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Is Your Sales Training Tethered to the Stone Age?

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Recently I spoke with a potential client who shared with me in had invested $80,000 in sales training over the course of three (3) years. Further discussion revealed this expensive sales training focused on technical sales skills and failed to address the people side of selling or people skills. It did not increase sales.

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Focus on the Most Fascinating Thing | Sales Motivation and Sales.

The Sales Hunter

Jan 30, 2012. “What company is moving into that big office building under construction along the freeway?” ” This was a problematic question for me, because I hadn’t even noticed the office building under construction along the freeway. sales training. sales training tip. training tip.

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Why Are You In Sales? – Sales eXchange 200

The Pipeline

Others stated a number of different career plans, some very specific, marketing, finance, construction, software design, and more. Consider that according to the United States Department of Labor, there just under 14 million people employed in sales as of May 2012 in the USA.

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The Importance of Giving Feedback in Inside Sales

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In working for 22 sales leaders in my tenure as a technology sales rep, I’d say that the very best of my managers or leaders gave me constructive and supportive feedback. Where did you learn to give good, constructive feedback that helps others? They did not embarrass me, and they were (mostly) respectful.

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Is Your End of the Year Desperation to Increase Sales Showing?

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With less than two months to close the books on 2012, desperation is beginning to kick in for those small business owners, entrepreneurs and salespersons who have yet to fully increase sales. Sales Training Coaching Tip: Alexa is a a trending tool to monitor Internet traffic and progress.

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Tips from the Sales Trenches: Is Inside Sales Demeaning?

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Your feedback will make it most constructive so feel free to comment and we can get other perspectives here. One of those tips, though – caught my attention and is worthy of conversation. This is the tip: 17. Stop calling inside sales inside sales. It is demeaning and no longer accurate. Inside Sales demeaning?

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7 sales rules of customer loyalty economics

Sales Training Connection

They cost less to serve, and they provide constructive feedback. If you found this post helpful, you might want to join the conversation and subscribe to the Sales Training Connection. ©2012 Sales Horizons, LLC. They’re less likely to defect. They buy more products and services over time.

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