CRM: The Secret Weapon You’ve Been Ignoring Let’s face it, CRM can feel like a buzzkill. It’s that corporate jargon that your boss keeps throwing around, insisting it’s the key to sales success. But who cares about the boss’s insights, right? You’ve been closing deals just fine with your trusty sticky notes and sheer willpower....
Accountability: The Cancer of Sales Leadership Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. Accountability. It’s the cancer of sales leadership. It’s the slow, insidious disease that’s killing your sales team. It’s the reason why you’re not closing deals, why your team is underperforming, and why you’re probably losing sleep at night. Accountability is hard....
The Secret Weapon You Didn’t Know You Had: Mastering Sales Skills with Everyday Interactions You’ve just learned a powerful new sales technique. Your mind races with possibilities, eager to put it into action. But where do you start? How do you translate theory into real-world results? The answer might surprise you: it’s all around you,...
Stuck in a Sales Slump? How Random Acts of Kindness Can Spark Your Success The world of sales is a rollercoaster. One day you’re closing deals left and right, the next you feel stuck in a rut, questioning every sales call and presentation. It’s easy to get discouraged, but before you resign yourself to another...
Script vs. Methodology: Orchestrating a Symphony, Not Playing a Record – Why Sales Pros Ditch Scripts Imagine walking into a concert hall, eager to be captivated by a live orchestra. The lights dim, the conductor raises their baton, and… a pre-recorded melody blasts through the speakers. Disappointed, right? The same goes for sales. A scripted...
More Leads or Better Closing Rate? Finding Your Sales Sweet Spot For salespeople, the constant quest for higher income boils down to two key metrics: the number of leads generated and the conversion rate of those leads into sales (closing rate). The million-dollar question is: should you focus on getting more leads or improving your...
Understanding Sales Velocity: A Crucial Metric for Sales Representatives I love sales because it is the great equalizer in business. Either you get results, or you don’t. However, success isn’t as binary as just closing deals or not. Salespeople are tasked with managing pipelines, nurturing leads, which ultimately drives revenue for their organizations and into...
The Sales Game: Competing Against Yourself In the fast-paced world of sales, competition SHOULD be a key driver for us. Of course, money and freedom are top of the class, but since there is no second place in sales, competition is ever present in our quest for success. Whether it’s vying against industry rivals or...
When Your Team is Facing Defeat, What Do You Do? Sales teams are unique in that they are constantly striving for success. And for many team, when it comes to yearly quota, they start at zero Jan 1 Q1. As a sales manager, you set the tone for your team. If you show them that...
Understanding the Different Ways Committees Make Buying Decisions When it comes to sales, understanding how committees make buying decisions is essential. While there are many ways committees may makes decisions, 2 of the most commonly used are the RAVA process (Rational Analysis of Value and Alternatives) or a vested partnership approach to make purchase decisions....
Sales folks often end up not making any sales at all Have you ever gone into a store, only to have the salesperson back away and give you space? It’s odd, right? You would think they would want to engage with you and help you find what you’re looking for. But sometimes, salespeople are so...
