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Big Ego Sales Managers and Small Business Owners Are Still Too Many

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Recently, I had lunch with a salesperson I had trained over 25 years ago. As I listened to her, I realized that even today with all the management and sales training; the countless books and webinars; and the availability of small business coaches and consultants, there are far too many short sighted sales managers and small business owners.

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B2B ABM: Seven Sales & Marketing Tips for 2017 - Tip #6: Nurturing Triples Marketing’s Return

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Per Julie Schwartz, senior vice president, research and thought leadership at marketing research, consulting and training firm ITSMA : “It’s widely believed that 60% to 70% of the buying process is over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson. Nurturing is about talking to your prospective clients at every stage in the sales cycle.

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Top Sales & Sales Leadership Articles of 2024

Understanding the Sales Force

My Latest Sales Epiphany From Watching Playoff Baseball – What’s not to like about an article with a baseball analogy? 12 Powerful Sales Lessons from The Chosen – This one is right up there among the most interesting articles I have ever written.

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The First Step to Being a Great Leader

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Years ago during some customer service, team building training for a telecommunications firm one of the participants said flat out in a very challenging and derisive voice “I am not a leader. P.S. Leadership development should be part of any training from sales to customer service to even strategic planning. Share on Facebook.

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How to Improve Staff Engagement for Business Growth  

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The repeat process for hiring, training, and letting go is referred to as ‘The Revolving Door Syndrome,’ and is costly to the company, being time-consuming and negatively impacting the bottom line. It was during the 3 rd interview I conducted that I had an epiphany! Yet, it is tough to see any discernible differences.

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Bring Out The Diamond Brilliance Within High Performing Sales Teams

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Sales Training Coaching Tip: A sales team can consistent of just one person. Sales Training Coaching Tip: Usually those obstacles are not new knowledge, new sales skills, lack of sales training coaching, but rather something else. Reflection is also one of the key reasons why most sales training coaching fails to: Stick.

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Lead Nurturing: Triple Your Marketing Return

Pointclear

Per Julie Schwartz, senior vice president, research and thought leadership at marketing research, consulting and training firm ITSMA : “It’s widely believed that 60% to 70% of the buying process is over before prospects want to engage with a salesperson. Nurturing is about talking to your prospective clients at every stage in the sales cycle.