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<title>Six Steps to A World Class Sales Team</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:19:38 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[90 Billion dollars are spent annually by world organizations to train sales people. Much of that money could be spent elsewhere if a greater commitment were made to hiring sales people how have what it takes to be superior performers. Your organization can hire world class sales people and brag about a world class sales team by redirecting effort from training to recruiting the right people, the first time. Six very specific steps will improve your sales results.]]></description>
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<title>Self Assessment for Driving Revenue Growth</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:18:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I often get called into an organization when revenue growth stalls. I start at a high level to discover where there are missing links and broken pieces within the sales organization to determine what's needed to get back on track. What I've outlined in this article will give you a starting point for assessing your own organization.]]></description>
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<title>5 Sales Power Leadership Techniques to Boost Your Sales Today</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:01:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The economic growth rate could be better. Many companies have negative or low growth. That means sales departments are under-performing. Or, it means the loss of customers is greater than new customers coming in. Most executives will still equate that to not enough sales. In one company we engaged, in booming times they were selling 10% of total revenue or $400 million a year. Now they are at half that number. What does this mean to them and you? Commissions and bonuses are lower! This is a death-blow to sales reps motivation. As a sales leader you need to ramp it up and find an antidote to these depressing results. The good news there are five powerful sales leadership strategies you can use today to "fire" up your sales team. The kicker-you might have to change to succeed.]]></description>
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<title>Important Qualities to Look for When Recruiting Sales Staff</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:04 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding what you are looking for is key to employing appropriate salespeople. This article lists qualities to look out for during the interview process and discusses how to assess whether interviewees have these traits.]]></description>
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<title>Some Ideas for Sales Managers on Managing Their Top Performing Salespeople</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:33:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This guide is about managing tricky salespeople. Interestingly, it's often not a poor performer but rather the top salespeople who sales supervisors find challenging to handle. So this posting discusses how the sales supervisor should deal with these kinds of sales men.]]></description>
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<title>Are You Throwing Away Sales?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The growing popularity of online marketing, in particular social media, is resulting in an interesting dilemma. Small businesses are finding that they can use blogs, videos, podcasts, search terms, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and other such media to generate traffic to their Facebook page or website. The problem is they have no idea if these "leads" are any good for their business. Even large businesses routinely fail to qualify prospects effectively. That's why small businesses could be throwing away sales if they do not develop a lead qualification process that matches the way consumers buy today.]]></description>
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<title>Understanding How and Why Customers Make Decisions</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have your customers ever disappeared just when you thought they were going to make the decision to do business with you? Wondered where they went and what went wrong? It might not have been what you did as much as that decision they just didn't want to make!]]></description>
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<title>Everyone Is a Customer of Everyone Else</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:23 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our concept of customer should include everyone we come into contact with, both in our own organization as well as our customers' organizations. We serve and, in turn, are served. Compare this perspective with your current view of the customer - and your organization's.]]></description>
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<title>How to Make Better Sales Hires and Increase Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA['Hiring Cures All' Competition isn't getting any easier and to stay in the game you need to field your best team. Times have changed and so have applicants. In response, sales leaders need the very best methods for defining high performance and identifying top producers.]]></description>
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<title>Will You Commit This Critical Sales Management Error?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:25:14 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you often walk down "memory lane" along with your sales people? Let us admit it, if you are a salesperson, chances are you were most likely a very good one. Way before you became a sales leader, a sales VP or a company owner or maybe a sales trainer, you just cranked. You crushed it. You were God's gift to sales.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Sales Approach Outdated?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:29:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When was the last time someone told you, your sales approach was outdated? Could they be right? Wait! No Way, You have many successful years of sales management under your belt, impossible that you are still not the best. Really? Remember the old saying, we don't know, what we don't know.]]></description>
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<title>C-Level Selling - The Great Customer Experience Happens When the C-Level Executives Are Satisfied</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:52:55 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Great Customer Experience requires making C-level executives constantly feel you are helping them succeed. Learn what's required in this C-level selling article.]]></description>
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<title>Common Mistakes in Identifying Key Accounts</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:59:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When identifying strategic accounts for organizations, sales people would often make the mistake of identifying clients as key accounts when they truly are not. Then one day, what was thought to be a long-term partnership ends and the organization is puzzled. Sales teams ask themselves, exactly how did this happen?]]></description>
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<title>From Salesperson to Supervisor: Three Things Every Newly Promoted Sales Manager Should Know</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:59:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you have been in the sales field for quite some time now, you know that there is a big difference between being a sales person and being a manager. If you are a newly promoted sales manager who would like to brush up on your management skills, here are three things you need to know.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Management - What Happened to It?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:24:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In recent years, I have noticed a growing lack of ability of small business owners to manage their sales people properly. Whether this is because they have never been trained in sales themselves or have not worked in a sales team and never seen a good sales manager in action, they burn a lot of money turning over unproductive sales people.]]></description>
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<title>Improve Sales Performance - Shake Up Your Hiring Objectives</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:15:49 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a sales leader you will find that "great hiring cures all". If you and your management team are still following old performance concepts which suggest; your percentage of top producers will be limited and you will always carry a bottom group of non-performers, change your thinking! Establish new hiring expectations, implement the methods to identify and hire many more top producers while blocking the entry of weak players and you will quickly improve your sales performance.]]></description>
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<title>Increase Sales - The Secrets to Ongoing Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:58:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It costs 6 times more to find a new customer than to retain an existing account. Look after all your customers. Happy customers will tell others what a great supplier you are, leading to an easy increase in sales.]]></description>
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<title>Parenting and Proposal Parallels</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:25:11 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Through my little girls I have become exposed to the many marketing schemes of everyday television. From the catchy jingles and early exposer to name brand items, the large corporations have used these techniques to get to children everywhere, but this exposer has also helped me as a business developer in the world of proposals.]]></description>
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<title>Manufacturers Provide Your Sales Partners Competitive Analysis</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:13:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The day has passed where you make it, and they will come. Your sales network needs all the help they can get. Do you provide what it takes for your partners to sell?]]></description>
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<title>6 Tips to Handle Coaching Meetings in Busy Crowded Areas</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:57:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you ever have to meet clients or colleagues in crowded areas to have a meeting, for coaching and 1 to 1 training?  Starbucks, busy hotel lobbies, reception areas, service stations.]]></description>
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<title>Some Thoughts on Sales Management Considered</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:59:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[So many companies blow it when it comes to sales management and there are a number of reasons for this. Often, the products or services sell themselves sell so well that the sale force becomes merely order takers, and pockets some hefty commissions. Other times, the sales department doesn't know where it's at, but as long as sales are up, no one bothers to give the group a second glance.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Outsourcing Vs Internal Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:02:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest choices facing many brands is whether to outsource sales functions to a third party organisation or handle sales internally. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages, but sales outsourcing often proves the more effective business decision. Handling sales internally allows a business to maintain the greatest level of control over how its sales operations are conducted.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Peak Performance: Creating the Emotional Resiliency of a Champion</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6821000</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:31:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eight decades ago, Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane of New York's Kane Summit Hospital felt doctors were losing too many Customers in appendectomy surgery, many because of the effects of general anesthesia. He felt that local anesthesia would be better for the Customer but, not surprisingly, no volunteers came forward to test his hypothesis. Until, that is, February 15, 1921. That's when he finally performed an appendectomy with local anesthesia -- on himself! In the process, he changed accepted medical practice. To be your best you can be in sales, you often need to change too; sometimes that change means operating on yourself! Begin analyzing your own situation by simply counting the how many times the letter f appears.]]></description>
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<title>7 Daily Sales Management Strategies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:35:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Daily sales management is about focusing sales reps everyday on selling to help potential and current customers It is also about meeting the needs of your reps so they win. As a leader, you need to coach, train and promote everyday with every rep. Too many sales managers are pounding out reports from behind a computer and are not engaging their sales teams. Without your efforts most reps get locked into a ceiling of effectiveness-in other words they get comfortable. ]]></description>
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<title>How Much Risk Is In Your Forecast?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:01:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regardless of how sales people build their forecasts, if opportunities are moved into the forecast prematurely just to meet revenue expectations, a certain amount of risk is automatically introduced. It's the job of sales management to access the risks and discern the degree of risk before they create their own forecast. Here are some clues to help determine forecast risk.]]></description>
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<title>Why Do You Need a Sales Commission Scheme?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:45:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The underlying assumption is that rewarding salespeople financially for performance will encourage them to work harder and sell more in pursuit of those rewards. This view is not borne out by academic research but in practice sales commission schemes are almost universally used. A carefully-designed commission scheme when implemented on top of good management practices and a solid sales process is a useful management tool - but it is not a substitute for these things.]]></description>
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<title>Auto Sales Manager - The Hiring Dilemma</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6801167</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:45:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Sales Manager asked me the other day, "why am I having such a hard time finding salespeople who want to work 60 hours a week?" For those of us who have lived much of our lives in and around a dealership, 50-60 hours a week may seem like a common work environment. But I started asking myself one serious question like "why should anyone have to work that many hours?]]></description>
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<title>Is It Time That Your Business Adopted a Better Sales Model?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:41:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the major differences between businesses that are stagnant and struggling and those that are vibrant and growing is a strong sales model. Most businesses do not have unique, proprietary products or services.]]></description>
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<title>Secrets for Giving a Non-Sleep Inducing Presentation</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:05:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The presentation is starting. A few minutes into the presentation, we often find ourselves either thinking of a million other things, or are bored out of our minds.]]></description>
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<title>How to Write a Business Plan That Works</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:53:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A colleague once told me that 'even a bad plan is better than no plan at all'. A bad plan at least shows that you have given some thought to the direction you want to go in. A good plan takes time and effort, especially the first time you do one and many business owners or operators think they don't have the time, or don't see the value in it. But believe me... it is worth the time and effort! It is an opportunity for you to build solid foundations for your business, based on known facts and these allow you to be very accurate in your plans and future projections, avoid unforeseen pitfalls and crisis situations, spend your money and/or other resources in the most effective way, stay ahead of the market, make the most of every opportunity, be pro active and choose your own course rather than be reactive and follow everyone else and stop wasting time, effort and resources on inefficient processes...]]></description>
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<title>Why Business Degrees Should Be Minimum Criteria When Hiring Sales Managers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:57:41 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[During a recent recruitment assignment with a client involved in the manufacturing industry, the discussion arose of whether or not the sales manager should be required to have a business degree. Typically the hiring of sales managers is focused on their experience in a particular industry and their product knowledge. For some technical products a degree in engineering related subjects often is seen as a pre-requisite due to the complicated knowledge requirements for certain products. The next criteria will be their ability to manage a team of people and deliver sales quota. Very few advertisements rank a business degree as an important requirement and place more emphasis on industry skills and background information.]]></description>
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<title>How You Should Tell Your Employee That Their Voice Is Hard to Understand</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:49:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The best way to offer constructive speaking voice feedback to someone is to say what you perceive the problem to be in a caring and sincere way. Then provide a possible solution by suggesting the person look on line for a speaking voice coach.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Lead Generation</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:39:08 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are various methods that those working in sales can attain the sales lead generation they are after. When generating leads, in order to find potential consumers for the products your company is selling, turning to the best sales lead generation methods is going to ensure you bring in the sales, and that you reach the right target audience, and those who are interested in buying the products or services that you are selling.]]></description>
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<title>CRM Software Reviews</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:28:09 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customer Relationship Management, or CRM for short, is the term given to the process that a business uses to manage its interactions with customers. Why it is so popular and is one of those corporate buzz words is that it helps organisations systematically track the activities they have with their customers and prospects.]]></description>
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<title>Auto Sales Manager - Sales Manager Training Is a Must!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:22:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Becoming a Sales Manager is an achievement in itself. It shows a certain level of competence and earned trust. It doesn't indicate that there is nothing else to learn.]]></description>
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<title>Why Do Sales Training and Coaching?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:16:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regardless of the type of business you are in, the idea is to move products - get equipment into the classroom, food on the shelves, steel to the factory, computers into the office or boats on the lake. Salespeople who...]]></description>
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<title>Just Sell More!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:01:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small Business Owners are constantly looking for cost effective ways to sell more of their products or services. This article explores and offers practical advice on how to significantly increase leads and sales from the leads you already generate.]]></description>
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<title>The Secret Thoughts of Clients That You Must Know to Increase Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:54:22 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you thought about how your potential clients are viewing you? When you are having any type of sales conversation, your potential client is going through a very specific thought process. The internal dialogue that is happening for them will is a make or break situation for you because it will determine whether they say yes or no to becoming a playing client.]]></description>
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<title>Outsourced Marketing - Strategies That Improve Sales And Ensure Success</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:58:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since understanding the ever-changing market trends has become harder than ever before, hiring an outsourcing company is a great alternative for researching the market, building strategies and implementing marketing tasks. An outsourcing marketing company will work together with you to ensure success and growth for your business.]]></description>
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<title>Ten Principles to Improve Your Healthcare Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 20:39:33 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Yes, the principles contained in this paper will guarantee your success (no hyperbola here). And, no, I don't claim to be the all-knowing sales guru. Many great sales trainers have gone before me, and this paper brings together that collective knowledge to provide you with the correct principles for success.]]></description>
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<title>Three Positive Methods to Enhance Online Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:24:12 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you think you're one of many online business entrepreneurs who struggle to improve their online sales? Online stores are becoming renowned nowadays as a result of ease and affordability they give for the buyers.]]></description>
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<title>Shapers, Fakers and Order-Takers</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:04:06 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Few positions have the success of an organization weighing on them like Business Development (BD) positions. An extensive investment is often required to onboard a new BD hire. Once a hiring decision is made, an even more substantial time and financial investment is required to allow the individual to develop relationships and begin qualifying and shaping opportunities. This investment may continue for many years. It's no wonder why hiring teams often feel like they are looking for a diamond in the rough.]]></description>
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<title>The Day the Job Fairy Died</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:01:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It was almost 30 years ago, but I can still remember it clearly. I'd just started my first "real" job working for a consulting engineering company and I'd been there about three months. Every day, someone had given me billable work to do. Pretty soon, I'd started to believe that a "Job Fairy" came around every night and put work on my desk. But this week was different. It was Friday and I was filling out my time sheet-but I didn't have an hour of billable work. The Job Fairy had died.]]></description>
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<title>How the CIA Intelligence Process Can Impact Your Organizations Revenue Growth</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:06:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intel is the valuable collateral residing within a firm that drives Business Development and strategic revenue growth. One of the significant drivers of a successful BD process and decision-making is the ability to develop client "intelligence". It is important to understand that a good BD system or process continuously develops and validates personal Intel. ]]></description>
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<title>How to Boost Your Ticket Sales in the Last Minute</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:08:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Holiday season is approaching fast and all of us are turning to loads of ways to enjoy the festive fun. If any rocking event is coming up this holiday and you have a ticket still left to sell, this article can help you fill the seats in the last minute. Here we are talking about all those important aspects, which can help you boost your last-minute ticket sales.]]></description>
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<title>Territory Management: A Roadmap for Consistent Sales Growth, Repeatability and Scalability</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:49:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It would be stretching it to say that with a plan and the right technology in place, navigating a sales cycle is as easy as plugging an address into a GPS and driving to your next appointment or making your next phone call. It is not a stretch to say, however, that without a territory management plan, an understanding of the buying process, a CRM system, a defined end goal and an understanding of how to maximize the effectiveness of the technology available, your organization will struggle to reach its sales objectives. This article discusses what it takes to implement a successful territory management plan.]]></description>
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<title>Five Key Challenges Organizations Must Overcome to Be Successful With CRM</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:47:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Done well, Customer Relationship Management software (CRM) can be the best asset a small to mid-sized business has. Done poorly, it is a very frustrating time waster. It only works if you use it - and use it right. The first step to navigating around CRM roadblocks is identifying them. This article covers five key challenges organizations must overcome to be successful with CRM]]></description>
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<title>Achievement Posters: The New Office Dartboard</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:43:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By helping your salespeople identify what they'll gain by achieving their goals, you put the incentive to succeed on their shoulders. They'll be better motivated by being able to envision what success can help them attain in life.]]></description>
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<title>What's Driving Your Sales Coverage Strategy?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:04:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A well-thought-out coverage strategy is often overlooked as a competitive advantage. But forward-thinking CSOs know that it is the foundation for effectively supporting their customers, adding value, and improving the company's bottom line. A successful strategy for how your selling organization covers your customers is solid and resilient, able to withstand changes in customer preferences, product lines, and economic conditions.]]></description>
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<title>Using CRM to Gain Collective Market Intelligence and Strategic Advantage</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:14:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Done correctly, CRM is about discipline - the discipline to record key information about customers and prospects, to analyze and interpret that information and to act upon what you have learned. It's also about results - about having real-time data at your fingertips and being able to move on a dime if you notice things are trending in a new direction. In short, CRM done right is less about the system itself and more about how you use it. Oftentimes small to mid-sized businesses fail to capture the information they need within the system and those that do capture it aren't sure what to do with it. So, what should you be doing?]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Sales Team Meeting Expectations? If Not, It May Be Time to Review Your Hiring Procedures</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:53:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a rule, 20% of salespeople are responsible for 80% sales volume and turnover among reps is high. Suffice it to say that hiring and retaining successful salespeople is integral to sustainable growth. But what exactly constitutes a top 20% salesperson, how can he or she be picked out from a crowd of applicants and how do you reduce turnover? This is an age-old question.]]></description>
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<title>How Mystery Shopping and Customer Service Can Affect Your Company</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:07:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mystery shopping seems to be a growing practice around the world as businesses try to monitor their customer service. By stepping into the shoes of their customer, they can gain perspective.]]></description>
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<title>Training Sales Managers - The Core Skills They Must Have Part 2</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:35:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Training sales managers in your organisation will improve your results. An established fact. Though what are the key core skills to focus on that will bring the highest rewards. This is Part 2 of our core skills for sales managers.]]></description>
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<title>Training Sales Managers: Why It Could Be Your Best Investment Ever</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:49:42 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Training sales managers is not always the first thing that sales directors think about. Instead the focus seems to be on training the new sales representative. Yet the reality is if a new sales representative is supported and coached they are likely to sell twice as much as a representative who is not.]]></description>
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<title>Training Sales Managers: The Essential Core Skills They Must Have - Part 1</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6738322</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:56:18 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Training sales managers is a vital function of any sales organisation that wants to improve its cash flow and profitability. All too often the super sales representative is promoted to a logical next level. That is a sales manager who then leads their team to even higher levels of performance.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Management Tip: A Call Is Worth a 1,000 Emails</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:43:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel your sales reps are bogged down by paperwork and the excessive amount of emails they send and receive on a daily basis? Emails that take valuable time away from their true sales activities. By simply picking up the phone and calling their customer they are likely to fix any problems or get questions answered in less time, with less effort, and using less energy.]]></description>
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<title>Beware of Neutral</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:51:56 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Nothing organic has a neutral mode. If it's a living organism it's either growing or dying. Relationships are alive and dynamic. They do not stand still. They either move forward or backward. There is no neutral.]]></description>
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<title>10 Sales Strategies That Can Be Implemented During A Slow Market</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6726430</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:41:29 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As the country is in a time of recession the first thing on the minds of a sales VP or even the CEO of the company is 'Are we going to make our numbers?' And those concerns are on the minds of the sales reps as well. Here are 10 strategies that can be implemented in during a down time.]]></description>
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<title>Selling To Groups: How To Help Your Sales Team Sell More</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:35:35 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Selling to groups is a guaranteed way to enable any sales representative to hit their target. Provided of course they have the knowledge skills and appropriate training to make it happen. The good news is that this type of sales skill can be mastered by any sales professional with the help and guidance of a supportive sales manager.]]></description>
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<title>Use Rituals to Stay Focused and Energized</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:55:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article shows you how to stay focused and energized using rituals. There are many drills that can easily be applied to your life.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Management: How You Manage Your Sales Action Team</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6714178</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:26:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You may not be managing your sales team right now but you should still know the basics of sales management at the least. Your sales force is what brings profit into the company, so it's important that you keep an eye on it even if you hire sales managers to call the shots. Sales management is what makes or breaks your business. Your sales staff depends on management support so they can be productive. This calls for an organized, creative and attentive management team to define the proper direction of the sales team.]]></description>
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<title>The Basics of Sales Management and Strategic Sales Planning</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:25:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sales management is defined as a discipline within the business world that focuses on practical applications of various sales techniques and sales operation management. It is regarded as an important business function in the generation of net sales from the sale of various products and services that eventually results to profit. Such factors are also known as the performance indicators.]]></description>
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<title>A Primer on Rights and Royalties Management Solutions</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:38:19 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Thinking of distributing intellectual assets? If you succeed, it won't be long before the value of a rights and royalty system becomes evident.]]></description>
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<title>Leadership Coaching: Women's Potential In Corporate Leadership</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6719362</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:10:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are the plus points of women in the workplace? Women employees are as competent as men when it comes to academic credentials, and they can bring the same energy, intelligence and interest in their work. It is however surprising that few of these women employees endeavor towards corporate management succession plans later on in their careers. There are institutional dynamics that demotivate, derail and even devalue women?s career advancement...]]></description>
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<title>Leadership Coaching: Thought Leadership In The Art Of Selling</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6715266</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6715266</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:43:59 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Show an understanding of your buyers' problems, implying your empathy. This makes your prospective customers feel that you are valuable. You are making an impact in their minds. With the thought leadership that you create, what you sell becomes a unique and greatly sought after item.]]></description>
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<title>Enterprise Resource Planning Software</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:42:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software provides large companies with the means to manage and automate the internal business operations. It can track inventory and financial information that includes payroll, transactions, labor hours, and many other functions to automate the system for more efficient management of all areas of the business.]]></description>
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<title>Four Key Attributes of a Sales Manager</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6700332</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:49:50 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Considering the multiplying effect of sales managers on an organization's performance, I am amazed at how little attention the capabilities required for this position gets. When you dig in, there is a laundry list of competencies, personal characteristics, and critical success factors that are common to the "A" players. Here is a handful that I find are "must haves" for impacting performance.]]></description>
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<title>Thriving in Severe Adversity: Strategies to Overcome Insurmountable Odds and Win More Sales</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6693740</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:59:25 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA["If you can march 1,000 miles and not feel tired, you are undefeatable", so says Sun Tzu in the Art of War. In times of severe adversity, are you willing to go the distance far more than your competitors? Having a dogged determination and tough perseverance does not mean charging head on into a brick wall. Do you have the powers of observation and imagination to create new possibilities? Thriving in severe adversity also means how you can help your customers thrive in adversity too. Are you able to get them to see you as helping them and develop win-win relationships?]]></description>
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<title>Why Mystery Shopping Is Essential to Retail Quality Control</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6696844</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:21:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When we think about the quality of service being provided in our retail outlets from an administrative perspective, most methods of customer feedback prove to be unreliable, and the most effective way of testing if all your processes are in place and being carried out effectively is by using a mystery shopper system, in this article I will attempt to outline the pros and cons of using such a system. The service offered by mystery shoppers is one where the shopping experience can be audited and compared to others without any initial bias involved. The mystery shopper's identity is not...]]></description>
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<title>Is Sales Prospecting The Job of A Marketing Dept?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6695813</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:01:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you're in sales should your team leave prospecting to the marketing department? What if you don't have one of these? It's time to develop a plan other than having your sales force just go out and cold call for new business.]]></description>
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<title>Leading From the Front</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6695012</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6695012</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:51:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Good managers are faced with many challenges. Great managers know their success depends on developing a successful management team. The article translates to all industries where a successful business depends on the success of its recruits.]]></description>
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<title>How to Prevent Friction Amongst Sales Representatives</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6695645</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6695645</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:19:02 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Proper Delegation, Remember That Sales Teams Will Fight Internally - Due to inept management, many sales employees (along with the company's bottom line) suffer from inappropriate delegation of accounts and / or territories. This failure to designate could happen for a number of reasons. One big threat to sales team organization is the members of management being unwilling to be the "bad guy" and failing to appropriately step in when there is internal argument between the reps.]]></description>
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<title>Five Steps to Avoiding Sales Management Blunders in Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6695332</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:10:46 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Your decision to hire a sales staff to serve as a front line for your small business also comes with the great responsibility of providing effective sales management. This will determine how big and successful your business will become in the near future. Here are some serious sales management blunders that you should avoid at all costs.]]></description>
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<title>The Importance Of An Independent Sales Rep Agreement</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6692994</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:11:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs know that they need more sales reps if they are gong to increase their business. But to get good ones, they need to have a well defined, independent sales rep agreement. Independent sales reps can be a blessing or a nightmare. Your ability to do a good job interviewing and also to have an agreement that does a good job of helping the relationship is critical.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Management Part 6 - How to Uncover the Strengths of Your Sales Force</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:26:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sales Managers often get frustrated after putting in time and effort to improve a salesperson's performance and get nowhere. The problem is usually they have been trying to turn a weakness into a strength. The article explains the difference between a strength, weakness, talent, sales knowledge and selling skills. It also provides ways to uncover a salesperson's strengths and manage weakness they may have.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Training - Assessing Performance Development</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:44:53 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Evaluating sale rep performance can take on numerous criteria, however mental fortitude is a critical component to delivering consistent sales numbers that appears often overlooked. Sales management have to take an in depth look into how their sales reps handle the pressure cooker situation that is modern day selling. It's fair to say that a majority of reps fail to manage the ups and downs associated with making their quotas month in month out...]]></description>
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<title>Collection Calls Don't Work - Find Out Why</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6657204</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6657204</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:25:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why is it that collection calls even exist today? Most consumers don't respond well to threats. So why should collections even exist? Certain things require collections action. BUT - What if everything else didn't require someone to call and assault you about payments? What if a way existed to increase sales and decrease collections? It exists - read on.]]></description>
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<title>6 Ways to Determine Whether to Keep Your Sales Manager</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6670343</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6670343</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:13:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Because the sales management position within any organization if so vital to the company's health, it is hard for the executive not to occasionally second-guess his or her choice in sales managers. When it comes to hiring, the devil we know is a lot better then the sales manager whom we have to replace that individual with, so the idea of changing sales managers strikes nausea into the gut of many a sales director. Despite this, there should be some set parameters within your company to determine the sales aptitude of the...]]></description>
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<title>What It Means to Be a Sales Coach</title>
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<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6665970</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:51:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are few outstanding sales professionals who will tell you that they have achieved their levels of successes solely on their own. Most would mention a key figure who--knowingly or unknowingly--has coached them to become truly excellent role models and performers in the competitive world of selling. If you have been in the sales force for a long time and have achieved a level of respect from your peers, then you certainly have taken in sales greenhorns under your wings at least once.]]></description>
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<title>Things to Remember If You Have a Sales Coach</title>
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<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6666058</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:35:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is a science to the art of selling that sets some minimum skills for a person to become excellent at the job. Books may describe these minimum skills but mere textbooks may have a hard time getting these skills ingrained into your system. Only experience can really do that.]]></description>
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<title>Why Salespeople Hate Prospecting And What You Can Do About It</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6663386</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6663386</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:48:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is a great question that many trainers and sales managers try to answer and remedy. And of course not all salespeople hate prospecting, but when I poll my customers nine out of ten will say it's the part of the job they like the least. There is only one answer to this question. Think about this, if every time you walked into a business or picked up a phone knowing there would be no rejection, you would do it all the time knowing it would mean more closed sales and more commission. The funny thing is this: That's exactly what it means.]]></description>
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<title>How to Handle Underperforming Sales Reps</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6659213</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6659213</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 08:23:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is obviously a lot that goes into building this kind of structure, but it's well worth the time and effort. In fact, according to CSOInsights.com, sales teams that have and follow a "Defined Sales Process" average more than 33% in production and revenue than sales teams that don't. 33% - now that's significant! Just ask yourself how much that would mean to you and your company's bottom line.]]></description>
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<title>A Buying Decision Is a Change Management Issue</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6512131</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6512131</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:27:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The sales model focuses on needs assessment and solution placement. Buying is a change management activity. They are two different activities, done at two different - and opposite - points along the buying decision journey.]]></description>
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<title>Hiring Your Very Own Sales Rock Star</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6647399</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6647399</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:50:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[First and perhaps most obvious, show yourself and your company in the absolute best light possible. Never lie, but do be confident in your team, your company, and your direction. Read the resume and ask good questions. Finally make sure you ask that candidate the one question every Sales Rock Star should know how to answer.]]></description>
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<title>The Real Role of Sales Managers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6643776</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6643776</guid>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:52:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Selling cycles are longer! Margins are lower! We need to cut prices to sell! From Vancouver to Montreal, San Diego to Boston, London to Paris, Hong Kong to Tokyo, businesses are doing just about anything to stay one step ahead of new, smarter and more aggressive competitors. But many aren't doing the right things: training and coaching their salespeople. Most salespeople today are not equipped to create sales in the current market, because their sales managers have neglected what should have been their primary responsibilities - training and coaching.]]></description>
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<title>Part II: The Biggest Phone Cold Calling Mistake: Scripts Aren't Just For Movies</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6517987</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6517987</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:43:04 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When I watch professional golf it always inspires me to play because I tell myself the game is so easy. Then I go play and I get a BIG dose of reality. One, I stink. Two, it only APPEARS easy because the person swinging the club is a pro. How does it look so easy? Because, they have first built a solid foundation that works, and second, practiced it over and over again until mastered. Creating, using, and ultimately mastering a script is one of the wisest investments you can make as a sales professional. We'll go through the steps one-by-one, and I'll explain tips, strategies, and reasoning behind why each step is necessary. Keep in mind, this topic is so intensely necessary, a book could be written, but this exercise here is to give you that FAST jump start you want!]]></description>
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<title>Why Great Salespeople Don't Necessarily Make Great Sales Managers</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6640002</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6640002</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:56:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You'd really think top salespeople would make the best sales managers, would you not? I can hear you all now, "Come on Rich I want my best guys running the whole squad." Some sales people have made great sales managers, but by and large the best sales managers are not the best sales people and vice-versa.]]></description>
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<title>A Must Know For Sales Management: The Great Paradox Of Sales Achievement</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6636650</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6636650</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:14:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although you might not be aware of it yet (you will be in a couple minutes), there is a massive game of tug of war going on inside of sales people as they look to claim their most viscous ambitions. On one side of the rope you have everything they want that represents more, better, improved results etc.]]></description>
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<title>How to Benefit From a Merchant Service Provider</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6628928</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6628928</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:49:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A business owner should choose a processor based on all the facts, not just the lowest rate. Customers carry less cash for safety, and plastic for security. Providing the option to purchase products with credit and or debit cards, including gift cards gives your customers the added safety and security they want.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Training - Analyzing Personal Sales Techniques</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:37:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In hiring sales people, sales managers need to be intuitive and pay particular attention to body language and mannerisms. One could make a strong case that there are some people who have been in sales for a while and have performed adequately, however they probably should not be in sales. Achieving top success in sales requires certain characteristics that will make the journey to the top much more likely.]]></description>
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<title>Efficiently Manage Employee Commissions and Incentives Through Furniture Inventory Software</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:54:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Keeping the workplace a fair and rewarding environment for their workers is every company's concern. Furniture inventory software that integrates sales commission and incentive tracking with point-of-sale and inventory processes can help not just to provide employees with the financial rewards they deserve, but also to help managers identify employee strengths and weaknesses.]]></description>
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<title>Tactical Field Sales Solutions and Your Business</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:20:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you considered expanding your business' field sales repertoire? Here is some information on how this might benefit you.]]></description>
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<title>Astounding Way to Capture Consumers' Attention Using a Website</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:29:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since most shoppers are opting to do most of their sales on the Internet, it is not surprising that businesses with actual stores are now expanding their reach by putting up online marketplaces. Aside from the broadened reach, Web businesses have been proven to garner additional savings for the business owner. Probably, these savings can be accounted for the lack of hefty space rentals.]]></description>
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<title>Ideas to Motivate Sales People</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:38:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Speed Selling is a great way to launch a new media company and I have participated in it several times. It is a fun exercise to play with your sales team. It also does not need to be restricted to media companies, it can be applied to any sales company that is launching new product. So what is speed selling?]]></description>
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<title>5 Steps to Team Coaching</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:38:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Think back to the times when you started a new job. What happens on your first day? Your instincts kick in to help get you off to a good start. In your mind, you know that you have to get to know the players, understand and develop expectations, and figure out what makes your employees tick. For many of us, those instincts are developed over time and feel very natural. When it comes to coaching a team, sometimes those instincts don't always kick in. Learn the "5 Steps to Team Coaching." You can use this process as a blueprint. There aren't any real surprises...just a few tips that build on your already solid leadership skills.]]></description>
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<title>Management Training Advice On How Sales Managers Develop Their Sales Plans</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:22:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being capable of planning and so constructing robust plans is a core skill for all managers and as a result it frequently forms a main topic on management training courses. It can be helpful to examine how experienced managers go about planning and data from a poll of 316 businesses does just this. The poll reveals when and the way sales managers from small, medium-sized and large companies from all industries do their sales planning.]]></description>
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<title>LinkedIn and The New Hire</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:18:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a new employee joins the company should you immediately link to them? How can you best find out if they have important contacts?]]></description>
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<title>The People Business</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:38:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the oldest phrases in sales vernacular, "People buy from people they know, like, and trust" is as true in 2011 as when it was first put into words years ago. How much time have you invested in teaching every employee what this means? A second old phrase, "The customer is always right," is also still true. If your company is in business for the long term and you want to maintain existing business and develop new accounts then it is critical that this motto be understand by everyone in your organization.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Hiring Tests</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 16:14:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When hiring, employers must make sure that the application and assessment process meets defensible standards. With the excessive use (and often misuse) of internet- based "quick, easy and free" personality tests offered as hiring tools, violations of rules set forth by the Department of Labor are becoming more frequent. Though the Department of Labor.]]></description>
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<title>Your Excellent New Customer Service Has Been Cancelled</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:54:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[New customers are exciting! A customer that stops in each week is dull and uninteresting. Sometimes the customer service you experience changes the moment you drive the car off the lot. Or, there may be small changes over time. The company stops offering free coffee or now charges for something that was free a few months before. Small concessions make an existing customer feel unimportant especially when new customers are showered with incentives and perks.]]></description>
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