Salesforce
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10 Steps for your Sales Force to Survive and Thrive in The Recession
- January 5, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Bernie is the President of a company that had experienced flat sales for the three strong economic years leading up to the recession. He had been looking for a VP of sales for two years but hadn’t found the right candidate or failed to pull the trigger.
He attended an event where he heard me speak and asked me to contact him. He asked for my advice and I recommended that if he was serious about finding the ideal VP, then he should:
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Leads for the Sales Force – Not
- December 14, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I received an email last week from a LinkedIn connection promoting his new super duper lead engine that connects salespeople with the most powerful buying influences in the world.
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New Metrics for the Sales Force – Unusual Thoughts for Unusual Times
- December 12, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Some unusual thoughts for some unusual times:
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Panic on the Sales Force and What to Do About It
- December 10, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
What gets you in a panic? When I was young, height, water and people were enough to cause shortness of breath, a lump in my throat and a stomach ache. Today, I still have the symptoms, but not over any of the things that used to bother me. Today it would take somebody or something threatening harm to my wife, son or me.
What about for you? What causes a panic of that magnitude for you? I’m asking because I want you to know what it feels like, how difficult it is to function, concentrate, or breath. Have you been there?
Now let’s take your salespeople.
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Over Achieving on the Salesforce – We Have it Wrong
- December 9, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Does a salesperson over achieve simply because she exceeded her goal? What if one huge deal, order or account drops in her lap? Does that make her an over achiever or just lucky?
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Dell, The Economy, Their SalesForce and You
- December 8, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Last week I received an email from my Dell representative’s sales manager. It was five paragraphs, and started out great:
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A Career in Sales is No Place for a….
- November 25, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I must be losing my vision because regardless of the number of times I looked, I still didn’t see Sales on the list. So here we are and the profession is still so disrespected that they don’t even want to expose high school kids to the opportunity to earn more than most of the careers listed above.
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Timid Sales Managers Fearful of Confronting Salespeople
- November 21, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Now how do you feel about ultimatums?
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Ultimatums for the Salesforce – Do They Work?
- November 19, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Suppose you deliver an ultimatum to a salesperson…
Suppose you deliver it to the entire sales force…
How would you expect them to react?
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Is Your Selling Model Effective? Know your Salesforce’s ABC’s
- November 17, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Every company, with or without a salesforce, has a selling model. I know of one company whose model is “we don’t believe in sales”. It works for them, but it won’t work for many others.