Dave Kurlan
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6 Keys to Make All Sales Calls Easy Sales Calls
- August 28, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Your salespeople can have more easy calls, but you’ll have to change up a few things.
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Music and Selling – There are Many More Similarities Than You Think
- August 22, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
It appears that I have written enough articles about music and selling to include a series about the connection. One of the constants in the music business is that the artists must choose between writing and recording songs that are either consistent with what made them famous (giving their core audience more of what they want) or adapting and creating music which would appeal to a potentially newer audience (and perhaps alienating their core audience.) I think that Paul Simon chose the latter and alienated everyone!
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10 Sales Competencies of Steve Jobs
- August 21, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Despite his miserable people skills, he was on a mission to design products which would change the world. But, Steve Jobs was a great salesperson and this article discusses ten things about Jobs, the salesperson, which you might want your salespeople to emulate.
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Is Technology Ruining or Driving Your Sales Efforts?
- August 20, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
There are many applications which can help us find opportunities, connect with people, manage the sales process and pipeline, manage relationships, share information, and keep us organized.
In addition to the applications, technology also comes in the form of smartphones, tablets, laptops, netbooks and desktop computers.
There are plenty of good choices, both with the devices and the applications, so how do you choose?
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Is SELLING an Afterthought in Today’s Sales Model?
- August 16, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I believe that the blog at Harvard Business Review believes that it is. Once again, HBR was nice enough to run another article for me to dig into.
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Is Showmanship a Lost Art in Selling?
- August 15, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Showmanship is missing from most modern sales presentations. Demos tend to be about products, technologies, capabilities and the company story. Sales calls are about listening, asking questions and qualifying. But what ever happened to showmanship?
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Selling Styles – How Many Styles Should Your Salespeople Have?
- August 14, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Terrific salespeople make that transition too. They morph from laid-back but confident, to powerful, animated and charismatic when it’s time to present. Most salespeople however, don’t make that transition because it doesn’t feel authentic to them or they fear that they might look and sound like salespeople. Isn’t that sad?
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Developing Top Performers – How to Turn Salespeople into A-Players
- August 13, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
The new salespeople whom you hire must be exciting enough and strong enough to lead the way, infusing the sales force with new energy, becoming new role models and causing others to follow their lead or be left behind.
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Why Your Lowest Price Can Be a Barrier to Closing Sales
- August 2, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
It’s not about prices, presentations or building value; it’s about putting prices in the context of what those prices will buy. Compare the two examples above and you’ll see both the answer and the obstacle. The answer is the context.
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Keys to Successful Sales Negotiations
- August 1, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
In the United States, Major League Baseball’s trading deadline passed today with some noteworthy moves by teams other than my Boston Red Sox. Aside from my disappointment that the Red Sox failed to make an impact trade to help the team, I recognized something else…