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4 Best Ways to Prevent Summer Sales Call Cancellations

The Sales Hunter

While some salespeople do cut back during the summer, it also can be the customers who start canceling appointments. Here are a four ways to prevent sales call cancellations in the summer: 1. Always have a back-up plan for Friday sales calls. Copyright 2013, Mark Hunter “The Sales Hunter.”

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2 Cancelled Flights and Another Lesson in Leading Salespeople

The Sales Hunter

When you have 2 out of 4 flights cancelled in a span of 3 days, and both cancellations result in overnight stays and missed meetings, you do have to wonder about air travel. My trips were all scheduled around sales call and client update meetings, as well as a board meeting and a networking breakfast. Things do come up.

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To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills.

Jeffrey Gitomer

To Become A Master Salesperson, Master NON Selling Skills. Tweet Share Everyone talks about “how to sell” Not me. In order to struggle less, you must begin to make the transition from “making a sale” to “creating a buying atmosphere.” What is selling about? Online Training.

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Selling Skills or Selling Process? Which is Holding You Back.

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Selling a Price Increase. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. Selling Skills or Selling Process? A person with strong selling skills.

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How to Avoid the Summer Sales Slump

The Sales Hunter

The number of sales appointments that get cancelled goes up and the number of excuses people make goes up. A sales slump. It happens every summer. The result? Summer is not the time to make excuses about things not happening. I like to view it as the time to make things happen, because other salespeople […].

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The 4 Essentials to Sell to the CFO in a Challenging Economy

The Sales Readiness Blog

This is undoubtedly the case today, when sales organizations see buying decisions being put on hold, budgets getting canceled and deals taking longer to close. In times of economic uncertainty, corporate spending garners greater scrutiny and more decision-makers.

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Why is Sales Leadership Connected to Emotions in Sales? (video)

Pipeliner

The Power of Sales Leadership and Emotion in Sales Hello everyone, I’m John Golden, your host from SalesPOP! Online Sales Magazine and Pipeline CRM. We also touched on the fact that many sales leaders are promoted based on their sales performance without receiving any leadership or coaching training.