Tag Archive for: sales knowledge

How To Spend More Time With Your Clients

How To Spend More Time With Your Clients  Your top people aren’t spending enough time with customers. I was reading a report on activities that professionals can outsource to assistants. Included in that list were activities such as: Reports for clients Correspondence with clients Time Tracking Billing preparation Internal database updates Monitoring workflow Advising clients of […]

Helping Your Sales Team Qualify Prospects with the Budget Question

Helping Your Sales Team Qualify Prospects with the Budget Question “I’ve looked at things from both sides now. . .” There was an article in this past weekend’s Wall Street Journal that used Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” as a metaphor for life. It’s what comes to mind when describing my weeks as a purchaser of […]

The Cold Call Is Alive and Well

The Cold Call Is Alive and Well Want to get things started at your next business development meeting? Bring up the words “Cold Calling” and step back. Maybe duck for cover too.

Amazon.com and Business to Business Selling

Competing Against the Endless Aisle that is Amazon.com Do you have a thought leader that you follow on a regular basis? I have one that I consider a “stealth” thought guy. His name is Harry Joiner