Understanding the Sales Force
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Sales Management – Most Important Functions in the Sales Process
- July 8, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…I was on vacation for the past 2 weeks and didn’t post – didn’t even want to – but I’m back and ready to catch up. While I was gone, Business Week posted a podcast they did with me. Michelle
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Why Salespeople Have Trouble Closing
- June 28, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…I’ve been speaking about what makes salespeople tick for about 15 years. From the beginning I’ve been telling audiences that there is a 100% correlation between how salespeople make a major purchase and the behavior (stalls, put-offs, excuses, sob stories)
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Public Speaking? Get Out From Behind the Podium!
- June 22, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…Today I spoke to EO Boston in the tent at the 18th fairway of the Pro-Am day of the Bank of American Championship at Nashawtuc CC in Concord MA. Jerry Pate, the professional golfer turned broadcaster, successful golf course
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Sales Success at Trade Shows
- June 21, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…Seth Godin had a great post today on trade shows selling/marketing. While Seth talked about creating buzz, it’s important to stress another point about exhibiting at trade shows. Most companies don’t have realistic goals for trade show appearances, while
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Hiring Salespeople is Like Signing Free Agent Baseball Players
- June 19, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…Being in Boston, I get to see the ups and downs experienced by the Red Sox first hand. One of the things that they’ve proven is that when it comes to bringing talent to Boston, if the player has succeeded
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Misleading Sales Numbers Part 2
- June 15, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…Earlier this week, I posted about misleading baseball and sales statistics and hoped that Jeff Angus, author of Management by Baseball, would weigh in about the statistics part. His most recent post on the Management by Baseball Blog does
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Baseball and Sales Management by the Numbers
- June 11, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…I believe one of the least consistent, and most misleading statistics in Baseball is ERA or Earned Run Average; the number of earned runs a pitcher allows per nine innings pitched. I’ll ask Jeff Angus to weigh in on the
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Do You Have a Sales Process?
- June 7, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…Today I was speaking at the Old Mill Inn in Toronto and a CEO asked a question about sales process. Most companies don’t have formal sales processes but some companies think they do but really have a list of milestones.
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How Many Salespeople Must You Have Before You Hire a Sales Manager?
- June 7, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…That was the question posed to me yesterday while speaking at the Crystal Palace in Livingston NJ.
To effectively answer that question one must ask another question, that being, what is the largest number of salespeople a sales manager can
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How Do You Find the Right Sales Candidate?
- June 5, 2007
- Posted by: Dave Kurlan
- Category: Understanding the Sales Force
…You know the definition of insanity – doing the same thing and expecting a different result. That’s how most companies approach hiring salespeople. They use their experiences from doing it incorrectly to project the results they would get if they