Management Tips

Get Results From Your Sales Team with a Mastermind Group

Mastermind: a board game, a Marvel villain, and a business group. The business option may sound like the least interesting definition of the three, but a Mastermind group can change your sales game drastically. By gathering people with similar goals but different experiences, salespeople learn from each other.  Benefits of a Mastermind Group Learn From the Best At its core, Mastermind groups allow you to hear the best experiences that netted the best results from your peers. You’ll spend part…

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December 1, 2015
Sales Tips

Salespeople: How to Sell a Price Increase in Any Market

No one likes a product price increase. You don’t want to sell it. Your customer doesn’t want to pay more. Yet, rising costs are inevitable so how are you going to handle them as the sales person? The right expectations and tools will help you navigate a price change like the professional you are. 1. Allow Time to Build Rapport The higher the price of your product, the more rapport you need to build before you can close a sale.…

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November 3, 2015
Sales Tips

7 Rules for Getting Past the Gatekeeper

You’ve driven across town for a sales meeting, only to find the receptionist catching up on the latest issue of US Weekly while Dr. Jones is tied up. Now what? We’ve all been there – suddenly in a battle to get past the gatekeeper. In many cases, gatekeepers are low-waged employees who don’t really understand the business. They don’t care about how awesome your product or service is. It could be the perfect solution to solve all their company's woes,…

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August 18, 2015
Management Tips

Sales Managers: How to Gain Your Team’s Respect

You know what I wish I'd known when I first became a sales manager? That earning respect from your sales team takes time, especially when you're promoted from within the group.Ever felt this way? You're all excited about being a sales manager, expecting everyone to cheer you on. But reality hits: the team still sees you as a colleague, not the boss. They’re not ready to hand over respect just like that.If you try to demand respect rather than earn it,…

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September 2, 2014
Sales Tips

How to Meet Your Sales Goals on a Deadline

As the new year creeps ever closer, salespeople all over the world hope to finish the year on a good note. Depending on which industry you work in, the Christmas season can be super busy or super quiet. Sometimes prospects can be more difficult get hold of, some go on holiday to use their last allotted days and others are just a pain to get hold of due to busy periods of their own. Here’s a guide on how to…

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November 19, 2013
Sales Tips

How to Build a Smarter Sales Territory

Efficiently managing your sales territory is just as essential for hitting targets as picking up the phone. Thankfully, modern technologies such as Google Maps make it infinitely easier to effectively manage our territories. But, this term doesn’t necessarily refer only to geographical locations. It can also mean sales verticals.If you’re considering an initiative to more effectively manage sales territories, it’s always worth considering if improvements can be made between the location and vertical. Typically, location is more worthwhile when there…

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November 5, 2013
Management Tips

Why Sales Management is a Lot Like War Strategy

The legendary Chinese military general, Sun Tzu stated that “opportunities multiply as they are seized”. Any good salesperson will know that feeling at the beginning of a steamrolling month that leads onto many more sales and referrals later down the line. How many more parallels could be found between sales and war?Most of us would be willing to fight for something we believe in. Such belief can spur motivation into dedicated action and, assuming they’re in the right industry, a…

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September 24, 2013