by Dave Kahle | Feb 15, 2022 | Professional B2B Salespeople, Sales Principles and Practices
Over the decades that I’ve been involved in sales, I’ve worked with tens of thousands of salespeople. Certain negative tendencies — mistakes that salespeople make — keep surfacing. Here is number three of my top five. See to what degree you (or your sales force)...
by Dave Kahle | Feb 10, 2022 | Professional B2B Salespeople, Sales Principles and Practices
Here’s a lesson that every salesperson needs to learn early in their career: Sales is not magic. Just the opposite; every selling situation has a very definable, step-by-step process which, when executed with expertise, almost inevitably leads to a sale. One way to...
by Dave Kahle | Feb 1, 2022 | Professional B2B Salespeople, Sales Force Issues
Over the decades that I’ve been involved in sales, I’ve worked with tens of thousands of salespeople. Certain negative tendencies — mistakes that salespeople make — keep surfacing. Over the next few weeks, I’ll share my top five. Here’s number two, not necessarily...
by Dave Kahle | Jan 25, 2022 | Professional B2B Salespeople, Sales Force Issues
Over the decades that I’ve been involved in sales, I’ve worked with tens of thousands of salespeople. Certain negative tendencies — mistakes that salespeople make — keep surfacing. Over the next few weeks, I’ll share my top five. Here’s number one, not necessarily...
by Dave Kahle | Jan 4, 2022 | Professional B2B Salespeople
Q: A customer (a contractor) has given me and one of my competitors five minutes to present our respective products to him. I know all the features and benefits of the product, but I don’t want to be like everyone else and give him what he’s heard before. At the same...
by Dave Kahle | Dec 28, 2021 | Professional B2B Salespeople, Sales Force Issues
“How do you create a perceived value to differentiate yourself from the competition when you are both selling a commodity?” That’s a question I’m often asked in my seminars. It uncovers a problem that is spreading to almost every industry. The rapid pace of...