Sales Articles

Differences in successful and average sales people

Successful sales people can get away with murder. Average sales people can only wish they could kill the many ‘problems’ that afflict their selling. This is the difference between successful and average sales people. Average sales people are bogged down with average sales people problems.Successful sales people are bogged down with too many sales. Average

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3 tips to boost your sales this January

Yes. It’s here. Another year, another January, another reminder. “Don’t get too excited about this New Year stuff. Only the calendar has changed. The spouse, the job, the targets remain the same.” So, here are three tips to boost your sales this January. 1. You can never listen your way out of a sale You

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To succeed, measure both sales quantity and quality

Sales quantity and quality both matter if you are to have a fair sales contest, and a sustainable business. Sometimes, the two Qs are referred to as the two Vs, volume and value. Whether you use Qs or Vs, ignoring quantity or value, is a recipe for disaster. Is quantity more important than quality? Evaluating

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Re sales reports, numbers don’t lie sales people do.

Numbers don’t lie. Sales people do. Numbers don’t lie, trust them. Sales people lie, let them. Numbers don’t lie, trust and manage sales people through them. Sales people lie; let them; they’ll hang themselves when the rope is long enough. Today’s post is for those in sales leadership. Why do sales people lie? First off,

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