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The Complete Salesperson

The Pipeline

When you ask them straight up, they always have a reason or excuse. I remember a rep about two years in the territory, telling me he has earned the right not to prospect. As I chronicled in the May edition of Top Sales Magazine , what is different today is the path and speed of development or more accurately advancement.

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World’s Greatest Salesman (video)

Pipeliner

Gillmor won three gold and seven silver Canadian National Magazine Awards for his magazine work, and he has been dubbed “one of Canada’s most recognized profile writers.” What Was Don Gillmor’s Selling Strategy? He was one of the first people in the country to consider selling.

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Key to Significantly Improve Sales Training Results

Understanding the Sales Force

The June issue of Top Sales Magazine has been published and you can download it here. Jonathan Farrington interviews Jill Konrath on her new book, Agile Selling. Translation from Baseball to Selling. They can be coached up very quickly if they get the right training and coaching at a pace that challenges them!

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10 Conversations to Retain Millennial Sales Talent

SBI Growth

As reported recently in AARP The Magazine , Baby Boomers are now outnumbered by Millennials. Now they are impatient to make up for the temporary career setback. Best-selling author and Gen-Y expert Dan Schawbel explains why. When new territories and quotas are assigned, other pastures look temptingly green. But it isn’t.

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Should Salespeople Prospect Anymore?

Your Sales Management Guru

and as the discussion of “territory development” evolved several of the salespeople simply didn’t feel it was their responsibility to prospect because of the futility of cold calling/phone calling and event marketing. Are you territory based or open territories? First, it depends. What is your sales process? Care to share?

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5 Tips for Designing Successful Sales Incentive Compensation Plans

Xactly

Several MIT researchers in Selling Power Magazine reveal why there are plans that work in some settings but don’t in others: Strong vs. weak incentives: Weak incentives provide small rewards as a portion of potential earnings and can discourage high performance and drive stars to competitors. Reward each job for its specific goals.

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Adapt to a Changing Marketplace: 6 Steps You Can’t Overlook

The Brooks Group

To be fully effective, customer-centric selling should go beyond the sales department – to your customer service , marketing, and account management teams as well. Sometimes important changes in the marketplace seem to pop up overnight. Who’s an ideal fit (and who’s not) for your evolving selling environment or position.

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