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“Company spending freeze; Budgets drying up; Putting the brakes on.” NOW WHAT???

Sound familiar over the past couple weeks? As a Leader, how do you help your people overcome their fear? What MUST you do to help them separate their “sales mission” from all the “noise” they are hearing (and possibly believing?) … Continue reading

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Real Sales Leadership for your “Remote” Sales People

We’ve all been inundated with ‘tips” on the internet on “how to work remotely” over the past week. Sales Leadership is NOW critical. In this time of remote selling – telephone skills are more important than ever. Your people want … Continue reading

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Kash Sales Brief: The “AS WE AGREED TO LETTER”

Problem: good intentions, incomplete communications and missed expectations typically create delays, misunderstandings, misinterpretations and missed closing opportunities.  So, what do we do to be better in our communication to get agreements & commitments? We must adopt a clearly written letter/email … Continue reading

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Kash Sales Brief: Time Management

Time is the salespersons #1 asset. It’s also a “depleting” asset. We can’t “recapture” time. Insight: “You can’t manage time; you can only prioritize & manage your activities and what you do with your time.” How we spend our time is most critical. We’ll share 3 major components of Time/Asset … Continue reading

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Sales Recruiting & Hiring: What’s at Stake?

It’s like a “Blind Date.” You “Hope” you won’t be disappointed and you “Hope” it might “Work Out.” Let’s face facts; you’re frustrated because it’s difficult in this 4% unemployment economy-you’ve done some work. Like: ·        You (or HR) have a Sales position job description. ·        You’ve advertised your … Continue reading

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Navigating Today’s Sales Landscape

Today’s decision makers are busier than ever, many are doing “more” with less. Fact: Decision Makers face ever-escalating “unrealistic” expectations to do more, do better, be faster!!! Many are: Too Busy to: Deal with problems that haven’t YET reached the … Continue reading

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Overcoming Prospect “Delays, Misunderstandings, Misinterpretations and Closing Delays”

In a world of procrastinators, there always appear to be delays or excuses (often times in the summer, prospects tell salespeople that they’ll address something after they’re back from vacation). These delays are frequent as holidays (like Labor Day) approach, … Continue reading

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Sales Management: Joint Sales Calls: Steps to Success

Background: many times, joint calls become a “circus show” of show and tell; or someone trying to dominate the conversation. Some reasons typical joint calls end in confusion are: No pre-meeting plan Uncertainty of each person’s role & responsibility (sales … Continue reading

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Hour Blocking: The Secret to Effective Time Management for Salespeople

Time management is an essential skill, and hour blocking is a powerful way to master this skill.You can use it to block off hours in your schedule and get more things finished. It enables you to take control of sales … Continue reading

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MANAGE AND QUALIFY QUOTES & PROPOSALS ….

BEFORE YOUR TEAM SPENDS TOO MUCH WASTED TIME…..Are they “real” and are they moving forward…..do you know….do your sales people know?  How do they know? Here are a few fail-safe tactics:

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