Dave Kahle Wisdom

Q&A: Entertaining Customers

Q.  I have a problem.  I still find a percentage of customers who keep me at “arms length.”  How do I overcome this attitude from the select few of my customers? Q. You have convinced me that spending time face-to-face with customers is the...

A Sales Process to Build Upon

In all of my training and consulting work, I’ve found it helpful to establish, right at the beginning, a big picture view of the sales process.           Once we have an overview, we can understand every sales...

The Ultimate Self-Improvement Skill

Things are changing at an unprecedented pace and will continue to do so. This is not an event, but a permanent state of affairs.  The only way to assure that we survive and thrive in this environment is to become adept at the ultimate sales improvement skill –...

Q&A from Salespeople: Account Strategies

This podcast answers these questions:  Q.  What do we do when a customer wants to spread the business between several vendors, even though I know we can provide better service? Q. How can I get between my competitor, and these contacts that are, in some...