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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

This past week, Hurricane Lee roared into Nova Scotia, becoming the first such storm to do so since 2003, although at the time it made landfall, Lee had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. However, working with them also lengthens the sales process. Three of this year’s (2023) Hurricanes took unusual paths for hurricanes.

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How you manage makes a difference

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Tim Houlihan Dispensing with sales manager myths. What’s your sales manager mythology? In a recent conversation with a sales vice president, he noted that leadership is not about being engaged, it’s about the willingness to take risks. He was talking about his sales managers. What you can do.

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Episode #069: Persistence Pays with Jeff C West

Jeff Shore

West is the author of the heartwarming sales parable, The Unexpected Tour Guide, winner of the Axiom Business Book Awards Bronze Award in the Business Fable Category and the recipient of kind endorsements from bestselling authors such as Bob Burg, Brian Tracy, Tom Hopkins and Susan Solovic, THE Small Business Expert as seen of Fox Business Network.

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An ‘A’ Player’s Rise and Fall

SBI Growth

The market outpaced him. You will learn if you possess the relevant skills of an “A” player sales leader. Dave was promoted to be Acme’s VP of Sales for the Americas. He did it as a District Sales Manager. From 2003-2011, Dave was on a rocket ship. Dave became VP of Sales for the Americas.

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What’s Your “Net Promoter Score?”

Partners in Excellence

In 2003, Fred Reichheld introduced it in his HBR article: “ One Number You Need To Grow ” The concept of the NPS is simple, you ask a customer: How likely is it that you would recommend our company/product/service to a friend or colleague? Sales people, for example, are the customers of their managers and sales enablement.

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Social Selling Via LinkedIn

Janek Performance Group

Since its launch in 2003, LinkedIn has grown to over 774 million users worldwide. Designate someone within your marketing or communications team to post on behalf of the company and have the sales team share the official content. The goal is to have your sales team’s time be invested wisely.

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The Science of Motivation

Sales and Marketing Management

Sales manager: I’d like to know what rewards the reps would like for our next incentive. Sales rep: Cash! Sales manager: Sounds good. You may be a seasoned sales manager, fatigued by trying to come up with innovative ways to motivate your reps. I’ve got bills to pay! Thanks for the input. Don’t do it.