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Sales Training Tip During Recession

by Bill Caskey on January 6, 2009

A few days ago, Bryan Neale wrote a great sales training post, even though he didn’t call it that. He talked about his lessons from 2008. I say it’s a sales training post because every sales manager (and you aspiring sales managers) should use this as the first sales meeting topic of the year.
In that [...]

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What I Learned About Selling in 2008

by Bryan Neale on December 29, 2008

This time of year brings smiles, joy, anticipation and temper tantrums…oh, the holidays! It also tends to bring reflection. As I sit here resisting the urge to ingest yet another useless, 550-calorie, oatmeal cookie, I thought I’d look back on the past year and share with you what I’ve learned about selling in 2008.

Persuasion is [...]

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Sales Podcast: Attributes of a Good Sales Manager

by Bill Caskey on December 4, 2008

Salespeople, what’s the number one attribute of the best manager you’ve had? Bryan recently conducted an informal poll, and the answers are surprisingly simple. In this episode, Bill and Bryan discuss the attributes of a good manager and continue a previous discussion on motivation.

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Sales Podcast: The Motivation of Your People

by Bill Caskey on October 2, 2008

Sales managers, have you ever wondered if in your process of motivating people, you actually demotivate them? Hard to fathom, isn’t it? In this episode, Bryan and Bill review an actual email memo sent out from a sales manager to his team at the end of the quarter. And through their discussion of that, [...]

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Sales Podcast: Maintaining Relationships

by Bill Caskey on July 17, 2008

 
How do you maintain a relationship with a high level prospect over a long period of time? It happens often that we lose touch with the “right person” and end up being passed down to others lower in the org.
And then when it’s time for them to buy something bigger you get no credit for [...]

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Sales Podcast: There Is No Box (Part 1)

by Bill Caskey on July 3, 2008

If you’re like most people in sales management, you struggle with motivating and leading your team. In this episode, Bill and Bryan interview the authors of “There Is No Box,” a great book on leadership.
Authors, Steve Coats and Tom Heuer, redefine what it means to be a sales leader. Sales professionals will learn from this [...]

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Thanks for taking part in our video series. Tip #5 answers the question “How do I drive sales prospecting activity?”
Bill Caskey will be dealing with this issue and others at the seminar called “Building Your Sales Dream Team.”
You can learn more by going to http://www.caskeyseminars.com.

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Welcome back to our video series. Tip #4 answers the question “How do I get my prospects off the ‘Price Discussion’?”
Bill Caskey will be dealing with this issue and others at the seminar called “Building Your Sales Dream Team.”
You can learn more by going to http://www.caskeyseminars.com.

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Hope you are enjoying our video series. Tip #3 answers the question “How do we shorten our selling cycle?” This is the #1 problem we hear from CEOs.
Bill Caskey will be dealing with this issue and others at the seminar called “Building Your Sales Dream Team.”
You can learn more by gong to http://www.caskeyseminars.com.

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Thanks for taking part in our video series. Tip #2 answers the question, “Why do prospects who initially showed great interest in our service suddenly stop answering e-mails, calls, etc.?” This is a cousin to yesterday’s question on closing percentages.
Bill Caskey will be dealing with this issue and others at the seminar called “Building Your [...]

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