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<title>What Will Make a Solid Training Program For a Sales Representative</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 12:49:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No training has taken place unless the quality of the person's work improves. Training is a continuous and never ending process, the job of helping the staff member to improve never ends.]]></description>
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<title>Leveraging Five Emotionally Driven Selling Styles</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 08:44:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Selling is an emotional event. It only makes sense that those with higher levels of emotional skills are likely to make better sales people, provided their emotional skills are matched to the needs of the job. Learn the five, emotionally driven sales types.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Promotions: Do's and Don'ts</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:20:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sales promotion is a method to promote the sales in addition to standard merchandising techniques such as advertising or personal selling, providing offers of free sample, giving gifts to the purchaser and so on. In other words, sales promotion is a way by which the companies/business owners/corporations rewards their customers which in turn helps in attracting more customers Sales promotions should be done positively for the benefits of the customers to survive in the long run. As most companies deviate from this they negatively use sales promotions to hurt and exploit their customers...]]></description>
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<title>Keys to Success - People With Good Ideas</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:13:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I used to think I knew everything, I couldn't be wrong, I worked in sales, we are supposed to know everything! Over time, you start to learn to listen instead of talking; some people never get this concept. It took me a while to figure this out, I thought that I always had to make quick decisions and live with the consequences.]]></description>
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<title>How to Get Your Point Across Without Being Aggressive</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some people are tight lipped with their words of praise because they feel that only the world's best deserve it. They neglect the opportunities that are always at hand, praise for little things count as much in stimulating one to do ones happy best as does acclaim for the top most accomplishments. Forget looking for big things to praise - look for little ones. Praise counts most when it comes from the boss or a close relative and those are the ones who are most likely to neglect it. Don't imagine you are looking to notice and praise little things in little people, the praise that counts more in making the workers certain of themselves, that keeps them interested has a letter "P" in front of it - like this P-raise. The best way to stimulate is to say something encouraging or say nothing.]]></description>
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<title>Fundamental Changes In Selling And The Way In Which The Modern Sales Person Operates</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:22:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of strategic models used by business leaders which, over time, have led to profound changes in the way sales men work. This write-up looks at some of these changes.]]></description>
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<title>Lead Nurturing - Setting Up</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:02:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Building a system for lead nurturing can mean the success or failure of a business or salesperson. There are two main ingredients necessary in successful lead nuturing: self-initiative and a good database.]]></description>
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<title>Fundamentals Gained With Selling Skills Training</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:28:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regardless of the opportunities you may have taken advantage of when it comes to advertising your business, utilizing online resources, or taking advantage of technology, most stories of success result from the staff to generate sales. While consumers are often drawn in by the different resources utilized to manage consumer attraction, this only represents a single phase of the many steps needed to generate sales and build consumer confidence.]]></description>
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<title>Finding Modern Selling Techniques Through Sales Training Programs</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:23:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are many different resources a business can turn to when trying to determine the best opportunities for driving sales and reaching more consumers. While many businesses rely on the solutions offered by marketing and advertising strategies, these resources will only allow you to draw in consumer attraction. The most efficient way to generate sales for your business is to have a quality staff you can rely upon to build off that attraction and close deals on a regular basis.]]></description>
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<title>Improve Sales: Overcome Call Resistance Forever!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 12:55:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Increase sales by providing a fool-proof method for your sales team to overcome call reluctance. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is being used worldwide by medical and healing practices. EFT can be used to eliminate any uncomfortable emotion, including call reluctance. Boost your sales instantly.]]></description>
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<title>Coaching a Sales Professional: The Customer-Centered Approach</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 11:23:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If a sales professional is looking for a quick tip to improve their effectiveness...I have it here: make it about your client. 100 percent. All the time. Whether you're coaching or managing a sales professional, or you are one yourself...this article is a must-read to achieving a customer-centered approach.]]></description>
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<title>Coaching a Sales Professional: Information Accumulation</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 10:23:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Coaching a salesperson isn't always that straightforward of a task because selling isn't a simple profession. This is one of 7 articles that helps you to set a solid foundation when coaching a sales professional. It explains why being "in the know" must be on every sales professional's to-do list. What does that mean? Read the article to learn more!]]></description>
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<title>Positive Thinking in Sales Management: Cut the Rope That Holds Back Your Sales!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 15:26:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Throw a rope around a calf's neck and it's caught. It may struggle and kick to get away, but it can't because someone else is in control, holding the other end of the rope. Have you ever felt like you have a rope around your neck? Have you ever felt like you weren't making any progress in your job? Have you felt like the rope pulls you back every time you try to move forward? Let's face it, customers complain, sales are missed, sales reps are upset, your friends don't support you, the competition is rough, your company changes, there are quality problems, and so on. You become frustrated, confused and tired.]]></description>
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<title>Lead Nurturing - Are You Quitting Too Soon?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:29:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most sales are made after the initial 30-90 days. If you quit nurturing before then, you are missing out on sales!]]></description>
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<title>The Power of Emotions in Selling</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 01:59:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many organizations focus on the wrong thing when building a sales team and designing training for that team. Task oriented selling works but not as well as emotionally based selling. Include emotional skills training in your budget.]]></description>
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<title>Coaching a Sales Professional on Responsibility</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:34:26 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When sales professionals are willing to take responsibility, they are much more likely to achieve their own success because they recognize, it is about what they do and it's not about what someone else isn't doing. This article is for the manager or coach of a sales professional, or for the sales professional that wants to develop him/herself.]]></description>
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<title>Best Wedding Cake Ever Made But A Day Late Keeps It a Secret and The Baker Remains Pocket Poor</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:48:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Using the analogy of a wedding cake illustrates a problem being faced by many small businesses and those in sales management - late deliveries. Excuses abound, but there is a solution.]]></description>
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<title>The SPAM Feedback Model</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:26:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a child, I had one really big decision every morning. It was to decide what filling to place in between my two slices of Farmers Wife white bread for my lunch.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Objection - We Had a Bad Experience With Your Company</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:51:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You never want to hear this phrase from a customer or prospect. If you do, however, here's how you handle it.]]></description>
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<title>Desired Qualities of an Effective Sales Manager</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:46:39 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is a big difference between desired qualities and 'must have' qualities. Every company desires its own set of qualities. There is one quality however, that every sales manager should have and that is the right mind-set. This article is about the aspects that make up this right mind-set.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Management - How Good Are Your Motivation Skills?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:48:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been pointed out or been introduced as - meet one of our best people and do you remember how good you felt. Everybody gets a" boost" out of being brought to the attention of others that is human nature and every person is human.]]></description>
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<title>Implementing the Biggest Secret Weapon of Sales Superstars</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:32:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Getting the most out of customer data is the key to being able to follow up with, close, and get customers to buy more. If you want to get the most out of that data you have to capture it and display it in a way that makes sense to your team and makes it actionable. The best way to do that is by implementing a world class CRM.]]></description>
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<title>Engagement Versus Motivation</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:49:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some experts advocate employee engagement, others are strong believers in motivational strategies. But one does not?necessarily exclude the other.]]></description>
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<title>How To Be A Top Sales Manager Starting Today</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:01:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Top sales managers possess common traits and utilize proven sales techniques to enable them to consistently outperform their peers. If you follow these effective sales management methods, you will increase your teams sales performance and become a top sales manager starting today.]]></description>
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<title>Coaching A Sales Professional on Time Management</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:15:01 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sales professionals have tough jobs. So, if you're a coach or a manager hoping to help the sales professional by your side, use this article to tackle the first step: helping them manage their time efficiently and successfully. Good time-management skills are essential to become a successful sales professional.]]></description>
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<title>How to Find The Right Software</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:51:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Now that we are well into this new year, which is not so new anymore, it may be time to consider revamping your current software or incorporating new software into your home or business. With so many choices and frequent technological advances, it can be hard to keep up with new software releases and best practices of how to run your business professionally, effectively, and lucratively. What has worked for you in the past may be able to be improved upon, which should increase your profit, streamline your business, and organize your home or office.]]></description>
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<title>Tips For Managing Sales Meetings</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:56:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Managing your large corporate sales meetings can be quite the hassle. You have to plan the event, choose the venue, make sure everyone who is required attends the event, and you have to plan the program and topics of discussion. Not to mention the refreshments, parking, and time slots that fit into everyone's schedule. The truth is you already have enough on your plate. You are busy, and you seem to get busier every day, and that does not include planning a big sales meeting for your company and your employees. But there are services that will actually plan your sales meetings and make sure everything goes according to plan.]]></description>
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<title>Management - Skills Needed For Managing People</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:39:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[At the heart of successful time management it is an important shift in focus - concentrate on results, not on being busy. The purpose of time management is to adjust the balance of time spent during the day in favour of high yield activities.]]></description>
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<title>The Best Personality For Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:15:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Evaluate the above traits and ask yourself can you improve or even build on them as your mental attitude is the one thing you have complete control over. This is what separates winners from losers and also turns disadvantages into advantages.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Strategy for Your Next School Bake Sale</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:25:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A parent reflects on the role of informal sales training in the early years. Letting children experiment now may bolster their careers - whatever their chosen path - in the future.]]></description>
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<title>Build a New Stats Driven Sales Culture</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:30:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Look at sales performance statistics as a positive rather than a negative. In every professional sports activity, performance is gauged by the player's stats. In fact, every player and their coaches, use those metrics to establish performance improvement goals.]]></description>
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<title>The Cost of a Positive Attitude</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:21:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In personal and business life we have complete control over one important principle and that is our attitude... it can be positive or negative, some people go through life letting circumstances control how they feel just like flipping a coin with one side spelling NEGATIVE and the other POSITIVE.]]></description>
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<title>The Lead Wolf Sales Star</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:52:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being number one on your sales team just isn't that difficult. Salesmanship is a learned skill. You can perfect that skill. Yes, it does help to have an outgoing personality, high self-esteem and an ego. But, these attributes alone won't make you successful. Confidence in yourself, confidence in your products and confidence in your company is a key ingredient. The only way to gain this kind of ultimate confidence is by attaining knowledge. Study your products, understand your value propositions and understand what your competitive advantage is. If you interview every sales person in your company, what you learn may really surprise you. The "Law of Averages" leads you to believe out of ten sales people - Two will be Stars, Two will Really Suck and the remaining Six will just be Average.]]></description>
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<title>Confidence at the Inside Sales Desk</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:50:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The most important ingredient to success as an Inside Sales person is self-confidence. The foundation for self-confidence is training, education and preparation. Just like it is in sports, success and building self-confidence requires the practice of skills learned during training even if it's only On-the-Job training. Inside sales success is about practicing perfect. Sports legends often say you play like you practice. In relationship to Inside Sales this means if you don't take training and preparation seriously you will fail.]]></description>
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<title>6 Best Tools to Use in Ecommerce Websites</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:35:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Managing an ecommerce website can be a little hard if you do not have the right set of tools to use to check website errors, crawlability to search engines, traffic quality and quantity, and as well as management of individual web pages. Are you interested to know about web traffic quality and quantity? Are you interested as how your visitors browse the pages of your website?]]></description>
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<title>15 Ways to Acknowledge Your Sales Management Team's Efforts</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:32:20 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Employees are more likely to stay with an organization where they feel that their input is valued and appreciated. Here are 15 easy ways to acknowledge the members of your sales management team.]]></description>
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<title>Deposit Your Time and Energy for Maximum Return</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:22:45 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A simple question to ask yourself... Why does one person succeed and another person fail? If you research the subject personal development you will get lots of key ideas and as many gurus again writing about the subject.]]></description>
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<title>How Tuned Are You to Your Top Talent?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:35:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are times when management changes hands and with that comes a change in priorities and directions. In most cases, it results in a casualty to top talent that exits the organization. In a build-up to these exits, there are evident warning signals that an alert ear can tune in to to avert the disaster.]]></description>
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<title>Developing an Ecosystem for Large Deals</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:35:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is not uncommon to see large corporations drive their teams towards large deals to increase the deal value average. With complex back end processes that do not differentiate between transactions on size, all deals take up relatively equivalent process time; and the only way to pump in more is to get in larger deals. Sounds logical? Cool. How do you develop the ecosystem to uncover those elusive large deals?]]></description>
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<title>How to Direct Financial Narrative</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:23:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the responsibilities of a business owner is to understand his business financials. You can gain control over your financial story by being the author of your financial narrative. You can do so much more if you have a comprehensive knowledge of your business.]]></description>
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<title>EPOS Software and Efficiency Go Hand in Hand</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:21:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Modern customers are very knowledgeable and have a sea of options available to them when it comes to retail shopping. For retaining your customers, it has become imperative that they are given the best possible service. This article provides information as to how retail shops can make the management of their systems more efficient by using computerised retail management software.]]></description>
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<title>Developing Salespeople by Coaching on the Run</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:57:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest casualties in the battle to "do more with less" is developing salespeople. Instead of looking for large blocks of time to develop their people, sales managers should look for small but more frequent opportunities to "coach on the run."]]></description>
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<title>A Little Bit of 'P and T'</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:36:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking at the importance of 'positioning' and 'timing' in any business development work. People don't like being sold to but they do like to buy so how do we do this?]]></description>
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<title>Grasping The Idea Of Good Customer Service</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:11:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every business looking to flourish in its industry recognizes the importance of giving their customers center-stage in their dealings. They acknowledge that success consists in satisfying the customer in order for them to continue patronizing the business; but beyond that, the customer could also be their downfall.]]></description>
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<title>The Duality of Belief in Sales</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:05:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We all know that we have to believe in our sales pitch in order to be at our most effective. It's what we are taught from the first day: believe in what you are selling and the customer will as well.]]></description>
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<title>5 Mistakes to Avoid When Building an Inside Sales Team</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:22:38 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[According to CSOinsights.com less than half of inside sales teams make their revenue goals each month. If you're a business owner or sales manager of an inside sales team, then I'll bet you can relate. So what differentiates the half that makes their numbers from the half that doesn't?]]></description>
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<title>Why Should I Use CRM, Anyway?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:01:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if you're an executive of a company or an independent salesperson. The more leads and customers you can work with, the greater the number of sales you can make and the greater your resulting income will be. Managing customer relationships is very lucrative!]]></description>
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<title>A Spring Sales Strategy for Small Auto Repair Shops</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:54:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Spring is the perfect time for owners of small auto repair shops to review their sales strategy. Winter grime and tire changes, in particular, present two lucrative possibilities.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Success Does Not Happen By Accident</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6944836</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:42:58 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Leadership is the key to top sales performance in any organization. In this article, we explore how revenue can be increased when managers and sales leaders understand that successful sales effort requires focussed, persistent, attention to the people on the front lines.]]></description>
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<title>12 Sales Principles For Goal Achievement and Coaching</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:36:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are there fundamental truths about the sales profession? Do you live by some? Do you know what they are? This article displays 12 governing rules or principles for sales goal achievement - principles which imply skills, attitudes, and behaviors for a lasting and positive impact in the marketplace.]]></description>
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<title>Successful Sales Promotion Planning: 15 Powerful Steps for Sales Managers!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:57:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every year, millions of dollars are wasted on worthless sales promotions and incentives. When you offer incentives and promotions to sales reps, their results should skyrocket to sensational levels! For your promotion to be the best it can be, you need to do a good job of advanced planning. Here's a checklist of fifteen things to consider when planning a powerful promotion. This checklist is proven to help you execute a promotion that produces significant sales gains.]]></description>
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<title>Top 5 Payment Providers</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:52:29 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you are going to sell anything online then it follows that you need to give people a method by which to pay you. Fortunately accepting payments online is extremely simple nowadays and you have a huge amount of choice for your payment processor. Ideally you should look for a company where it is easy to open an account, has reasonable fees and doesn't have a problem with the products you are selling.]]></description>
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<title>How to Be a Motivational Sales Manager</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:30:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the strongest motives to motivate people is to have a reason or burning desire. This reason or burning desire will inspire you and make you do whatever it takes to face all of the obstacles, so you can achieve your goals. Everyone is motivated by something but the strengths and direction of that motivation is key to success. Make that decision to look at exactly what you want to achieve and then write it down; next take a clear look at where you are right no so as you can determine what step are really necessary for achieving your goal. Remember a goal without a plan is only a mere wish.]]></description>
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<title>C-Level Selling - Large Account Plans Require Both Parties' Participation</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:31:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you manage your large account plans the way your financial department manages your budgets, you'll have great results. Learn how to build and manage large account plans in this article.]]></description>
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<title>How to Motivate Your Sales Management Team in 4 Easy Steps</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6935213</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:01:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Congratulations, you've assembled a strong sales management team. But do you have what it takes to keep them motivated?]]></description>
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<title>Sales Management and Blitz Sales Teams - Case Study for Automated Truck Washes</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6931505</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:09:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In business, it pays to go after the market share hard and heavy. It makes sense to put together sales teams, and to overwhelm the marketplace and your competition by blitzing for new business. Indeed, this is something I had always done in my company previously before retirement.]]></description>
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<title>Rep V. Direct: How to Best Organize a Sales Team</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6921936</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:48:07 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The most durable of sales organizations are those that employ a hybrid technique, employing a mix of both direct sales personnel and manufacturers' representatives. Sales teams composed entirely of all direct personnel or entirely of manufacturers' representatives are generally suboptimal.]]></description>
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<title>Why Sales Mangers Should Coach</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6923109</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6923109</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:52:27 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed how sales people tend to reverse delegate problems? Is your inbox full of things you think your sales people could sort out themselves, if they just thought it through? Do you find yourself covering the same things more than once?]]></description>
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<title>The Number One Misconception About Healthcare Recruiting and Headhunting in General</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6905437</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6905437</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:03:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is a common misconception as to what healthcare recruiters and headhunters actually do, compared to internal "human resources" type recruiters. The reason for the confusion and the difference in approach and results might surprise you.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Secrets From Baja California</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6916960</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:10:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To unearth the age-old secrets of sales and marketing, I journeyed 2,600 miles to Cabo San Lucas on the extreme southern tip of Baja California Sur. Actually, it was just a vacation. But during what was a carefree trip spent mostly on the beach and in margarita bars, I inadvertently received a Mexican marketing lesson and crystal-clear insight into what it really takes to be successful in selling services and promoting products.]]></description>
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<title>How to Bolster Employee Morale Via Incentive Meetings</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6907861</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:01:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Being an owner or manager of a business or team of professionals can be an overwhelming and tiring experience. But one of the best things you can do as a business owner is to find new and exciting ways to encourage your employees. After all, employee morale is a crucial part to maintaining and retaining your business's workforce. Just because the economy is weak and the job market is not much stronger does not mean that companies can treat their employees poorly.]]></description>
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<title>Success Stories - How Sharing Experiences Can Help Your Business</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6368473</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:13:58 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As individuals, we tell the stories of our lives continuously, from the trivial detail to the landmark event and everything in between. It's the single most effective way we have of connecting with one another, and we learn it at our mother's knees.]]></description>
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<title>Is Your Business Garden Sensational?</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:02:03 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Having a successful business is similar to creating a sensational garden. It takes planning, preparation, and execution to reap the rewards. Just like in nature, businesses have cycles and understanding yours is one of the most important aspects to achieving success. So, do you have a "Green Thumb" when it comes to your "Business Garden?"]]></description>
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<title>The Importance of Proper Sales Techniques</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6889164</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6889164</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:02:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The success of any business can be directly related to the quality of its staff and the ability to meet any consumer demand. When your business struggles in this regard it helps to identify the areas of inconsistency which can result in the loss of consumers due to employee negligence. To avoid this unfortunate turn of events with your own company, it is necessary to identify the many factors influencing the importance of pursuing proper sales techniques.]]></description>
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<title>Why You Should Invest In Sales Training Programs</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6889163</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6889163</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:01:47 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The business environment is fraught with a wide variety of variables companies are unable to account for. One element of business you should seek to take control of is seen with the variable of your sales staff and how you can improve this entity to support your company.]]></description>
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<title>Sales Forecasting: You Can't Handle the Truth</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6886383</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6886383</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:51:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The pressure to make quota, or at least to maintain the pretense that one will, is perhaps the central tension between sales and management. Most company cultures are built around an at least partial suspension of disbelief. "Can Do" attitudes rule the day. But what happens when, despite your best efforts and those of your team, you know that you just can't get there?]]></description>
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<title>Some Inspirations to Boost Up Your Wholesale Business!</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6891528</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6891528</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:23:16 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Different studies conducted in different times revealed that 90 percent of businesses fail in the initial few years. The reason behind the failure can be any but if you want to dodge such failures, you must follow some rules. The following article aims at describing the rules that can help you in combating defeat in a business venture.]]></description>
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<title>How Solo Entrepreneurs Can Use and Understand a Sales Cycle</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6883810</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6883810</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:51:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding how long it takes to generate leads and make a sale will help the solo entrepreneur set realistic expectations for sales goals. The heavy lifting includes building momentum.]]></description>
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<title>Valentine's Day - How to Heat Up Your Sweets' Sales?</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6887095</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6887095</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:56:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Valentine's Day provides an excellent opportunity to the sweets' suppliers to heat up their sales and earn huge profits. This article discusses how wholesale suppliers of sweets can increase their sales to a noticeable extent.]]></description>
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<title>7 Steps To Becoming the Ultimate Sales Manager</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6876205</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6876205</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:51:48 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Building an effective sales team is never an easy task regardless of the business size. Whether working with junior sales people who are fresh out of college, or the most seasoned account executives with many years of experience, an intelligent strategy must be in place to make sure your team knows what they are doing and the business goals are achieved. Make sure to follow these 7 steps when building your sales manager game plan.]]></description>
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<title>5 Important Characteristics to Look For When Hiring a Sales Person</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6876193</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6876193</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:51:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Some of the best company cultures in the world are built on the concept of treating your employees like family. So when looking to add to your sales team, you better make sure that they fit the mold of people that you can count on to represent your business well and get the job done. These 5 character traits are common in most successful sales people.]]></description>
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<title>Approaching Sales With Positivity - Building a 10 Step Sales System</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6876309</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6876309</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:51:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This article lists ten (10) things to do to implement a sales system that is fun, energetic, and effective. It also advocates the use of seven (7) touches in making real, lasting connections with new sales prospects and leads.]]></description>
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<title>7 Fatal Errors Sales Managers Make: How to Avoid Them</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6875491</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6875491</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:49:21 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Research shows that at least 50% of managers fail in any profession. In sales, it's higher than that. Why? The risks and rewards are higher. Have you heard the saying, "Sales is the lowest paid easy work and the highest paid hard work." For sales management it is true as well. Why do sales managers, and sales executives fail? What do we mean by fail? The easy answer is that sales decline or don't exceed the established objectives. Did you know that your sales results may be reaching your objectives and you could be failing? Here is an examples. A sales manager I knew came up to me and told me he had lit a fire under is team. I replied, "How did you do it?" He said that in a meeting he told them if they didn't sell X amount by the end of the month they were fired. Now, that's an all-time great motivational speech, isn't it? Just kidding. Guess who was fired? He was.]]></description>
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<title>13 Character Traits of a Sales Management Champion</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6875840</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6875840</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:56:37 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Poor sales or service performance is most often the result of poor communication, unclear goals or expectations, uninvolved managers, little recognition and a lack of training and coaching. The sales manager has to lead the way - there isn't time to have it any other way. As a sales manager, you must develop sales reps, so they will be more successful. In order to do this you have to raise your level of professionalism and focus! You set the tone by your example and results. If you succeed, they'll succeed. If they succeed, you'll succeed. Do you have what it takes? it often comes down to how well you work with others and your character.]]></description>
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<title>Six Steps to A World Class Sales Team</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6875492</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6875492</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6869450</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6869450</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6873708</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6873708</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6860238</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6860238</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6868293</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6868293</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6857332</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6857332</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6846637</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6846637</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6846689</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6846689</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6851952</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6851952</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6858391</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6858391</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6849842</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6849842</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6852809</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6852809</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6853370</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6853370</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6853351</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6853351</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6833804</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6833804</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6830993</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6830993</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6832213</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6832213</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6838572</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6838572</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6836150</link>
<guid>http://EzineArticles.com/6836150</guid>
<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>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/6832478</link>
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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>
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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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