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Want to be an “A” student?

Sales 2.0

Back in 2006 I coined the term “Sales 2.0” (see the logo on this website). My concept of Sales 2.0 was, and is, “taking the sales profession to the next level”. In my opinion we’ve come a long way since 2006 but we still have a long way to go. In sales, we’re still at-best getting a “C grade” as a profession.

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Pick Up the Damn Phone and Have Sales Conversations

No More Cold Calling

You’re the ultimate sales technology—and this is the ultimate sales conversations book. If there ever was a time for real, authentic sales conversations, it’s now. Do you know how to have that kind of sales conversations? Reps told me they didn’t need to have sales conversations. The phone works. INTRODUCTION.

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Am I Cut Out for Sales Is the Million Dollar Question

Increase Sales

Good sales people are hard to find. With fewer jobs and the increase in free lancers (independent contractors), there are probably many people asking themselves this very question: Am I cut out for sales? Sales has always been a difficult position to fill. 2006 – #1. 2006 – #1. 2007 – #1.

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Want Better Lead Generation? Get Marketing & Sales in Line

DiscoverOrg Sales

I’ve been involved in sales enablement and lead generation since the term was just getting popularized in the B2B tech sector around 2006. And more than ten years later, the definition of what sales enablement actually is has yet to be nailed down. Process-oriented sales enablement. Marketing-generated awareness.

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Sales Incentives, Awards, Lead Follow Up and Sales Effectiveness

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Today I had the following email exchange: Subject: Question on Comp. Sales complains that the leads suck. We have the sales process dialed in and we are training on it now. That's one of more than 20 conditions that justify evaluating the sales force. I am stuck on comp.

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3 New Sales Article Series, A Holiday Tradition and Future Blog #1000

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan As we prepare for the holiday and year-end, I'm also preparing for this blog's 1,000th article. That's right; since 2006, I've posted nearly 1,000 articles. The next series contains all I've written on sales process. Sales Motivation (very motivational).

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How to Achieve Sales Mastery - A Collection of Loosely Connected Paths

Understanding the Sales Force

During our first of its kind Independence Day weekend, I thought about a lot of things that loosely tied into sales effectiveness and while they could all be articles in their own right, I decided to write one article tying them all together. Sales Coaching and its impact on revenue.