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Professional Salespeople talking about the real world of selling to business customers. Prospecting, qualifying, asking questions, negotiating, activity, quotas, comp plans, sales management.

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

When Relationships Don't Matter

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  In the sales profession, we're often reminded how critical business relationships are in the sales cycle (especially for complex or l...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

Gratitude is the Currency of the Universe (and selling)

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  You've likely heard of "The Secret," (the book, record and movie which strongly affirm the importance of creating positivity...
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Saturday, January 1, 2022

The Value of a Great Sales Manager

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As a sales leader in the technology industry, I am frequently presented with opportunities to interview candidates of all kinds of sales pos...
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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Detectives Make the Best Salespeople

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Have you seen the new series on HBO, Perry Mason ?  Yes, it's a re-boot of the classic 1950's original, but it's so much more th...
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

The Community College Dilemma

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With the 2020 election coverage heating up (especially for Democrats), there's been a swarm of people discussing the concept of "...
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Business to Government (B2G) Sales - The Famous Five Stakeholders

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In the field of technology sales, we often talk about people from the buyer's organization known as stakeholders. Put simply, these ar...
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Sunday, March 10, 2019

How Fred Rogers Changed My Life

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"Won't You Be My Neighbor."  I finally got curious enough to watch this special documentary on HBO about the life of Fred R...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Without E-Rate, the US Primary Education System Would Collapse

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At the time of writing, the United Sates has just endured the longest partial government shutdown in our nation’s history – 34 days.   T...
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Voyager - I want to be on board!

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This week I watched an incredible documentary called, "The Farthest - Voyager in Space."  The PBS show does an amazing job of s...
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Monday, November 27, 2017

Post-Thanksgiving Promises - "The diet starts tomorrow"

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Another Thanksgiving under the belt (literally).  Three days of fats, carbohydrates, and more carbs (pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and candied s...
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