by Dave Kahle | Sep 16, 2023 | Sales-Miscellaneous, Sales-Wholesale Distributor, Sales-B2B
Excerpted from Take Your Sales Performance Up-a-Notch Most sales people love to be active — out in our territories, seeing people, solving problems, putting deals together. This activity-orientation is one of the characteristics of a sales personality. A...
by Dave Kahle | Sep 1, 2023 | Sales-Miscellaneous, Sales-Wholesale Distributor, Sales-B2B
It is so easy to do that which is comfortable and easy as opposed to that which is smart. It’s a common temptation to which every sales person succumbs at least some of the time. This applies most dramatically to the fundamental decisions that every sales...
by Dave Kahle | Aug 17, 2023 | Sales-Miscellaneous, Sales-Wholesale Distributor, Sales-B2B
Reprinted with permission of the publisher from HOW TO SELL ANYTHING TO ANYONE ANYTIME©2011 Dave KahlePublished by Career Press, Pompton Plains, NJ. 800-227-3371. All rights reserved. One of the most powerful one-on-one sales calls you can make is what I call the...
by Dave Kahle | Aug 10, 2023 | Sales-B2B
Sales training for my first professional sales position consisted of memorizing two four-page, single-spaced presentations – word for word – and then presenting them to a group consisting of the other sales trainees as well as various executives. The presentations...
by Dave Kahle | Jun 6, 2023 | Leadership-Management Principles & Practices, Sales-Wholesale Distributor, Sales-B2B
by Dave Kahle Every now and then I encounter a salesperson who believes that it is to his advantage to have all the calls and requests from the customer go to him personally. Picture a salesperson with his arms wide open, trying to encircle and control every...
by Dave Kahle | May 4, 2023 | Sales-Miscellaneous, Sales-Wholesale Distributor, Sales-B2B
by Dave Kahle There are several very common temptations that routinely present themselves to the field salesperson. One is to become too reactive. When you succumb to this temptation, you eventually default to a...