Does Your Sales Training Program Address Your Sales Performance Issues? Part 2

Here’s a Proven Method to Target ‘Sales Skill Training’ to Resolve Sales Performance Issues

Retail Manager -- Productivity and Developing Your Team

Retail Managers are faced with an ever changing fast-paced environment. They must adapt to letting their team do tasks that are not goal critical. This allows for higher productivity while developing a stronger sales team.

Small Companies Really Can Compete - Here's How

A small improvement in bidding techniques and tactics can lead to a disproportionately large increase in the number of contracts won.

Differentiation - The Key To People Remembering You And Your Game

How do you differentiate yourself from everyone else? I used to be in the contract labor business for the tradeshow industry. So I sold labor – right? Wrong – what I sold was peace of mind. What I sold was the comfort that the customer would have by using us for his/her labor needs.

Are Self-Limiting Beliefs Constraining Your Sales Team?

Allowing self-limiting beliefs to constrain performance, will in turn limit sales results because like everyone, salespeople hold stubbornly to private beliefs about themselves, clients, markets, competition, and even the economy, beliefs that can have an enormous impact, either positive or negative, on their sales achievement levels.

6 TIPS - Wheelchairs and Trade Shows

Well, let’s just be honest. Those folks in the chairs know that they are in the chairs. It’s your responsibility to make them as comfortable in your space as any other visitor. Quick no-no or two -- don’t gawk -- don’t ask stupid questions -- don’t raise your voice (they have a leg problem, not an ear problem). If you have a genuine interest, most folks will tell you their story quickly.

Sales Incentive Program Design

There is a process for developing sales commissions with respect to overall sales compensation that can be followed. The principles are quite easy. The variables include the amount of base salary that you pay to an individual (if any), and the percentage of total compensation that base salary represents in relationship to the incentive program itself.

Stop Sabotaging Employee Performance

If you have a problem or challenge in your organization look up the ladder for the causes and down the ladder for the solutions. Most poor managers and executives reverse this process.

A Fresh Approach To Managing Your Most Important Accounts

Most companies are looking for ways to manage their most important business relationships more effectively and more efficiently. It is not easy to do and it is not always enjoyable to do, but when a major account strategy works well it is extremely satisfying.

What Does It Cost To Make A Sales Mis-hire?

Think about how much time and energy it takes to hire a good sales person. Think about how much it costs to carry a good salesperson on your payroll, and then think about the amount of revenue needed for your company in order to help you accelerate your sales. Finally, add in the opportunity costs for your company if during a given period, particularly a long one, instead of selling a million dollars a year, you have an under performing rep. When you add in all of these factors, it’s very costly to make a mistake when it comes to hiring sales people.

Sometimes Managers Are Just Too Soft

If as a manager your people are not living up to their full potential, perhaps it's because of the way you are managing them. This article suggests how managers can do their employees a favor by being tougher on them.

Major Account Management Is Not A Single Action

In Part Two of this four part series, I identify that Major Account Management is not a single act but a series of actions which link together to produce a powerful, professional and profitable result.

Foundational Principles of Persuasion

Central to understanding persuasion is the concept of neutrality. The laws of persuasion are neither good nor evil. They simply exist. Just as nuclear power can be used to create electricity or an atomic bomb, persuasion can be used to create unity or to force compliance. Whether the outcome is good or bad depends on the person using the laws and how that person applies the techniques of persuasion.

Managing a Car Sales Lot

Many customers when they are out shopping for cars go to a car sales lot and walk up to the front. The first thing they see is about 10 guys nicely dressed standing there like vultures trying to sell them a car. At first glance they look rather lazy and waiting for easy prey.

Sales Lead Management

Sales lead management is one of the key foundations of good sales. If you are a business owner, it is essential for you to have proper sales lead management tools in order to convert prospects into clients. Without some sort of sales lead management system, it will be very hard for you to keep track of follow-up calls, meetings and many other details relating to target clients.