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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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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

A Sales Benchmark Index survey from 2017 reported that in nearly 75% of sales situations, customers prefer not to meet in person. Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel.

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How Gamification Will Impact Your Sales Initiatives

SBI Growth

Perhaps you: Rolled out a new sales process. Changed your sales compensation plan. This article will give you the best practices to implement impactful sales initiatives. Most sales initiatives have 3 steps: Concept – determine what will get done and why. Design – create the contents and processes.

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Would You Watch An Autonomous F1 Race?

The Pipeline

Not as hard as you might imagine, if you are willing to let go and assume you were doing something entirely different but required similar thought, analysis and decision process. I recently read about two groups, one from national health care provider, the other from a leading airline. What’s On Top.

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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). Most sales teams are in the process of modernizing their sales process in response to new buying behavior. Expressive- think campaign design.

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The Two EX’s of Success

The Pipeline

Maybe I can help you relate differently, you know when your flight is delayed, and you face getting to an important meeting late, doesn’t matter what the airline says, it doesn’t change the fact that it was late. A lack of consistency on reviewing, training and reviewing the activity and the quality of execution.

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Stop The Sales Leadership World, I Need To Get Off!

Bernadette McClelland

We’ve seen United Airlines as front page news a while back because a staff member dragged a man screaming from his seat. Some of you need to stop the sales leadership world and jump off completely. Seem need to hold on tight and be given proper training. inspire those they have the privilege of helping.