most important. You then turn that decision into…
Read More A best practice for sales people by Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. It’s so easy to become complacent and satisfied with our “relational comfort zones.” Those are defined by the people with whom we have developed comfortable relationships, who can be counted upon to see us and spend some time with us. These people make us feel comfortable.…
Read More Self-directed learning is the ability to absorb new information about the world, and to change one’s behavior in positive ways in response to it.
Read More This 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 More This is a Customer Management article from guest poster Dave Kahle, author and leading sales educator. Follow Dave’s latest Tweets at @davekahle. Q. I worked on a large bid for a company with which I had relationships in the past. I knew that we could do a great job for them but I also knew the buyer in charge of…
Read More This is why the best sales people are the best. They regularly spend time and money on the pursuit of perfection.
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