Archive for the 'Sales Motivation' Category

by Steven S. Little
The story I’m about to tell you is true.
A few years ago I traveled to Baltimore, Maryland, for a speaking engagement. Anyone who travels for business knows that it is hardly glamorous. After 9/11, however, it became even more frustrating, and it keeps getting worse. I don’t think I’d be overstating […]

by Tessa Stowe
I’d like you to take a moment right now and, before you continue reading this article, decide whether you think selling is simple or complicated? Please now read on.
Before I start to specifically talk about selling, I’d like to first discuss ‘complicated’ versus ’simple’.
In the past we have been taught to respect and […]

by John Boe
If you’re working hard, but aren’t consistently generating enough
sales and getting referrals, chances are it’s a matter of trust. One
of the most critically important and yet frequently overlooked
aspects of selling is creating a solid foundation of trust and
rapport.
Suppose you could incorporate a few simple, yet highly effective
ideas into your selling process and substantially […]

by David M. Traversi
I recently wrote a book entitled The Source of Leadership: Eight Drivers of the High-Impact Leader. In the introduction, I wrote about the ultimate alignment of my own personal search for my best life with my professional search for the “holy grail” of leadership success:
I began to observe and analyze the […]

©Tessa Stowe, Sales Conversation, 2008
Are you focusing on selling the wrong thing? If you are, you are not alone as the majority of salespeople focus on selling the wrong thing. In addition, senior executives in companies encourage their own salespeople to focus on selling the wrong thing. In fact these senior executives even give their […]

by Brian Kurth, author of Test-Drive Your Dream Job
Many of us are still trying to figure out what we want to be when we grow up. We may have good jobs and nice paychecks, but we are not really happy in our work. We daydream about the “what if’s” in our life and […]

by Alan Rigg
The most common question I hear concerning sales compensation goes something like this: “What commission percentage should I pay for _____________?” I’m sorry, but there is just isn’t a “standard” answer to this question! Why? Because there are a huge number of variables that impact commission percentage calculations. Here are just some of […]

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