by Dave Kahle | Mar 19, 2020 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders, Sales Principles and Practices
Q. Is there a proactive way to implement a program from manufacturers to encourage distributors to have their sales force sell our product instead of another? My intention is to have the salesperson give quotes for our product more frequently? And how can we appeal to...
by Kahle Wisdom | Feb 6, 2020 | Christian Businesspeople, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
One of the watershed moments in the life and growth of a business occurs when the executives design and implement a system of measurements. This signals the development of the business from an entrepreneurial effort to a serious organization that can exist outside of...
by Dave Kahle | Jan 20, 2020 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
There is not a salesperson in existence who hasn’t repeatedly heard of the need to “close the sale.” Every new sales manager must view the process of encouraging his/her sales force to “close the sale” as an initiation into the profession. If you’re going to be a...
by Dave Kahle | Jan 16, 2020 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Q. At what point during the superstar building process can management step in and provide support for their sales staff? A. This is a great question. Forgive me if I stray a little to the theoretical side of this question. These are the kinds of questions I think...
by Dave Kahle | Dec 19, 2019 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
There is probably no one area of your business that is more important for you to prioritize than your customers and prospects. Fortunately, it’s also the area of your job that will make the biggest impact on your performance. From my personal experience as a...
by Dave Kahle | Dec 10, 2019 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
How can failure be good? Remember John Delorean? He was the superstar General Motors executive who started the Delorean Motor Company. When the company began to falter, he was arrested and charged with complicity in a drug deal that some speculated was an attempt to...
