The World's Best Sales Blogs
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Jonathan Farrington's Blog |
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JF Guest Author Post Kendra Lee When you approach a new prospect, what do you have to offer? Whether you’re sending an email or cold calling, you need to grab the attention of your contact and make them want to talk with you. But too often sellers ...
Read more......... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:11:05 +0200 10:11 AM |
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The Pipeline |
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A Guest Post By Trevor Stevens
I love extreme sports, extreme travel and extreme radio. Late in the night, I listen to those coast-to-coast syndicated programs where everything is either a government conspiracy or a supernatural phenomenon. I love ...
Read more......... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:54:41 +0200 09:54 AM |
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Jill Konrath | Selling to Big Companies |
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A few weeks ago I spoke about selling to crazy-busy prospects at the Entrepreneurs Association meeting in Atlanta. What a savvy group of businesspeople! At the of end of the session, Genevieve Bos (founder of Pink magazine), presented me with a ...
Read more......... Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:02:37 +0200 04:02 AM |
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Elinor Stutz - SmoothSale.net Blog - Sales Training and Motivational Speaking |
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How to Rise to the Top of Your Game!
This week once again proved my theory of how to you may rise to the top when you were originally at the bottom of the pyramid.
Step One: Simply stated, when you are at ground level, learn as much as you can by ...
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:23:59 +0200 09:23 PM |
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Sell More, Work Less and Make More Money by Colleen Francis |
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This month, I had the privilege of speaking at the National Speakers Association’s annual conference on the power of testimonials. The conference was in Orlando which, in the middle of July, is very hot and very humid. Luckily, inside it was ...
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:27:43 +0200 04:27 PM |
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Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference |
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The other day I was having dinner with a close friend. He’s the President of a division of a company. Eventually, the conversation got around to social media (is it something about me?). He said, “Dave, I just don’t get it, you keep ...
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:50 +0200 10:00 AM |
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Wendy Weiss ~ The Queen of Cold Calling |
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Think of your cold call as the beginning of a sales relationship. Pick one tip to implement today. Take action now to change your prospecting results.
Follow up. Follow up. Follow up.
Do what you say you’re going to do. If you tell your ...
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:31 +0200 10:00 AM |
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Jonathan Farrington's Blog |
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When was the last time you put your hand up and said “I screwed up” or “Why on earth did I take that decision?” Not just privately, but publicly? You see, every action we take creates a reaction that is based on the ...
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:37:48 +0200 09:37 AM |
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AllBusiness.com - The Sales Leadership Coach |
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More than ever today, business executives have to operate as both leader and follower in the daily rounds of their job ....
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:50:00 +0200 08:50 AM |
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The Sales Pro Insider |
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It’s the end of another month. Sales managers and sales pros around the world are faced with the reality of ‘their numbers’ and efforts for the past 30 days. Some are happy, some are not.Â
Because I am fortunate to work with ...
Read more......... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:53:31 +0200 04:53 AM |
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Sell, Sell, Sell! |
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Sales people have to be aware of how macro-economic and regulatory changes are affecting their customers.
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:20:24 +0200 11:20 PM |
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Score More Sales |
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Do you have a Mighty Cause you champion outside of your career? Perhaps your Mighty Cause is integrated into your work? For me, helping entrepreneurs and small business owners grow their revenues, and helping nonprofits grow funds IS my professional ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:25:15 +0200 08:25 PM |
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Sell More, Work Less and Make More Money by Colleen Francis |
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By Chris Voice COO Engage Selling Solutions
All too often, businesses look at using technology as a way of putting barriers between customers and employees. In fact, terms like call avoidance are often used as justification to purchase information ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:32:52 +0200 06:32 PM |
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Fearless Selling Blog ~ Kelley Robertson |
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The Sales Hunter |
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We all become victims of our own thinking and the thinking of the people we associate with. I don’t mean to be negative, but at times I need to as a way to spur your drive to move your level of sales motivation to the next level.
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:07 +0200 03:32 PM |
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At the Edge of Explosion! |
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Billy Cox Blog |
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Did you know that to perform at the highest level, you must practice mentally as well as physically?
Larry Byrd was one of the greatest basketball players of all times. I once read a story where he was doing a television commercial in which he was ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:28:47 +0200 01:28 PM |
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AllBusiness.com - Sales Blog |
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Authors Dudley and Goodson offer a well researched study of the issues that cause call reluctance and give solid, effective countermeasures to correct the issues.
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:20:00 +0200 01:20 PM |
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Beyond the Boardroom |
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How aware are you of your language? Do you know that there are certain words that are used in everyday language that seriously affect your outcomes and in a negative way? Here are just nine of them, how many do you use regularly?
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:44:55 +0200 12:44 PM |
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Leadership & Learning |
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Ask most anyone to think of a great leader and on their short list you will find someone considered to be a great orator or powerful public speaker. Ask anyone to list the skills of a great leader and communication skills or public speaking skills ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:42:13 +0200 12:42 PM |
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One Degree Connected | ODClive |
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Okay, we have all heard the old cliché, "You are what you eat!" There is some truth to this in that if you only eat junk food your body will most likely suffer for it. And the opposite is also true; if you only eat healthy, balanced food your ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:45:23 +0200 11:45 AM |
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Partners in EXCELLENCE Blog -- Making A Difference |
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The other day, my friend Kelley Robertson wrote an outstanding article: Is Your Sales Training Putting Your Sales Team At Risk? The article prompted me to think about: Why is product and sales training separated? What would happen if we ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:00:16 +0200 10:00 AM |
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The Pipeline |
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A Guest Post By Daniel Waldschmidt
The world is full of “just enough” and “almost there” activities.
Stuff like debate over how warm a lead needs to be before you take action. Mindless nonsense like the exact seven steps ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:14:43 +0200 09:14 AM |
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Jonathan Farrington's Blog |
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The dichotomy facing Sales Directors is how they reconcile the fact that most corporations today provide less upfront training for their sales staff than in years past, yet attach increasing importance to staff development? This should not come as a ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:08:10 +0200 09:08 AM |
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Elinor Stutz - SmoothSale.net Blog - Sales Training and Motivational Speaking |
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Do you prepare for business?
I was in disbelief when encountering the following saga. A known resort accepted business from two conference organizers a year ahead of time. Both conferences were to be well-attended. The arrival date for hundreds of ...
Read more......... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:14:45 +0200 05:14 AM |
