Understanding the Sales Force

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How to Prepare for the Coming Sales Team Super Storm

Understanding the Sales Force

So when a promotion for an upcoming webinar appeared in my Twitter feed last week I was equally astounded by the lack of anticipatory awareness of the sales training firm and online publication promoting it. What if a professional sports team reached out to your really good 12-year-old and offered them a professional contract?

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Top 10 Sales and Sales Leadership Articles of 2021

Understanding the Sales Force

Popularity (likes on LinkedIn and Twitter). Popularity is a good barometer but not everyone sees what is posted on LinkedIn and Twitter and the time of day influences that. This is the first - the top articles of the year - and later this month I will post my annual Nutcracker edition which I have been doing since 2011.

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Two Selling Strategies That are More Effective Than Facts and Figures

Understanding the Sales Force

Today there were multiple videos showing wild triple plays in my Twitter feed. Baseball Hall of Famer Hank Aaron just passed away becoming the 9th baseball HOFer to pass in the last 12 months. I've been a lifelong Red Sox fan, but I miss the Red Sox a lot less than I miss watching my son play baseball.

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Selling Value - Everything You Always Wanted to Know

Understanding the Sales Force

When we look at the sales stories of the recent past, the topics that sales experts continue writing about are Social Selling, Inbound Marketing, LinkedIn, Twitter, CRM and Lead Nurturing. Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing crm twitter Pipeline linkedin social selling selling value Lead Nurturing top of the funnel Bill Cosby Value Proposition'

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How Pitchers Fielding Practice is Exactly the Same as Salespeople Role-Playing

Understanding the Sales Force

My Twitter feed had the funniest 1-minute baseball video I have ever seen. It's short article Friday. Less is more. It was pitcher fielding practice (PFP) and the coach was miked up.

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Surprising New Data on Salespeople Busts the Myths about Relationship Selling and Social Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

I believed that social selling was a godsend to those in sales who were not great at relationship building - that by utilizing applications like LinkedIn and Twitter they could reach out to new people but with the benefit of hiding behind the glass screen. I had a theory about salespeople but didn't have the data to prove it out. Or wrong?

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How Dramatically Has Selling Changed?

Understanding the Sales Force

Dave Kurlan Consultative Selling close more sales twitter linkedin selling value long sales cycle sales win rates google plus' That''s just one example of how dramatically some things have changed in the past 20 years. Let''s take selling. how dramatically has that changed in 20 years?