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Sales Development (4)

5 Reasons Your Annual Sales Plans Fail

It’s that time of year again. All across the land, sales and marketing executives, as well as salespeople themselves, are scurrying to put their 2018 sales plan together (for those who operate on a non-calendar year, I realize you’ve already done this). Plans are in development (with some even near completion) for the next 12 months. Fueled by the euphoria of ending of a healthy year, the frustration from closing out a weak one or merely the optimism of what the new year and new plans can...

Stop Closing & Start Selling

I honestly can’t believe I’m writing about this topic again. There was a period (probably about 3 -...

The Most Important Sales Enablement Question for Your Business

The 2001 Oakland A’s had a problem. They’d won their division in 2000, but they were losing the...

The 5 Factors that Must be Considered Before Strategy/Tactics are Determined

It’s a dangerous time in the world of sales and marketing. There’s so much useful information,...

[Video] Demand Creator Minute: Assess a Sales Opportunity

For me, one of the toughest judgments I have to make as a salesperson, manager or growth executive...

7 Attributes of an Effective Sales/Marketing Playbook

Playbooks are back! When I first got into professional sales (in the ancient days of DOS),...

5 Tips to Deliver Effective Coaching to Your Sales & Marketing Teams

Last week a friend and fellow business owner sent me an interesting article from Harvard Business...

How to Use Social Media Data to Have Better Sales Conversations

I think it’s safe to say that most sales professionals know that it is imperative to be as prepared...

5 Priorities for Every Demand Generation Executive's List in 2017

The fresh air of a new year. Anything is possible and confidence is running high. I’ve always found...

3 Criteria to Assess the Effectiveness of Your Sales Process

I was talking with a prospect a few weeks ago about his (lack of) sales process. He took exception...