Understanding the Sales Force
APRIL 15, 2024
Whether or not it’s an economic crisis like 2008-2009, the four things I shared tell us that selling is quickly becoming much more difficult. The Covid crisis was short lived as most selling transitioned to virtual and most companies that weren’t directly impacted continued to buy.
Understanding the Sales Force
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more.
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No More Cold Calling
APRIL 3, 2020
Ram Charan, author of more than 20 books and consultant to CEOs, said in 2008 : “It’s counterintuitive but true that when the economy slows down, the pace of decision-making has to speed up, because you can’t put off the tough choices anymore. If You Freeze Up, So Does the Sales Pipeline. There’s no time to waste.
Understanding the Sales Force
JUNE 20, 2023
Let me explain and then I’ll pivot to selling. I couldn’t hear the noisy motor – at all – and with my music was blasting I worked for such a long period of time that I at up an entire 10-foot spool of trimmer line, and drained 4 batteries. 10 Conditions (2012) Is Showmanship a Lost Art in Selling?
Alice Heiman
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
How do you wind up being a business broker after a luxurious career in the high-end wine business? After working in the corporate world around 2008 and 2009 Jessica Fialkovich and her husband saw her friend who had a luxurious wine business brokering really high-end wines around the world. Funny story.
The Pipeline
JANUARY 18, 2012
Sign up for our Email Newsletter. December 2008. November 2008. October 2008. September 2008. August 2008. April 2008. March 2008. February 2008. January 2008. As always the goal is to provide a couple of actionable things you can implement in your selling. EDGE Selling.
Sales and Marketing Management
MARCH 1, 2019
The most recent version of this approach was published in Harvard Business Review in the 2008 article “ Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work ” by James L. The 2008 article reinforces the original message that treating customer-facing employees well increases the likelihood that those employees will treat the customers they serve well.
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