Tag Archive | "Cold Calling"

Selling Rules 102

August 6, 2010 No comments yet

The power of a good script and a great value proposition  and proper motivation was something I learned at the ripe old age of 14.  The freshman class of my high school had the typical  fund raiser and the product we were selling was recycled paper that was manufactured into stationery and envelopes.   At that [...]

Selling rules 101

June 2, 2010 1 comment

I have been a sales guy ( i hesitate to use professional in the context of this story ) for 40 plus years.   Like most of my peers who have been wildly successful, I wasn’t born on third base with an easy path to home plate.  I started with nothing and everything I’ve been able to achieve [...]

Can a sales force automation tool help a company sell more?

May 21, 2010 No comments yet

Let’s face it sales force automation tools have been around for over 25 years now.  If asked how they are used most companies would reply they are a repository of all our intellectual property of business contacts, activities and customer information.   No question the industry has helped companies retain the knowledge base of contacts and [...]

Culture of Accountability

March 10, 2010 No comments yet

Have you ever wondered why some sales teams blow their numbers out consistently quarter over quarter, year over year?  In a discussion with a friend of mine we both agreed that the most successful sales teams we had encountered always had a culture of accountability.  It usually started at the top and worked its way [...]

Is Cold Calling Dead?

August 22, 2009 3 comments

I have read several blogs recently where various people have stated “cold calling is dead and in order to play in the web 2.0 game it’s all about e-marketing and lead scoring”. I won’t take anything away from those folks where e-marketing and lead scoring is working, but what happens when it is not [...]