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Master The Art Of Listening
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| Listening is one of the most valuable skills in effective sales calling. If you listen, if you ask could questions and truly hear your prospects response, they will tell you when, how and why they would buy your product or service. Master the art of listening and you'll turn more prospects into clients! |
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Improving Sales through Strategic Sales Compensation Planning
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| Two of the most common questions at sales conferences are "How do you pay your sales people?" and "How can I get my sales people to be more productive?" Your sales strategy, tactics and goals should be the biggest determinant of your sales compensation plan, and the best single way to operationalize your sales strategy! Commissions and incentives have one function only; to reward the sales behavior that helps you reach your goals. |
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Your pre-call & post-call checklist
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| How well did your last sales call go? Did you achieve what you set out to achieve? Do you know what your next course of action will be with that customer/prospect? Do you have evidence that a real sales opportunity exists?
Using a pre-call and post-call checklist is a very useful process when assessing the effectiveness of your sales calls. |
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How To Evaluate The Performance Of Your Top Sales Executive
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| This article present the performance appraisal factors that should be used to assess the performance of a top sales executive. Also, it provides the format of a monthly sales call report that should be used to record the sales call activity of sales reps. |
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1st of the Top 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions
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| This is the 1st in the series of the 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions.
#1 - COACHING
In its simplest form, sales coaching consists of the following two activities:
1. Pre-Call Strategizing - coaching prior to selected calls to make sure that the salesperson has a good reason for having the upcoming call, a desired outcome, a game plan or strategy, and the appropriate questions/dialog to achieve the desired outcome.
2. Post-Call Debriefing - coaching after selected calls to discover the true outcome of the call, why the salesperson got that outcome, and what they could have done differently or more effectively... |
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9th of the Top 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions
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| #9 - STRATEGY
Strategy comes in several forms and is required in different dosages depending on the position. For example, a line level sales manager may be more concerned with call strategy while a Worldwide VP Sales may be more concerned with market strategy. At the VP level, strategy is far more important than tactics while at the sales manager level, tactics are more important than strategy. |
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Top Sales Pros do These 10 Things----Why Don't You?
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| Every month, I run a Coach Call on two different topics. On this month’s second call, I listed the Top 10 things that the top sales pros do that most of the others do not. Since I recorded this call, I have had dozens of people respond that the call opened their eyes to the things that are necessary to stay on top. Furthermore, many of the respondents commented that the Coach call helped them get back on track to re-start doing the things that they used to do. In either event, due to the overwhelming response to this call, I have decided to write a corresponding article for those of you who are not part of the Coach Call program. |
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Xobni as Sales Assistant, Pivots Help Close Sales
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| How to use Pivots to change the direction of a sales call or business strategy. |
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Debriefing the Team Sales Call
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You are likely out in the field more often with your salespeople. Here are some coaching best practices and tips to help you make the most of your team calls and use even limited post sales call time as a learning lab through coaching. After each call, along with discussing next steps and strategy, select one area of the call and coach to it.
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Sales Recruiting --Sales Recruiter's Top Five Tips to Building a High Powered Sales Recruiting Machine
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| When it's time to grow your company, getting the right sales recruiting strategy in place can solve a lot of problems that not having the right sales recruiting strategy can create. If you take the time to develop and implement an ongoing and consistent sales recruiting strategy, while keeping the following five tips in mind; you will be on your way to building a world class sales force. |
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Sales Strategy and Tactics - Thoughts from the Super Bowl
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| The problem I observe most frequently is when sales leaders and sales managers do not take ownership of their respective responsibilities for strategy and tactics. We see sales managers unaware of what their salespeople are doing, where they are doing it, and who they are doing it with. We see sales leadership unable to get sales managers aligned on strategy, messaging, targeting, pricing and expectations. |
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