Blog
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Sales & Marketing Management Magazine “What’s preventing your Sales Force From Over Achieving”
- December 16, 2012
- Posted by: Kurlan & Associates, Inc.
- Category: News
Dave Kurlan was featured in this month’s Sales & Marketing Magazine entitled, “What’s Preventing Your Sales Force From Over Achieving.”
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Top Kurlan Articles on Sales Coaching
- December 11, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I present my Top Articles on Coaching Salespeople
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Top Kurlan Articles Debunking Sales Studies and Articles
- December 11, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I’ve read an awful lot of studies and articles over the last several years and while most of them have merit, some of them are either dead wrong or have drawn incorrect conclusions. Here are the ones which have earned my criticism:
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Top Kurlan Articles on Sales Process:
- December 11, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I present my Top Articles on Sales Process:
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Why Assessments Will Never Work for Some Companies
- December 11, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Assessments are awesome, especially when you choose the right ones, for the right purpose, at the right time. Despite the availability of some terrific assessments, they won’t work for every company.
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Two Fantastic Examples of Addressing Sales Objections
- December 5, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
As you read these, ask yourself whether I’m taking sides or simply pointing out good and bad things the politicians do and subsequently apply those lessons to selling. Exactly 8 (including today) of the 985 articles, which I’ve posted to date mention politics or a politician. By my count, 3 were favorable for Obama, 1 for Ann Romney and Chris Christie, 0 for Mitt Romney, and 3 that were unfavorable for Obama. Can’t get any more balanced than that!
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Why Most Sales Training Doesn’t Work How Not to Sell – Issue #4
- December 1, 2012
- Posted by: Kurlan & Associates, Inc.
- Category: Magazine/Newspaper/Interviews
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Drivers and Your Salespeople Need to be Patient
- November 30, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
In order to create urgency and accelerate the sales process, your salespeople actually must slow down their meetings. Instead though, in much the same way that I rush to get to my next meeting, they rush to the presentation or demo. To make matters worse, your prospects want your salespeople to present and conduct demos. They want prices and proposals and your salespeople are too willing to oblige.
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Zig Ziglar’s Legacy to the Sales World
- November 28, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Zig died today at the age of 86. Seth Godin memorialized him here. I wrote about our chance meeting here 6 years ago.
I want to talk about Zig’s life and his sales and selling impact.
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What the Huge Patriots Win Teaches us About Sales Momentum
- November 26, 2012
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Perhaps you watched the Thursday night Thanksgiving Day football massacre between the New York Jets and the New England Patriots. The Patriots scored 35 unanswered points in the second period and scored 3 touchdowns in one 52-second period of time.