Above Quota Sales Management Has Been Published!
My latest book, Above Quota Sales Management, has been published by Armin Lear Press and is available on Amazom.com and barnesandnoble.com. Here is ...
23 April, 2024
Women Can Be Very Successful in Sales Careers
It’s my observation that sales is a career that offers excellent opportunities for women and is primarily egalitarian. I say it’s almost egalita...
11 March, 2024
The Time I Competed Against the Former President of the United States – American Business Magazine Mar. 6, 2024
Early in my sales career, I called on a very large well-known furniture manufacturer that was headquartered in Western Michigan. They were looking for...
06 March, 2024
How Playing Golf is Similar to Sales Cycles
I have been in enterprise sales for many years. I also have been golfing for just as long. Unfortunately, my sales skills have exceeded my golfing ski...
22 February, 2024
HOW TO SURVIVE A MERGER OR ACQUISITION
This article will discuss mergers and acquisitions from three perspectives: 1) What is a merger? 2) What are the business cases for mergers and acquis...
19 February, 2024
Amber Christian of Wonderly Software Interviewed Steve Weinberg About Creating Better Virtual Meetings
Amber: Get on a plane, meet the prospective client in person, and make the pitch. Watch the signals in the room to see what is happening. Observe body...
14 February, 2024
Denying The Obvious
The Greatest Obstacle to Discovery is Not Ignorance – It is the Illusion of Knowledge”1 Our local high school, Adlai E. Stevenson, of Linc...
12 February, 2024
Micromanaging of Salespeople is Not a Good Strategy
Years ago, as an accountant, I reported to a manager named Bob. One day, I excused myself and went to the restroom, and when I returned, Bob said, ...
08 February, 2024
Is Your Deal Slip Sliding Away
Singer Paul Simon wrote and recorded a song called “Slip Sliding Away.” Like many of Simon’s songs, the meaning of the lyrics is often obscure....
31 January, 2024
Are High-Performing Sales Pros Like Teenagers?
The behaviors of some excellent, high-performing salespeople are sometimes like those of typical American teenagers. This can be considered both pos...
31 January, 2024
Why Does Starbucks Coffee (and Canada Goose Jackets) Cost More?
Sellers must decide where to price their products: do they want to be a low-cost supplier, price according to their costs, target their prices for a c...
23 January, 2024
Should I Go Into Sales?
SHOULD I TRY TO HAVE A CAREER IN SALES Occasionally, someone approaches me and asks, “People tell me that I am a natural-born salesman, t...
18 January, 2024
Eliminate Negativity in Your Life and Be More Successful
Negativity is a slow-acting poison. When you allow negativity into your mind, your body is infected as if you have an insidious disease. It is toxic ...
16 January, 2024
Should You Leave A Message If You Receive a Prospect’s Voice Mail?
You are calling a prospect for the first time, and instead of the person answering her telephone, you reach her voicemail. “This is Anne xxx, I am...
12 January, 2024
Sell Me This Pen!
In years past, there was a mythical sales test where an older, experienced sales professional would test a new, inexperienced pen by handing him his p...
12 January, 2024
How to Make Your Presentations More Memorable
There are many experts that can coach salespeople on the mechanics of how to speak better at presentations. This is concerned with making your conte...
27 December, 2023
What is the Best Professional Cold-Call Email?
I have often been asked to explain the best professional e-mail format to send to a prospect who doesn’t know me, sometimes called a cold-call e-mai...
21 December, 2023
Perception VS Reality
I recently watched a movie, “It Ain’t Over,” about the famous major league baseball player Lawrence Berra, known as “Yogi” to everybody who ...
18 December, 2023
IT’S 10:00 PM – DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR DEAL IS?
Ideally, you know exactly where your opportunity is in your sales cycle – the beginning, middle, or end, and where it stands relative to the other c...
17 June, 2020
THE SWEET SPOT TO PROSPECT
I am often asked by salespeople to explain the best method of identifying the highest-potential prospects to target. “How can I find these prime pro...
09 June, 2020
IT’S ABOUT TIME! IS IT MORE WORTHWHILE TO WORK ON STUCK SALES OR NEW PROSPECTS?
Often the difference between a salesperson that meets their sales goals, and another that does not, is simply a matter of optimizing one’s time. Man...
02 June, 2020
HOW TO RECOVER FROM A DISASTER DEMONSTRATION IN FIVE EASY STEPS
How many of you have had the experience of a demonstration “blowing up” in front of a prospect? Perhaps there was an internet connection problem, ...
26 May, 2020
5 Signs That You May Have Lost the Sale (And What You Can Do to Avoid This Happening)
The conversation with your contact Ted starts like this: “We appreciate all the time that you spent with us explaining your product and answering qu...
19 May, 2020
HOW TO ACE YOUR PRESENTATION DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Are you performing your web sales presentations as those previous to the pandemic? If so, you are not taking advantage of the technology or compensati...
12 May, 2020
HOW LINKEDIN.COM CAN ASSIST YOUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
I have been in sales for a long time and have still not met a successful salesperson who enjoys prospecting, especially cold-calling. The top 7 reason...
05 May, 2020
HOW TO SELL DIFFERENTLY DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS FACE-TO-FACE SELLING DEAD?
The answer is – not quite, but it is on life support. The pandemic has completely changed our buying and selling behaviors. We have reach an infl...
28 April, 2020
Is it OK to Be a Quota Sloth?
A “quota sloth” is a salesperson that does not focus on the tasks necessary to fill a pipeline of prospects at all stages. Quota sloths are usuall...
26 April, 2020
Are You a Quota Sloth? Take this Simple Test for Salespeople
Maybe you’re the #1 salesperson in your organization. You always meet or surpass your quota. You make more money than 80% of your peers, because jus...
26 April, 2020
LETTING GO OF AN OPPORTUNITY THAT TURNS OUT TO BE UNQUALIFIED
Have you ever called on a prospect that showed genuine interest, provided access to decision-makers, stated they had the budget to proceed and promptl...
21 April, 2020
HOW YOU CAN COMPETE AGAINST THE DO-NOTHING SOLUTION
Many salespeople have difficulty competing against the challenging decision by a buyer to not make a purchase and remain with the current solution. Th...
19 April, 2020
THE COSTS OF DOING NOTHING Is Status Quo The Low-Cost Option?
Is the cost of doing nothing or remaining with the status quo really zero? Certainly, there may be times when the cost of remaining with the current s...
19 April, 2020
What Changes You Need to Make Now – If You Are a Quota Sloth
The good news is that you have recognized that you are a “Quota Sloth.” You recognize that you tend to let your pipeline building and business dev...
16 April, 2020
Find the Real “Why” So You Can Improve Your Close Ratios
Does a corporate prospect purchase a product because they are thrilled with the features and functions of a product that your team has demonstrated? I...
09 April, 2020
How to Get Your Sales Prospect to Sell To You in 3 Easy Steps
Are you performing your web sales presentations as those previous to the pandemic? If so, you are not taking advantage of the technology or compensati...
26 March, 2020
Who Is The Real Number 1 Competitor?
When I ask salespeople who their number 1 competitor the response is usually the name of another company that they often face in the marketplace. But,...
19 March, 2020
5 Reasons to Welcome Objections
Objections are the single most valuable tool in a smart salesperson’s toolbox because they provide incredibly valuable insights...and because most c...
12 March, 2020
Five Reasons Why It Is Better to Welcome Sales Objections Than To Avoid Them!
Objections are the single most valuable tool in a smart salesperson’s toolbox because they provide incredibly valuable insights...and because most c...
12 March, 2020
Five Reasons Why Your Sale Got Stuck
Maybe once you worked with the buying team for many months. You had access to the “key decision maker”. You received positive feedback about your ...
05 March, 2020