The Sales Blog
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...]
Jack Malcolm is President of Falcon Performance Group where he prepares and trains salespeople. His focus is the complex sale, but Jack weaves military history, behavioral economics, and cognitive psychology into a powerful approach to influence and persuasion. Jack is also a … [Read more...]
Selling well is a balance between conflict and collaboration. The more—and faster—you can move away from conflict and towards collaboration, the better. But conflict is built in. Conflict at the Start The conflict begins at the very onset of the relationship. You want a … [Read more...]
You’re might be overly concerned with selling to the C-suite. Authority used to reside in fewer people. Now decisions are more and more made by consensus. The elevator from the ground floor passes through every floor on its way to the Executive Suite. And it’s likely your … [Read more...]
You think you need your power sponsor to agree that you are the best person to add to their management team, that your solution is best, and that they should move forward with you. Not so fast! What about the rest of the organization that is going to be impacted by a decision to … [Read more...]
End Users Stakeholders For the end-users of your product or service, the value created is that your widgets (whatever they are) actually perform well. End users also value good support and service. Even if you can create a higher level of value for their organization, if you … [Read more...]
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