Top Sales World
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Sales Confidence – How to Ask Any Tough Question Anytime
- July 13, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I’ll share one of my secrets for asking any tough question, push back with confidence any time, challenge the CEO of any company, or even ask why your prospect wouldn’t just make the easy decision and go with either the market leading competitor or incumbent. Ready? Simply keep your pipeline stuffed – busting at the seams – no place to put the next opportunity. When you have enough opportunities in the pipeline you can say, ask or do anything – no worries. And that’s what it takes to differentiate yourself from everyone else. But when today’s opportunity is THE opportunity you’ll be afraid to say “boo” without worrying that you’ll mess up and lose the opportunity.
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Do Stories Make a Difference When Selling?
- May 10, 2011
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Perhaps you have some stories that you always share – to make a point, lower resistance, show a different perspective, break up a technical presentation, provide examples, or explain what you do.
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Winning in Sales Isn’t Everything – Yes it Is!
- November 29, 2010
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Sales Manager: How did the call go?
Salesperson: Really good.
Sales Manager: Excellent.
Isn’t that a lame discussion? The sales manager can improve it by simply asking, “What made it such an excellent call?”
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The Search for Perfection – How it Can Ruin Your Sales Efforts
- September 15, 2010
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
You work hard, diligently and creatively to develop something and it comes out, well, almost perfect.
But as I mentioned earlier, there is a dark side to perfection and I’ll share the gory details with you here.
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