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Winning Business the Right Way
A look at winning business for your company through the use of three key traits.

Executive Level Positioning
Positioning yourself in both a horizontal and vertical level with regards to your co-workers before evening reaching the executive level and the importance associated with it.

The Sales Meeting Agenda
The impact of having a sales meeting agenda.

Always be Qualifying
The importance of qualifying throughout the sales process.

Financial Skills Selling
The value of having the ability to read an organization's financial statement to identify areas in which the company may be struggling. This gives one the ability of knowing in advance, what areas need to be worked on.

Effective Negotiating
Reviewing different models that help in both negotiating and overcoming objections when dealing with prospective buyers.

Setting the Presentation/Proposal Meeting Date
A quick view and advice on the difficulties associated with the timing and timeframe of proposals.

Activity/Activity/Activity
An overview on how to set one's own activity level with regards to sales.

Are They the “Real” Decision Maker?
Keys to finding the "real" person making the decisions.

Are you a Leader or a Follower?
Positive aspects of the current social and networking abilities.

Handling Objections in Today’s Sales Environment
Methodologies on how to handle and identify obstacles and objections with regards to the sales environment.

Presentations - Easy as 1 - 2 - 3
A view on the simplicity that can be associated with the word presentation.

Professional Presentation Skills
Simply going through the process of a presentation and its relative simplicity.

The dba of a Professional Sales Person
This article highlights the "doing business as" a Professional Sales Person

The Diary of a Mad Sales Person
Finding a working balance between the selling and administrative sides of the aisle.

The Difference Between Winning the Deal & Losing the Deal
Items that cause the difference and the result the comes from it.

The Sales Meeting Objective – Is It Mutually Beneficial?
Being sure to define the benefits associated with the products and services that will impact the businesses involved before the meeting takes place. This is done through various asepcts including, but not limited to increasing revenues, decreasing business expense, improving productivity, enhancing marketing, improving technology capabilities, improving security protection.

The Value 2 (Squared) Equation
The importance of showing value to both the buyer, and the buyer's end user: Value 2 (Squared).

What is So Wrong with Selling on Price?
Problems associated with selling on price.

Wireline vs. Wireless
Importance associated with the sales process.

It Is All About the Buyer
A simple set of statements that reminds us what this sales event is truly about.

Dress for Success as a Sales Professional
The importance of dress code when it comes to sales.

"Lazy Sales Professional" - An Oxymoron
A look at how much work goes into being a sales professional.

Managing the Sales Territory Effectively
Different methods of effectively going through and seeing where changes are necessary with regards to territory management as well as noticing what has been successful.

The Dreaded Monday Morning Sales Meeting

Do They GET TO GO or HAVE TO GO? For years as a speaker/trainer/coach, salespeople have approached me with feedback regarding their regular company sales meetings. This is what I hear: -The meetings are boring with little to no direction -The meetings turn into individual gripe sessions -The meetings turn into complaint sessions by management -The meetings tend to “bring down” the reps rather than “pump up” the reps -The meetings tend to be filled with reports, data, stats, and rules -The meetings never start on time -The meetings never follow an agenda -The meetings never end on time Does any of this sound familiar to you? Do your people tend to “go through the motions” in your sales meetings? Do they complain about having to come to these meetings regularly? Do you sometimes agree with them?

The Close
Just a quick look at a few different closing techniques with regards to sales.

Establishing Your Sales Objectives
A simple process of establishing ones own sales objectives.

The simple truth to increasing sales; follow up, follow up, follow up!
Did you know that the majority of sales leads and enquiries do not get followed up more than once (which could be why your business has a low conversion rate*)? To improve your sales or that of your sales team, develop a system to regularly check where each one is at and when they were last contacted. If you hold sales meetings, doing it at the beginning or end of each month is perfect.

Why Benchmark?
A good number of reasons for benchmarking and making substantive points with potential clients that are not always too forthcoming.

The Art of Projections in a Dotcom 2.0 World

The world is running amok with entrepreneurs pitching every sort of Web 2.0, social networking, user-generated-content startup. It’s the attack of the bull-shiitake startup projections, so I’m losing my hearing; there’s a ringing in my head, and I get dizzy every once in a while. Before the world implodes (again), here is a top-tenish list of ways to create realistic projections in this Dotcom 2.0 world.

How do I deal with client objections?

Many sales people will tell you one of the biggest worries in sales, besides prospecting, is dealing with customer objections. Its true many people do not like dealing with objections or conflict, however, it is also true that many people unintentionally create objections and conflict by not understanding a customer’s real needs or priorities and failing to find common ground. In my opinion ‘overcoming objections’ is often blown out of proportion in terms of the issue it claims to be. Too much time and attention is spent on objections in sales meetings and sales training rather than focusing on the skills and resources needed to help sales people eliminate objections from the sales process in the first place.

Why we should put the Trainer back into Sales Management

Up until 20 years ago, a key function of a sales manager’s role was the regular training of their sales people. What did this look like? Well, something like this: weekly 1 hour power training sessions for the sales team focusing on honing key skills, bi-monthly half day or 1 day sessions drilling down on account planning, strategy, market and product knowledge, and formal class room training usually employing external, expert training providers on a once or twice yearly basis to boost their teams to the next level. This was all supplemented by sales meetings and one-on-one coaching. Many sales managers of yesteryear were good trainers. However, through my observations across many businesses, the training component has been replaced by compliance.

Trigger Events - The Anatomy of Sales Wisdom
When a prospect says or does something it should trigger the salesperson's time machine, bringing him back to an important sales event where something like the current scenario took place before.

3rd of the Top 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions
This is the third in my series of the 10 Kurlan Sales Management Functions. #3 - MOTIVATION Motivating your salespeople comes down to getting them to: 1. Do what they won't do on their own; 2. Change their behavior; 3. Do more of what they are already doing; 4. Have more of a sense of urgency; 5. Over Achieve More...

Sales Meetings

Have you ever sat through a pointless meeting and calculated how much of the company’s money was being wasted on individuals sitting around a table completely zoned out? Sales meetings in particular are an important tool for helping you to keep your team’s performance on track. Effective sales meetings don’t just happen, and improving your meetings isn’t just a case of ordering drinks and a plate of muffins. Successful meetings require a range of skills, a disciplined approach and an effective leader. Here are some handy tips on how to prepare for and conduct effective sales meetings so that you and your team get the most out of them.

My Pipeline is full, but the deals aren't closing!
Salespeople that spend large chunks of valuable time and energy attending multiple pre-sales meetings, conducting 'needless' needs analysis and writing proposals at the customer's request, are more often than not left scratching their heads in a state of ambiguity and confusion.

Are your sales people living in false hope?
Salespeople that spend large chunks of valuable time and energy attending multiple pre-sales meetings, conducting 'needless' needs analysis's and writing proposals at the customer's request, are more often than not left scratching their heads in a state of ambiguity and confusion.

Selling and Presentation Tools
Don't bore your audience to death! Brian gives insight on manufacturer rep's top questions for delivering creative and successful presentations.

The University of Sales
Is everybody on your sales team as dedicated as you are to continuously augmenting and upgrading personal knowledge and skills? There's no question that it's absolutely essential ...unless of course all your competitors are lazy and stupid.

5 Ways to Gauge Sales Management Coaching

Most sales leaders would agree that coaching is the most impactful activity a sales manager can do to drive sales team performance. Studies reinforce this by showing that above-average coaches deliver 20 percent more sales. The challenge? Sales management coaching is the weakest-performing activity among managers. How do you know if your managers are effective coaches? Here are five ways to find out.

How to run a Sales Meeting
Have you ever sat through a pointless meeting and calculated how much of the company's money was being wasted on individuals sitting around a table completely zoned out?

Creating the right sales training environment

The manager, coach or trainer who is committed to accelerating the learning process of their people must attend to creating an optimal learning or meeting environment which also includes it being safe on all levels. For learning, feedback or a meeting to take place effectively you need to create a comfortable and safe environment. For this to occur you need to plan and arrange the environment and resources you will need for your session or meeting.

The Attractor Factor
In sales it helps to have an attractor factor because little things usually mean everything. Learn why being different makes a big difference to sales prospects and customers.

Lead by Example: Do As I Do
The rules of modeling are not just applicable in parenting, but also apply to leading a great sales team. Great leadership starts from the top down. Make sure you are following these rules in managing your team for success.

What Sergio Garcia Can Teach You About Selling
Sergio Garcia could have made one minor adjustment to his golf game last year and earned an additional $2.5 million dollars. Salespeople can earn more too, with 1 minor adjustment.

Five Ways to Annoy a B2B Prospect in a First-Time Meeting - Guaranteed!
Your first meeting with a prospective customer will make or break any chance for a new business relationship. No doubt about it: it's sink or swim time. So don't just avoid these five annoying mistakes; do the opposite and you will enjoy more win-wins.

Possibly the Single Best Question a Salesperson Can Ask a Prospect in a 1st-Time Meeting
I have used the "challenge" question time and time again. It's never failed me. In fact, it's allowed me to help decision-makers solve key business issues that impacted their bottom line.

Increase B2B Sales by Managing Your Prospecting and Sales Ratios
Are you a B2B salesperson looking to increase your annual income goal? If you're responsible for generating new business, you need to track and manage (improve) your ratios. And the best way to start is by looking at a meaningful number... your desired income. From there we'll work backwards to let you know exactly how to make that happen.

Why Following Up To a Sales Meeting Could Give an Aspirin a Headache Unless You Do This One Thing
It's vital that you have a list of options for "next steps" when you go into a sales meeting, because once the meetings over, you might be doomed to eternal followup. Read on to discover ways to make your meeting end with clearly defined next steps.

Launching a New Nontraditional Offering
KLA is often introduced to companies that want to launch a new offering outside their traditional suite of products and services. These companies have developed a valuable service, but aren't sure how to generate awareness and drive leads with their customers and prospects.

Sales Manager Excuse: Dreading a Sales Meeting

Sales Manager Excuse: Dreading a Sales Meeting "I get the sense my salespeople dread coming to my weekly sales meeting." For most sales managers, the weekly sales meeting is the one chance you have to shine in front of your team, but if you don't, the meeting becomes a huge de-motivator. Sales reps must do the grunt work necessary to get in front of a real live prospect, and only have a brief window to shine and get an order. Sales meetings work in much the same way for you, as the sales manager. Through Sandler sales management training you can learn a radical new way to run sales meetings that taps into each person's internal motivation and charges them up to sell more, much the same way an NFL coach charges up his players at halftime to dig deep and win the game in the 2nd half.

What do animals have to do with marketing?
About a year ago now, I went along to a presentation on sales. The presenter advised us to think about people’s personalities when selling as four key animals – Monkeys, Lions, Dolphins and Elephants. Although all of us have a mixture of these personalities within us, we’re all dominated by one of them too.

Create Business Rapport in an Instant
Rapport usually happens at a level that we are unaware of so people will say that they had a gut instinct or a feeling to describe having a good or bad rapport with another person. Statements such as ” I had a good feeling about her” or ” There was something just not right about him” will be used to describe communications such as interviews or sales meetings.

Sales Meetings That Motivate
Daily sales meetings can and should be a great thing to motivate your sales team, but they must be done properly in order to work.

Reflections of a Lone Sales Wolf

How time flies. I remember back in the mid 1970's when professional selling was easy and a whole lot of fun. We were Lone Wolfs back then. We controlled everything, we were professionals, we owned a patch of dirt. All we had to do to maintain ownership was to produce sales. We had our tools, a company car, trunk files, brochures, samples and a calendar/card file. As time passed, some of us even got car phones. Sure, we did call reports and had sales meetings, but make no mistake, we were pros. We owned that patch of dirt and most of the customers who were on it. If we chose to leave for greener pastures, most of our customers went with us. We had respect. Everything focused on relationships. I mentioned how I even remember my first sales training seminar, "Needs Satisfaction Selling." I was a rookie and having the time of my life.

Value Over Price Preserves Profitability
One way to add value inside of this business equation is to buy a customer's business by offering the lowest Price. You already know that may get you a short-term sell at the expense of short-term and long-term profitability. But, there are more profitable ways to create Perceived Buyer Value, beyond under-cutting your competitor's price.

The Role Of The Sales Manager
The Sales Manager's role is to develop a highly skilled and productive sales force. In the end, nothing else will matter.

RAIN SELLING HOW RAINMAKERS LEAD SALES CONVERSATIONS

By Mike Schultz and John Doerr Sales Conversations for Services To advance in their careers and become Rainmakers (those people at services companies that bring in the new clients and revenue), professionals such as accountants, lawyers, management consultants, and technology consultants eventually need to excel at selling professional services. Rarely, however, are these poor souls given a primer on rainmaking, especially when it comes to leading sales conversations and sales meetings. As a result, they often just 'wing it' and learn by doing, making many avoidable mistakes and losing opportunities to win new clients.

4 Advanced Cold-Calling Techniques
The better you are able to define your target market and more knowledge you have about the prospect’s business, the greater your chance of success when cold calling.

Sales People spending less than 10% of their time SELLING

I got talking to a senior salesperson recently and was gob smacked when he told me about the amount of admin work that he is expected to produce on top of his sales target. He was literally spending half his working week doing paperwork.It got me to thinking that when you consider other unavoidable tasks such as travelling to and from sales meetings , the amount of time that he could possibly be spending in front of prospective clients actually selling must be tiny.

Need a new idea? Ask your staff.
“You must continually find new ideas, strategies and techniques to increase your sales and profits. If you are not moving forward you are falling behind. There is no such thing as staying even in the selling business.” Who talks to your customers more than you do? Who knows what will most satisfy your customers? Who knows what will attract customers to your business? Your Staff!

How To Hold Sales People More Accountable
In working with a client of mine, keeping sales people and distributors accountable is a top priority.

What Everybody Should Know About Setting Goals
What are you going to do today to become more successful? Really? Set some goals...double dare ya!

Only 11% of Salespeople Do This at the End of a Sales Call
How many of your salespeople will stay in a meeting where they think they're hearing all the right things and continue to ask questions?

Your Weekly Team Meeting
Your organization can experience significant gains by running effective team or sales meetings. However, if these meetings are poorly executed, it's only a matter of time before your workforce considers them to be non-productive, unnecessary or even unpleasant; in which case, certain opportunities will be forever lost! So, the first step is to assess the quality of your organization's meetings...

Entrepreneurs -Meetings – Make Them Effective And Profitable
Meetings – in business they are very important, but you can have too much of a good thing. Meetings are also time consuming and expensive and often take you and your staff away from more profitable activities. So how do you make meetings effective and profitable?

Home Show Recruiting Game
If you are not getting good turn out at your home party business sales training meetings then you must look at the value you are providing for your direct sales team at the training meetings. Here is a fun way to add fun to your home business sales training meetings. Fun is a commodity in these times that has a tremendous value!

Are We Online Network Marketers Destined To Become Members Of The Lonely Hearts Club Band?
At times as we work our network marketing businesses, we can get a feeling of loneliness. Gone are the traditional ways we market our business having meetings practically every night of the week. These meetings being replaced by online webinars and conference calls. Gone too are the social “meetings after the meetings”.

Building A Winning Team – Making Decisions Stick
Many leaders complain that they hate to go to meetings because they are non-productive. It is common to find that decisions taken at meetings do not stick. Instead, group decisions at meetings become the subjects of post-meeting lobbying.

Motivate Your Sales Team by Making Your Meetings STICK!
If you really want to motivate your sales team, you need to hold regular, productive meetings. What does that look like? Sales meetings should equip your sellers to sell more and should be about more than operation and product updates. The key is to make your meetings STICK.

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