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Coaching A Talented/Unmotivated Rep?

Steven Rosen

Janet wants to get 2014 off to a great start. Janet’s goal in 2014 is to reach the top 10% of the country and she is focused. The day is well planned and Ray has a good rapport with his customers. However, as she shared in one of our monthly coaching sessions, she is frustrated with one of her most tenured sales reps.

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Sales is Storytelling. Marketing is Storytelling. Business is Storytelling.

Sales and Marketing Management

“My experiments show that character-driven stories with emotional content result in a better understanding of the key points a speaker wishes to make and enable better recall of these points weeks later,” Zak states in a 2014 Harvard Business Review summary of his research. “In Telephone service is not the sexiest thing to sell.

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Dealing With Sales Rejection: Thoughts and Actions That Drive Success

Tenfold

Back in 2014, gamification as a strategy for improving sales productivity was the trend – not that it was a new breakthrough idea then. Gamification harnesses that energy by systematically placing them in direct competition with one another. It focuses on measuring salesperson activity, sales and customer readiness and pitch testing.

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The Four Errors to Avoid when Putting Together Your Resume (Part Three)

Mr. Inside Sales

Began ABC Company February 2014”. And this means that all the time, energy and money they will invest in you will be wasted because you will leave them in under 24 months. The point here is to explain any large gaps in your employment history – you don’t want the hiring manager wondering why you were unemployed so long.

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170+ Women in Sales Share Their Career-Defining Aha Moment

Sales Hacker

That company only lasted another year before they were out of business, so it was a poor use of my energy, time, and being away from my family – a lesson I work to pass on to others new in roles today. It drives me and gives me the necessary energy to want to improve and succeed. Remember, your energy is contagious.

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