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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Dec 11, 2022 2:52:00 PM

This past week, I’ve been evaluating some options for a client to pair the outside sales team we’re building with an inside sales team to do heavy prospecting and lead generation for one of the product areas that has a very large prospect base. If you’ve been on the internet

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Oct 30, 2022 9:56:00 AM

When is the last time a stranger surprised you? Made you stop in your tracks, jerked you out of your “zone” and piqued your interest? Every once in a GREAT while, I get a cold call from a sales pro that really makes me stop and listen for at least

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Oct 2, 2022 3:17:00 PM

The question I ask sellers and business owners most often is: “What’s the biggest obstacle to where you are now and achieving your sales goals?” What does your gut tell you is the most popular response? What would you say? Here are their answers in descending order: 3rd most common

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Sep 25, 2022 2:17:00 PM

In an interview by Paul Watts for his show Sales Reinvented Podcast he asked me, “What’s one thing you wish you knew earlier in your sales career?” My answer: “I wish I would have known to be more hardcore at pre-qualifying.” Yup. Pre-qualifying prospects is critical and when I think

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Sep 11, 2022 1:27:00 PM

I just came back from a phenomenal sales conference with my peer group, the Women Sales Pros. We have a public half-day conference and then two days of our private group learning and growing through shared expertise. It was my privilege to be tapped for a first-time session of “Cold

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Aug 28, 2022 9:45:00 AM

By the time a business hires me to assist with the sales program, they’re pretty frustrated. They’ve had sales growth and sales success but can’t seem to replicate or scale those efforts with sales hires. If this feels painfully familiar, you’re not alone. But it doesn’t mean you’re in good

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Aug 14, 2022 3:41:00 PM

As a seller, I’ve had the opportunity to experience some fantastic sales training and SKOs (Sales Kick Off meetings) and I’ve also experienced some really terrible ones. The terrible ones stick with me as I think about the tremendous cost per hour to have your sellers all in one room

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Jul 25, 2022 3:29:00 PM

Being an account manager, or a business owner, for that matter, is like being a master juggler—up in the air on any given day are dozens of details on a to-do list that spans customer calls, billing, paperwork, dozens of emails, and meetings, meetings, meetings. It’s hard to fit business

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Jul 2, 2022 3:45:00 PM

I can usually diagnose problems pretty quickly. I work hard to do so because of that whole “time is money” theory. I like to think it’s a combination of listening, experience, perception, and intuition that makes me a keen consultant. Like a bloodhound for revenue issues —but one who loves

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by Shawn Karol Sandy, on Jun 19, 2022 10:29:00 AM

Have you ever started talking to someone and then a “look” comes over them? They pull back a little, maybe cross their arms or turn their body away from you. You’ve just lost their trust. What was it you said or did that triggered their distrust response? It could be

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