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AMP UP Your Sales

Your Sales Management Guru

Amp Up Your Sales, published by AMACOM, written by Andy Paul is a book you should consider for your 2015 sales training program. Andy has put together 40 chapters of concise, practical and most important the right information that when implemented can drive your sales to the next level. Selling through customer service.

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Sales Leadership: 2013 Sales Theme

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At this time of the year everyone is working on your sales business plans for 2013 and finishing budgets and forecasts. It may appear on your internal letterhead, made into a banner and hung in your sales area and used to reinforce your training programs. Ken Thoreson is the President of the Acumen Management Group Ltd.,

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Sales Contests: Building a Culture of High Performance

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Building a Culture of High Performance: Sales Games. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for the 4th quarter and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. Improving customer service.

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Hiring High Performance Sales Teams #1 of 2

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You can’t reach your sales goals without a complete staff, so when someone leaves it’s terribly tempting to hire the first person available to fill the job.Yet, a helter-skelter, frantic approach leads to hiring the wrong person. That adds expense, disrupts your sales team and, potentially, creates a customer service disaster.

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CRM: 15 Years Later, now a friend

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As a Sales Leadership consultant, I think the article below hit on many valid points; the Cloud and CRM usability are key elements in the acceptance of CRM, as is the price/cost issue, especially for the SMB market. However, what is interesting is 1) forecasting accuracy is still a challenge for the Rep/sales manager’s.

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2015 Sales Predictions

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Sales training is moving to a mobility mode. As salespeople face new selling environments, they will have access to instant insights designed to improve their sales skills and strategic information. HINT: This increases the need for a quality Discovery Stage within your sales process.

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Sales Leadership: Compensation and Summer Fun

Your Sales Management Guru

Sales Compensation and Having a Fun Summer. Sales Leadership Ideas. At this time of year sales management must be looking at pipeline levels and goals for July/August and determining if there is the necessary level of activity to ensure targets will be exceeded. Improving customer service.