No More Cold Calling
MARCH 25, 2021
Who paved the way for women in sales? Yet, even with gender biases and cultural norms working against them, there were women trailblazers in every century, including women sales leaders. Blazing a Trail for Women in Sales. Most notable among early women sales leaders is Lucinda W. Picture yourself in 1900.
Partners in Excellence
MARCH 5, 2024
30 door-to-door cold calls a day, plus demos, plus paperwork, and things weren’t going all that well to boot. Things finally started to click and I was off to the races, becoming the branch sales manager in two years and then being given offices of my own in 1982. In 2005 I left management to pursue the pure joy of selling.
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Sales Gravy
DECEMBER 18, 2020
On this inspiring episode of the Sales Gravy podcast, Jeb Blount (Virtual Selling) talks to Brian Knox, owner and founder of B Knox Photography. This conversation about sales and entrepreneurship is both educational and inspirational. This conversation about sales and entrepreneurship is both educational and inspirational.
Adaptive Business Services
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
I started my B2B selling career in 1977 and our program was pretty simple … make 30 face-to-face cold calls every day. Well, I’m here to tell you … making cold calls in the heat of summer in a three-piece wool suit and a tie, day in and day out … ain’t much fun. Would you rather make cold calls or follow-up on a referral?
Adaptive Business Services
JANUARY 31, 2018
I’m not even so sure how good of a salesperson I was but, inside of two years I was the sales manager. From then until 2005, just about my entire career was in management and ownership positions. Sometimes I was a selling manager who was asked to secure my own sales in addition to managing my teams. Trial by fire.
Adaptive Business Services
AUGUST 2, 2017
As a salesperson, I hated cold calling and I regularly chased elephants and pixie dust. Despite my shortcomings, in less that two years I was promoted to sales manager and until twelve years ago, all I did was manage sales reps. I did have a life-changing event in 2005. I acted like the sale was already mine.
Tenfold
JULY 15, 2017
Business guru and well-known provocateur Tom Peters once addressed a crowd of over 400 sales and marketing executives saying : “I hate sports analogies. To properly understand the difference between sales and marketing, however, another analogy seems more suitable: that of musical theater. The Sales and Marketing Relationship.
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