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Two Selling Strategies That are More Effective Than Facts and Figures

Understanding the Sales Force

I hope this is one of my more entertaining articles, although most of the enjoyment will come from the links within. In addition to the corporate training that Kurlan & Associates provides, there are also 3 self-directed Baseline Selling online courses. Check out this article. So why should any of this be important to you?

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Combining Goal Setting with Sales Competencies

Understanding the Sales Force

In today’s article, I introduce my first innovation of 2023, the Sales Goals Grid, but first, some context and the back story! I am excited to return to my roots and grow the sales consulting and training firm I started in 1985, Kurlan & Associates. I want to return to the goal setting theme of today’s article.

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Hiring Salespeople

Adaptive Business Services

While I have spent most of my adult life hiring and training salespeople, it has been two years since my last new hire and that was for a client. I left my last management job in 2005 and have been blissfully semi-retired since that time. I can train product knowledge and sales skills. I can train a monkey to sell low bid.

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“Why I Am So Interested In Selling,” Craig Jamieson

Partners in Excellence

” Craig continues a through line we’ve seen in other articles. Enjoy his article. It was a national firm that offered high-end calculating equipment and training that had won many industry awards. In 2005 I left management to pursue the pure joy of selling. Why I Absolutely LOVE Selling! That was 1977.

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Now That You Have a Sales Process, Never Mind

Understanding the Sales Force

My post marks the 6th time I have strongly felt the need to question an article appearing on their pages. The November 2013 issue featured an article titled Dismantling the Sales Machine. In 2005 I wrote the book Baseline Selling and it contains both the Baseline Selling sales process and the Baseline Selling sales methodology.

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The Pen Now Directs More Sales Leads

Increase Sales

Having engaged in content marketing since April of 2005 when I placed my first articles over at Ezine Articles , I have found this type of marketing far easier for me and far more beneficial respective to being able to increase sales. Articles with images get 94% more views. Internet users. Share on Facebook.

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Midsize Business Optimistic

Score More Sales

The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) predicts the strongest GDP growth since 2005. This ties into the great importance of mobile in business in 2015 and beyond – a topic we’ll be discussing in depth in upcoming articles, podcasts, and e-books. Others are predicting a strong 2015 for business as well.

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