Understanding the Sales Force

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Sales Education - New Events, Articles and Books

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today's article has a collection of links to help you, your sales managers and your salespeople become more effective. A new book by Adon Rigg, Insightful Selling , launched today. It's a nice collection of important reminders, tips and insights for all things sales.

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Sales Forecasts Do Not Have to Be as Wrong as Fortune Cookies

Understanding the Sales Force

Yet despite those advances, they are still guessing - educated guesses to be sure - but guessing about what will happen, when it will happen, and where it will happen. There has been much talk in the news about forecasts - and while most have been wrong they are still more accurate than Fortune Cookies!

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My Latest on Using Email to Book New Meetings

Understanding the Sales Force

Not poorly translated into English cringy, as much as seventh grade education cringy. They lack credibility when they don’t include a last name, company name or title. The writing is cringy awful. And even if the issues I mentioned weren’t problematic, most emails are pushing services that aren’t needed by most of us.

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What Google Might Know about Hiring Salespeople

Understanding the Sales Force

I don''t have anything against college graduates but I have never seen a correlation between higher education and sales success. While many successful salespeople have college degrees, salespeople don''t succeed because of their education. Here are two exaggerated examples: Educated - Where is the documentation for this?

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How to Achieve Greater Sales & Sales Leadership Success

Understanding the Sales Force

Most professionals invested tens of thousands of dollars in their education and it blows my mind that salespeople don’t think they need to do the same thing. If you want to achieve greater sales or sales leadership success, the very best thing you can do is to invest in training and coaching. You can start here.

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How to Raise the Incomes of Minimum Wage Workers Without Wealth Distribution or Socialism

Understanding the Sales Force

Lack of education? Not stated, but implied, is that minimum wage employees are forced into those low paying jobs and the wealthiest Americans are to blame. Why can't low hourly wage workers seek and earn better paying jobs? Is it lack of skills? Lack of motivation? Lack of commitment? Lack of opportunity? Lack of training? Why not sales?

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The Real Problem with the Sales Profession and Sales Leadership

Understanding the Sales Force

You do know that doctors, attorneys, teachers and other skilled professionals are not only expected, but required to continue their education, attend workshops and conferences, and learn the latest from the greatest minds in their field.