Salespeople are often sloppy, particularly when it comes to structuring and conducting initial/discovery sales calls. What’s perplexing is how many sellers simply take for these hard-earned customer/prospect meetings for granted. Today, it takes so much effort and energy to secure a meeting with a key prospect, yet salespeople don’t prep or plan anywhere near as much […]
8 Ugly Reasons Sales Calls Derail Read More »
A few times per year I write a post that I’m pretty sure will be unpopular. Based on how many salespeople I see wearing embroidered logo shirts, this one certainly will ruffle a few feathers – at least that’s my hope. Here’s my premise: Way too many salespeople wear their company logo (golf, polo or
Why Wearing a Company Logo Shirt Sends the Wrong Sales Message Read More »
I lost it during a client’s sales team meeting this week. Words I don’t normally use came spewing from deep within with great intensity. I was with a wonderful company for whom I did good deal of consulting and coaching earlier this year, and it was fun to join them for their late summer sales meeting
Please Stop Showing Pictures of Your Building During Sales Calls and Presentations Read More »
I love sales calls. I love making them, going along with others, observing, reflecting and writing about sales calls. If I was to take a swag at the number, I’ve probably observed (as either a sales exec. or a coach/consultant) 170 salespeople on approximately 1000 sales calls. That’s a lot of data and even more fodder
What I Learned From A French-Speaking Sales Rock Star Without Understanding A Word Read More »
In many businesses, it’s not easy to secure an appointment with a target prospect. The initial sales call is a big deal. Because we worked so hard to get there, it’s critical that we bring our A-game. For coaching and content-building purposes, I’ve gone along on a few calls lately as the extra man. I probably
Plan Your Sales Calls (key word: “Your”) – Part 1 Read More »
