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The Bob Chronicles - The Difference Between Selling Skills and Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

If you drove more than two hours today or slept in a hotel bed last night I'm certain you'll need to crack your back and neck. Back in the 90's, after years of Chiropractic, I learned to crack my own back and neck. You never know when you will need to relieve stiffness and/or pain. Actually you do know. it's the same with sales teams.

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The Magic Customer Service Question

The Sales Heretic

I had just checked in at the Sheraton hotel in Tampa, Florida, where I was conducting a sales training seminar the next day. Now, normally when I’m traveling, I like to get out of the hotel and find a good, local restaurant to eat at. I was hungry. But this evening, it was late and [.].

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Why It’s Time to Rethink the ROI of Your Sales Training

Sales and Marketing Management

Today’s sales leaders agree on today’s top sales training challenges: it’s too expensive, there’s not enough time, and there’s a lack of engagement. Add to this the fact that when surveyed, the majority of sales leaders question the effectiveness of their current sales training programs. Practice-Driven Sales Development.

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When the Training Wheels Come Off

SBI Growth

Training dollars are being misallocated. Her sales manager knew her potential and sent her to a weeklong sales training. The Need-Payoff that she had been trained on was thrown out the window. Budget has been invested in Training and Development in the past year. A 4 day training at corporate. The Old Model.

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The Truth and Profit Behind Your Service | Sales Training.

Jeffrey Gitomer

Online Training. Tweet Share I’m in Las Vegas, where nine of the ten largest hotels in the world reside. Each hotel competes against the other for huge contracts. So what are these big hotels doing about it? Each hotel offers amenities and attractions that are unbelievable. These big hotels have procedures.

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Do You Believe Customer Care To Be Top Priority for Your Business?

Smooth Sale

Hotel Room Danger Zone Upon checking into a hotel, the lobby was attractive, and the people at the desk were welcoming. Hotel Gym vs. the Elevator It was almost equally surprising that a well-respected hotel would have remarkable high-tech applied to the elevators but not include the floor to the gym.

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Dreamforce in 5 Easy Steps: Your Dreamforce Survival Kit!

The Sales Hunter

130,000 people encompassing virtually every hotel in San Francisco area. Blog Networking Professional Selling Skills Sales Development Training Sales Motivation Sales Training dreamforce networking' .” This event is so big! If you don’t have a plan, it will overwhelm you.

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