In the last blog I asked you if you had a strategy to grow your business and after making you feel a little queasy, I promised to help you out with 4 steps to building an effective sales strategy. Selling more is a sales strategy and planning and executing, measuring

When was the last time you were blown away by someone trying to sell you something? That long ago, huh? Maybe never? With the ever-increasing ability to serve ourselves in the pursuit of purchases, as buyers, we’ve been putting a lot of distance between us and sellers until we’re really

Thanksgiving signals the official rounding of the corner for wrapping up the business year. While never an excuse that I’ve subscribed to (or let my sales reps use), it can be extremely challenging to “do business” at this time of year. It’s all downhill after turkey day. Holiday parties, office

You know that spidey-sense that sends shudders down your spine when a brand uses slimy sales and marketing messages? It gives you the “ick” immediately. Every alarm bell goes off in your brain alerting you to run as fast as you can to avoid such flagrant coercion. You close the

When I say, “website redesign,” what’s your first reaction? Are you recoiling in horror, experiencing flashbacks to agonizingly long redesign projects of websites past, or are your eyes clouding with visions of evaporating dollar signs as you consider the cost? Yep, we’ve all been there. Creating a new website or

If you’ve been in the B2B space for any time at all, you’ve likely heard the term "RevOps". In the past few years It's become what can seem like trending jargon. Having seemingly become a buzzword, it has many business leaders wondering “What is RevOps?", "Is RevOps just a fad?”,

I’ll admit, I’ve done it before. In my sales career, I’ve been frustrated and tried to get a buyer to respond with something compelling but in my haste, I’ve sent the “Just Checking In” email. Have you received one of those? Or sent one? Hi Bill, How’s everything going? I’m

Dear Salesperson, It’s time for a heart-to-heart. I do appreciate your questions. I do. But I find myself giving the same answer over and over and over: “How do I get buyers to listen to me? I can’t seem to get their attention, a callback or response.” Many of you

When your sales team closes a deal with a customer, it’s easy to think that’s the end of this buyer’s journey. The customer purchased what they wanted, and your sales team scored. Everybody wins, right? Time to move on to make a new customer! In reality, sales teams are missing

Here’s a new approach to the profession of sales. For years, we’ve seen the reputation of sellers slide into a negative, pushy obnoxious stereotype of the “don’t-take-no-always-be-closing” pushers portrayed in movies such as The Wolf of Wallstreet, The Boiler Room, and Glengarry Glen Ross. Personally, it pisses me off that