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Sales Appointments to Sell Free Services
- September 22, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Barbara left a voice mail for me today. 10 points for Barbara.
She got me to call back. 10 more points for Barbara.
When she finally had me on the phone she asked, “and who are you with?”
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The Sales Management Equivalent to Baseball’s Pitch Count
- September 19, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
One friend suggested I find a way to correlate pitch count to sales.
No problem.
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Take Empathy Out of the Sales Hiring and Selection Process
- September 18, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
If an applicant is a good candidate for a sales management position, does that make the applicant a good candidate for a sales position?
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Hiring Salespeople is Like Baseball Expansion
- September 15, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Earlier today I was interviewed by Hank Walshak for a white paper on Sales Process, Sales Production and Sales Performance. As we discussed sales production – the concept that more salespeople equals more revenue, I explained dilution as it related to Baseball.
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Your Sales Force – Who is Playing on Your Team?
- September 11, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
What happens to your salespeople when a big deal or account they were hoping to close, counting on to close,doesn’t? What happens to them psychologically, emotionally and even physically?
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How to be More Effective Selecting Sales Candidates
- September 8, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
When it comes to assessing sales candidates, I strongly discourage benchmarking and here’s why.
Let’s start with recruiting salespeople.
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Top 10 Reasons Why Opportunities Die
- September 4, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
I’ve provided examples before of bringing seemingly lost opportunities back from the dead. That may be the reason a client asked me to help bring one of his company’s deals back from what might be a near death experience.
I’m not going to reveal the details of this opportunity (yet) but opportunities like this usually have some common themes.
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Obama and Friends On Stage – Implications for the Sales Force
- August 28, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Back to Denver. Why would those presentations close all of their prospects?
It met all of the rules for a Baseline Selling presentation:
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The Sales Force and Similarities with Baseball
- August 26, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Leah Rust, editor of EyesOnSales, interviewed me for another Podcast, this one on the similarities between baseball and sales. It runs for only 7:23.
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Sales Force Turnover and How to Deal with it
- August 25, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Leah Rust, Editor at EyesOnSales.com, interviewed me about Turnover on the Sales Force back on August 18. The podcast highlights strategies that executives can actually use to solve their turnover problems. For those of you who are time challenged, this interviews runs less than 8 minutes!