The Sales Blog
Your revenue numbers are up. Your profit is better than last year. You’re moving in the right direction. You should be pleased. But you shouldn’t necessarily be satisfied. The numbers may be positive, but it doesn’t always mean you are where should be. A sales organization … [Read more...]
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. I've been compensated to contribute to this program, but the opinions expressed in … [Read more...]
John writes: I am a landscape designer/landscape contractor. I just took a call from a client about a drafting a landscape design. They said they had also contacted one of my competitors and I really wanted to say, “Oh, they’re great at mowing lawns. However, they … [Read more...]
You get to choose your attitude. You get to decide who you will be when you engage with other people. Print this list. Put it somewhere you’ll be reminded to choose wisely. ☐ Depressed ☐ Angry ☐ Bored ☐ Tired ☐ Unresourceful ☐ Impatient ☐ … [Read more...]
If what you were doing was working, you’d already be getting the results that you want (or need). If what you were doing was working, you wouldn’t have to change anything. The problem most folks have is they want better results without having to make any changes—especially … [Read more...]
When you take your team off the field make sure it is achieve the right outcomes. Too often sales organizations take their sales teams off the field to accomplish things that are better accomplished some other way. They take them off the field to cover administrative or … [Read more...]
Some people live in poverty. Real, physical poverty. They can’t meet life’s basic fundamental needs, like food, water, shelter, and clothing. Too many people are truly impoverished, and they deserve our help. But there is another kind of poverty. This kind of poverty is far … [Read more...]
So, you say you would do anything to succeed, anything to have that level of success? But would you really do anything? Would you set your alarm clock to wake you an hour and half earlier each morning and rise without hitting the snooze button? Does your mission motivate you to … [Read more...]
Today, I am disappointed. Sad, really. My phone rang. I answered. It was someone who works for me. She said, “[Salesperson] is on the line. She insists she has an appointment with you at 2:30 PM.” I live on my calendar. How could I have been so careless? I open my calendar … [Read more...]
Things have changed. Globalization: Globalization has been around a long, long time. But in the last couple decades, a lot of labor moved overseas because labor was cheaper there. Then, white collar jobs started to follow. As it turns out brains are cheaper there, too. … [Read more...]
Leaving A Trail of Negativity Behind You