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AI That Transforms Time to Customer Value

Customer value and time transformation As a seasoned sales professional, I am amazed by AI's impact on transforming time into customer value. What takes a salesperson 3-5 days to accomplish with traditional sales-cycle methods can now be completed in 15 minutes with...

AI Enablement and Workforce Security

AI enablement Why am I so adamant about distributors enabling AI without delay and with a sense of urgency? The answer is because AI is already impacting their businesses. According to technology provider Tecmony, “58% of companies in the B2B sector actively use...

The AI Gold Rush – Presenting Opportunities

The Early Movers  AI never ceases to amaze me. I’ve just read another article about the rapid changes it's bringing. AI feels like a gold rush, transforming industries and even making its way into Super Bowl ads! AI appears to be broadening beyond the handful of...

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Strategic Communication

Implementation Forming and implementing an effective strategic plan is challenging. It takes building a good leadership team and developing a well-thought-out plan. However, the implementation of...

Automate to Stay Competitive

With the latest technology, you can streamline operations, improve customer service, and stay competitive in today’s market. Using automation tools has become increasingly important to achieving...

A Strong Cultural Foundation

Cultural Fragility Each business has a unique culture and it can be fragile. Changes within and outside your organization can threaten the culture of your company. Firstly, a merger or acquisition...
3 Reasons to “Just Do It!”

3 Reasons to “Just Do It!”

Our company has a great motto: “Do what you say you are going to do, how you say you are going to do it, when you say you are going to do it, no...

Turning a Bid into Business

Turning a Bid into Business

I was traveling with one of our sales representatives when he informed me that we needed to stop at an account and pick up their annual bid request....

4 Lessons from a Mattress Salesman

4 Lessons from a Mattress Salesman

My wife had recently noted that our bed was beginning to have two distinct sags, and so on my lunch break I stopped in a mattress store.  A...

What’s Your Perspective?

What’s Your Perspective?

How important is perspective to your success in sales? Consider this. A shoe salesman finds himself on a remote island among a tribe of people who...

Getting the Call Back

Getting the Call Back

You try and try to get a potential client you know needs you to call back, or email, or whatever. Check out this story and couple tips to convert...

The New Face-to-Face Call

The New Face-to-Face Call

Is virtual sales the future? The most outgoing professionals in business, salespeople, are now required to stay home due to pandemic quarantines. As...

Knowing What your Customer Means

Knowing What your Customer Means

Understanding your customer’s goals is critical to success in sales. If you don't know what the customers goals or needs are, you may be left...

The Time for Prospecting

The Time for Prospecting

Making prospective calls is always an important part of a sales reps’ agenda, but sometimes prospecting doesn't take as high of a priority as it...

Price Versus Value

Price Versus Value

Have you found yourself frustrated by customers who seem to be shopping for the lowest price?  Does the term “bottom feeder” sometimes feel...

Time to think SMART

Time to think SMART

One of my best salespersons recently approached me in frustration, saying, “I’m spending too much effort on things that don’t really matter and not...

Look, Listen, Learn, and Ask for Help

Look, Listen, Learn, and Ask for Help

A sales rep new to our company attended an intensive training program given by one of our primary vendors. He was very excited about what he had...

Social Selling Anyone?

Social Selling Anyone?

I was recently reminded of social media’s critical importance to marketing when asked by Vicara Books, the publisher of my latest book, how many...

Why the Confusion?

Why the Confusion?

Are customers missing your message? Here are four potential reasons why. Learn these and become better equipped to make that sale!

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

When a potential customer isn’t truly excited about the product you offer, perhaps they don’t realize their need and how your product will help them. What do you do?

When Should You Really Leave

When Should You Really Leave

Do failed meetings really mean the opportunity is dead? Check out three ideas to extend prospective sales calls and make new contacts in this weeks Art of Sales article.

Aim For Excellence

Aim For Excellence

Defining Excellence Successful Sales managers constantly search for measures of excellence for their sales professionals, keys to unlock their...