The Sales Blog
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...]
Your sales manager should never have to manage your activity. Your self-discipline, your goals, and your personal ambition should provide the motivation for your activity. If your sales manager has to look at your activity then you are doing something wrong. You sales manager … [Read more...]
There’s so much written now about how the imbalance of power between buyer and seller in the past was due to the fact that the seller had more information. Allegedly, because of the free flow of information on the Internet, your clients are now equal when it comes to … [Read more...]
You are going to lose clients. Sometimes it’s going to be your fault. You’re going to fail to deliver. You’re going to get complacent and your competitors are going to catch you sleeping. Your going to lose the key operational person that owns the relationship. Sometimes … [Read more...]
You've got a full pipeline. So full that you're not sure you can handle all of the opportunities you are certain to win. But you're already buried alive, and you really want some quality of life. So you lift your foot off the accelerator. Then, the opportunities that were coming … [Read more...]
Leaving A Trail of Negativity Behind You