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Do Prospects Lie to Your Salespeople Like the Airlines Do?

Understanding the Sales Force

Do the airlines and the FAA seriously expect us to believe that when there is no WiFi on the plane our devices will interfere with navigation but when there is WiFi on the plane the devices won't interfere? After all, these lies continues to work for them, much as the lies the airlines use continue to get us to power down our devices.

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Make Your Sales Force Your Loyalty Program

Sales and Marketing Management

Consider the following example: You and I both sell sand to the same glass manufacturer. They train the customer on how to use the product (both initially and ongoing), which enhances perceptions of overall product quality and performance. In addition, we dig the sand from the same pit. We may even give you something for free (e.g.

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Should You Always Agree With Your Client?

MTD Sales Training

Herb Kelleher, the famous CEO of Southwest Airlines, states in his book ‘From Nuts!” Here’s an example of what we can do. MTD Sales Training | Sales Blog | Image courtesy of Big Stock Photo. appeared first on MTD Sales Training. In fact, Kjerulf states that sometimes they are just plain wrong ! Happy Selling!

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The ROI of Reducing Business Risk Through Sales Training

Allego

In a previous post, The Hidden ROI of Sales Training , I described certain ROI as being “hidden” much of the time. This particular word comes to mind because sales training teams often overlook entire categories of real business value they deliver when conducting payback analyses of their programs.

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Would You Watch An Autonomous F1 Race?

The Pipeline

I recently read about two groups, one from national health care provider, the other from a leading airline. The differentiators continue to be execution, made up of a dynamic process as James highlights, and skills training. The commonality, safety, more specifically safety, and the value of time. What’s On Top.

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How Gamification Will Impact Your Sales Initiatives

SBI Growth

Launch – train the team. An example of this would be a “competitive replacement contest.” An example of this would be adding real time quizzes to sales training. An example of this would be adding real time quizzes to sales training. Use For – sales training events, field adoption checkpoints.

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Book Review: The Gamification Revolution

SBI Growth

Commercial negotiation- think sales training. For example, I am Executive Platinum on American Airlines (level) and have 512,000 miles (points). For example, use a call plan before a sales call, earn 10 points. For example, maintain a close rate of 30% and you are a “platinum” member of the sales team.

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