Dave Kahle Wisdom

Learning about the Competition

As salespeople, we love to complain about the competition.  Unfortunately, complaining doesn’t do us any good.  A better approach is to create a system to learn about the competition.  Knowledge of the competition — not only their strengths and weaknesses...

Is the System the Solution? Intro to Business Systems

At its most fundamental level, business is always and only about three things:  Money, people and systems. There is a huge body of content revolving around money in business. When it comes to people, as an element in business, there is an equally impressive body of...

Is it the low price, or the high risk?

“Low price, low price, low price.”  It’s the mantra that sales people in every industry segment are hearing more these days than ever before.  But, is low price the motivating factor in a customer’s decision to buy? Here’s a secret that...

Understanding Backward so that you can Live Forward

My wife is a crises counselor.  You would think that, by the very nature of the word crises, she would see a continually changing group of clients who were dealing with the occasional crises.  Not so.  She frequently engages with the same group of folks who lurch from...

Questions from Salespeople: Dealing with Prospects

Dealing with prospects is one of the most daunting and frustrating parts of the salesperson’s job. In this podcast, I respond to two questions from salespeople about key aspects of this difficult task.  You’ll gain some ideas you can use today. Check out...
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