Archive for November, 2008

Sales Manager and the Phone Book Prospecting Trick

« 4 November 2008 | 0:07 | Uncategorized | Comments Off »

You know there are still some sales managers out there who instead of insuring proper amounts of qualified leads for their sales force will instead throw a new salesman or woman a darn phone book and say good luck, there is the phone? Oh great the new salesperson thinks.
Now-a-days you cannot call people on Do [...]



Are Your Sales Meetings Boring?

« 3 November 2008 | 14:40 | Uncategorized | Comments Off »

Many sales meetings are boring and a waste of salespeople’s time, say the majority of salespeople I interview. A review of what’s going on in the market is good to know, but to be effective, sales meetings need to be a lot more than that venues for quick market updates.
Inviting a vendor’s sales [...]



Motivation: There is No Someday

« 2 November 2008 | 9:27 | Uncategorized | Comments Off »

Get out your calendar or day planner and take a look at the days of the week.
If you have a calendar like mind, you will see Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. What you will not see is Someday.
So here is the point – There is no someday!
Our belief in “someday I will….” [...]



Motivation-Where to Start

« 2 November 2008 | 4:35 | Uncategorized | Comments Off »

Motivation… What a huge topic. Where do we start? I am sure many of you have read articles on motivation. Ideally, your dreams and your goals should be your motivation – but what happens is often, our dreams seems something distant in the future and today possibly a very long way away. One [...]