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There are Too Many Bad Sales Managers [Yeah, and Sales Leaders Too]

A Sales Guy

It’s a follow up to my post which, in a nutshell, I said sales people suck. It didn’t happen, well not entirely. ——————– “I agree sales people’s performance is not what it should be. Sales structure, systems and discipline can help. Look at Blackberry.

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Achieve Greater Sales Success in 2012

Anthony Cole Training

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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2014 The Year of Execution and Strategy – Why Most Sales Organizations will be Chewed Up and Spit Out

A Sales Guy

Last year I predicted that 2013 would be the year of hiring, that sales people would be on the move, freed from the downturn in the economy and feeling safe, I predicted sales people would start looking for new opportunities. I saw a lot of organizations trim their dead weight and build new and improved sales organizations.

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Prevent the Drought of Summer Sales

A Sales Guy

All of these demands and those on the sales front make it tough to make your number. How is your sales team looking? Are you struggling with implementing a social media strategy? Are you struggling with implementing a social media strategy? Is your content marketing strategy delivering qualified leads?

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2013 The Year of the Lead!

A Sales Guy

There used to be a time when hiring a new sales person, throwing him or her a phonebook and saying hit the streets was adequate. We marveled at the sales people who, with nothing less than determination, a rolodex, a half-baked product and some spit and gum could build a great pipeline and drive business.

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Hard Truths

A Sales Guy

The new head of sales for a start-up had just come back from a partner meeting with his CEO. The head of sales did not like what he saw. The CEO blasted his head of sales, suggesting he was coming up with excuses for NOT being able to sell the new product and the partner relationship was just fine. I saw it plain as day.

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There are ONLY 4 Levers Sales Can Pull to Grow Revenue

A Sales Guy

It happens to all sales organizations at one time or another. This post is gonna lay the four areas CSO’s/Heads of Sales should be looking if their revenue is on the slide. When sales are down there are only 4 levers leadership can pull to improve sales. Strategy: What’s the go to market strategy?

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