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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? Prospects must think that salespeople are morons. A sales force evaluation is an obvious first step!

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Do prospects lie? How does the answer impact sales success?

Anthony Cole Training

Many years have passed since that day and I've had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of prospects and sales people about their prospects. Here is a guest blog from Sales Development Expert, Author and Highly Recognized Leader in Sales Force Evaluations - David Kurlan. The answer to that question is: YES!

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.

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After Inbound 14 - Anatomy of a Hybrid Sales & Marketing Role

Understanding the Sales Force

The audience desperately wanted this to be a hybrid - someone who could do both the marketing and the sales. If you needed to hire an airline employee would it be a pilot, flight attendant or a hybrid? Or, if responsible for more of the sales cycle, convert that opportunity into something more, like a sale.

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Top Kurlan Articles on Sales Coaching

Understanding the Sales Force

What the Huge Patriots Win Teaches us About Sales Momentum. Do Prospects Lie to Your Salespeople Like the Airlines Do? My Top 14 Articles on More Effective Sales Cold Calling. 5 Reasons Why Sales Cold Calls Are So Awful. When Sales Leaders Don't Lead With Their Strengths. 10 Sales Coaching Examples.

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The Truth About 50+ Year Old Salespeople

HeavyHitter Sales

    It hard times for salespeople and sales managers over 50 today. They also have a more difficult time finding new jobs because younger sales managers have five basic fears about hiring someone older than themselves :   They are Un-coachable. They aren’t Technically Savvy. They are “Washed Up.”

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Responding to the Dig?tal Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

In fact, Kavadellas, CEO of Georgia-based Orasi, a software developer, reseller and consulting firm, was scheduled to play a round with a client and a prospect the day after we spoke with him in November for this story. But Kavadellas recognizes the golf course doesn’t suit everyone as an effective setting for a sales meeting.