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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Charles Green

Partners in Excellence

He loves responding to the worst possible prospecting emails possible. The only course I saw on sales (this was back 1974-76) was about strategic selling and sales management; nothing about the personal psychology of selling, which I later came to see as critical. Then came the day of my first “sales” opportunity.

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Investing In The Future Of Selling

Partners in Excellence

Sometimes, I look at the stuff that’s inflicted on all of us in the name of prospecting, opportunity development, and so forth, and I tend to be pretty pessimistic. It was a fascinating conversation about sales management and the role of managers in developing their people.

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Do You Have A Practice Sales Culture?

Pipeliner

They open up sales conversations with ease and grace. Thoughtful and provocative sales conversations seem to happen without effort. Asking for the business is easy and, in many cases, the prospect takes the lead in ‘closing the deal’ because of the salesperson’s mastery. These sales organizations make sales look easy.

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College Football Wagering and What It Has to Do with Sales

Braveheart Sales

While I was watching ESPN’s College Game Day, I heard Chris “The Bear” Fallica, who is a research producer and sports betting analyst for ESPN, make an observation about betting odds that was a revelation to me. Salespeople project their own excitement onto prospects. Making Sales Wagers. They wanna believe.

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Why I’m So Optimistic About The Future Of Selling

Partners in Excellence

Year after year, the percent of sales people making plan continues to decline. The average tenure in a sales job, whether it’s sales management or individual contributors continues to plummet. Depending on the survey, tenure of sales managers, is anywhere between 18-22 months.

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I Don’t Want Your Stinkin’ CRM System

Partners in Excellence

Where else can you easily track everything that’s happened with all your deals, prospecting, email and other campaigns? For the managers that have made it this far, realize CRM and the related tools are not about you. They are about helping your sales people be more productive, impactful, and effective.

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These Are the 12 Best Sales Process Tips of All Time

Gong.io

Cause we’re going to look at the types of conversations you’re having across the sales process, and how to succeed in each one of them. Step 1 – Prospecting: Get the First Meeting Every Time. Prospecting is your first step in the sales process. Prospects talk uninterrupted for 3.5 We were too.