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Options – 7th of the 10 Kurlan Sales Competencies that are Key to Building a Sales Culture
- October 22, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
This the 7th in my series on the 10 Kurlan Sales Competencies that are Key to Building a Sales Culture.
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Putting for Eagle – Going for the Unlikely Close
- September 29, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Last year around this time, I wrote this article about how easy it is to get away from the sales process and other things you must do to achieve consistent results. In these difficult times, the one thing you can’t do is attempt to do it without systems and processes because they are about the only things you can rely on.
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Quote 85% Less – Sell 300% More!
- September 25, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Back in December I posted this article to my Blog on the concept of less being more. You should read that first.
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Top Producers, Top Salespeople, or Good Account Managers?
- August 27, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Today I received an email from Selling Power promoting their latest webinar, The Hunter/Farmer Paradigm is Dead.
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Are Sales Tools the Solution?
- August 11, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
When Sales tools are used properly, they become tremendous solutions, for example:
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Public Speaking Simplified
- August 4, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I would guess that the only thing that is more common than an underperforming sales force is the discomfort that people have before they speak. And I’m not even talking about speaking in front of an audience. This discomfort can even manifest when presenting to one intimidating individual!
Speaking doesn’t have to be so difficult, especially when you are talking about what you know – your own area of expertise. Just follow my simple rules and you’ll be awesome!
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10 Steps to Record-Breaking Sales Revenues
- June 30, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
When things loosen up (and things will loosen up) and companies and consumers both begin spending money again, you could be in for a significant windfall. You may even have some record breaking revenue months if, and it’s a big if, you have your sales force doing all of the right things, even while companies and consumers aren’t spending money.
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How to Find More Sales Opportunities (without Cold Calling)
- June 19, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
The two biggest problems for most companies right now, in this economy, are delayed closings and not enough new opportunities. I’ve tackled delayed closings, so today, with a little help from my friends, I’ll tackle not enough new opportunities. I mentioned in my last post that (most of) you need three times more opportunities than ever before to make up for the late stage opportunities that aren’t closing right now.
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Sales Assessment Says He’s Weak but He Made President’s Club
- June 12, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Yesterday a well meaning Sales Manager, in defense of his salesperson, asked me how a salesperson who made “Club” could possibly assess so poorly. It’s a great question with a dozen or more possible explanations. Here are some:
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Good News Not a Substitute for Sales Force Competencies
- April 8, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Do you want to hear something crazy?
I’m a very prolific writer – not to say I’m a good writer, just that I post a lot. And of the dozens and dozens of posts from the last three months, would you like to guess what the LEAST read post was?
It was the one where I wrote about signs that the economy was improving! And one of the MOST read posts was the one where I wrote about the media making the economy worse.