prospecting
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Rod Stewart and Barry Manilow Could be Your Veteran Salespeople
- September 14, 2010
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
There isn’t a single complaint that I hear any more often than this one: “My veteran salespeople are living off of their existing customers and I can’t get them to go and find new business.”
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Sales Prospecting on Steroids
- September 10, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
With all of the articles written about sales and cold calls being dead (I usually write the counter arguments to that. How would you find new business if the only thing you could rely on was a lead?) it was a breath of fresh air when Michael Strickland, my guest on this week’s edition of Meet the Sales Experts, spoke about prospecting on steroids.
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The Latest Fiction for the Sales Force – No More Hunters and Farmers
- September 10, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Today I received an email from Selling Power promoting their latest webinar, The Hunter/Farmer Paradigm is Dead.
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Will Gifts Get Prospects to Return Calls from your Salespeople?
- February 13, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
A fruit basket arrived this morning. My first reaction was, “who would want to send me a fruit basket?” It turned out that a salesperson sent it, hoping to get me on the phone. He had already left two voice mail messages and stopped by on one other occasion.
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Who Should Your Sales Force Call On?
- January 27, 2009
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
It’s not always obvious. If your company sells oil drilling rigs to oil companies, then your salespeople know who to call on. If your company sell luxury cars to wealthy people, you know where to find your prospects. But what if you sell products or services that could be sold to a much broader range of customers or clients? Who should your salespeople call on then?
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Sales Statistics That Reveal Sales Effectiveness
- September 26, 2008
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
Jeff Angus, author of the Management by Baseball Blog, wrote this lengthy article in response to my Pitch Count post from last week. While Part I of his manifesto explores pitch count as it relates to injury and effectiveness, he brings up another important point. He talks about the best pitchers not learning how to win by not being expected or conditioned to finish the games they start.