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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! For example, 2024 marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life. I am excited to return to my roots and grow the sales consulting and training firm I started in 1985, Kurlan & Associates.

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Women Sales Leaders: From Pioneers to Modern-Day Trailblazers

No More Cold Calling

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.

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5 Sales Pitch Examples Too Good to Ignore

Hubspot Sales

Your sales pitch can make or break the deal, so it’s a good idea to have that nailed down before meeting with your customer. I’ve been in sales for 15 years and have heard some really great pitches and some really bad ones. I’ve been in sales for 15 years and have heard some really great pitches and some really bad ones.

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Do You Need Training Even While You are Still Making Sales?

Jeff Shore

I am having flashbacks of 2005…economically speaking that is. If you were in sales in 2005, things were booming. From the sales person perspective it was both good and bad. From the sales person perspective it was both good and bad. When the market is kind, the majority of sales people relax their behaviors.

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Now That You Have a Sales Process, Never Mind

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan It''s amazing what Harvard Business Review will print on their pages when it comes to the subject of sales. The November 2013 issue featured an article titled Dismantling the Sales Machine. Let me give you an example. So they say. The reality is they only think it.

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9 Valuable Entrepreneur Training Courses That You Can Take For Free Online

Hubspot Sales

Originally held in 2005, this one-week program from MIT’s Sloan School of Management is now partially available online. With plenty of interactive exercises, anecdotal advice and real world examples, and engaging videos, Kawasaki’s lecturers are highly informative and entertaining. How to plan your business logistics. Price: Free.

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Rejection - Why it is the #1 Enemy in Modern Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

Most of the sales bloggers don''t touch on rejection but when it does comes up, it''s usually in the context of fear, as in fear of rejection. But rejection isn''t that well understood by salespeople, their sales managers or sales even their sales VP''s. The increasing likelihood of a sale. Nothing will stop him.