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 …
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 »
