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Sales Tips: Making Sense Of Vague Advice

Customer Centric Selling

Sales Tips: Making Sense of Vague Advice. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. My sales manager frightened new people into making the prescribed number of calls, but did little to impact the quality of calls that we made. It was a mountain to climb.

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Becoming a Master Networker – Series Intro

Adaptive Business Services

I started my B2B selling career in 1977 and our program was pretty simple … make 30 face-to-face cold calls every day. Well, I’m here to tell you … making cold calls in the heat of summer in a three-piece wool suit and a tie, day in and day out … ain’t much fun. Still, back then … whatcha’ gonna’ do? I really hate cold calling.

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I’m Not That Good of a Salesperson

Adaptive Business Services

As a salesperson, I hated cold calling and I regularly chased elephants and pixie dust. Looking back, about the only selling skill that I really excelled at was product knowledge and I could give one hell of a good demo. Too much pressure, not much fun, and a likely trip back to my old ways. A prospecting epiphany.

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Lessons in Sales Leadership with Alice Heiman

Mindtickle

Our second episode of Ready, Set, Sell , recently aired featuring Alice Heiman, Founder & Chief Sales Energizer of Sales Strategies for CEOs with Alice Heiman. Re-framing sales for modern customers. What makes a world-class sales organization. How sales leaders can level up their teams (Hint: coaching is key).