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When Your Sales Manager Sucks

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I was 27 years old when I got my first job in sales. After years of working in customer service, I had talked my supervisor into giving me a chance to make sales calls and earn what in my mind was some hefty commission. My only challenge was that I had no sales experience. 4 Strategies To Succeed No Matter What.

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Your Sales Training Isn’t the Problem. Your Assumptions Are.

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If your sales training investment is not achieving the outcomes you expected, you are in good company. The problem probably isn’t the training program you chose. You probably made one (or more) of five common faulty assumptions about your sales training initiative. Who all are you training? Don’t do that.

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Influence Your Potential Clients More Effectively

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This doesn’t really serve you, or the customer, it only serves to clutter your argument. Saying “we offer great customer service,” or “this is the best product,” is not effective. Instead, tease it apart so that you limit the interpretation of what you’re saying. Sell to Humans. You are selling to humans.

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Sales Team Motivation #1

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Information hits sales managers from all sides on the subject of creating high-performance sales teams. Given these endless choices, it can be hard for sales managers to figure out where exactly to focus their attention. To make life a bit easier, here is a tip that will greatly simplify your job as a sales leader.

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How’s Your Customer Focus Journey Going?

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Companies usually start by aligning islands of functions…say, sales and marketing…then maybe customer service. In elite value focus (aka Radical Value focus, the title of my upcoming book) everyone wants to uncover new/better customer outcomes to increase value. The more loops closed, the more elite.

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The Relationship Economy

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John DiJulius is redefining customer service in corporate America today. One of the most captivating and charismatic speakers today, John’s keynotes and workshops are used by world-class service companies to provide unforgettable customer service every day.

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11 Tips on How Human Resources Can Drive Sales Success

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This is because all too often, they treat all these roles the same and only focus on customer service. Many sales-people who get hired did not flourish because they were put in the wrong positions. Provide Training for Middle Sales Team. Sales managers cannot give their attention to all the employees.