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Creating a Monthly Sales Plan – Best Practice #29

Creating a Monthly Sales Plan – Best Practice #29

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...
Sets Annual, Specific, Measurable Goals for Sales Performance – Sales Best Practices #28

Sets Annual, Specific, Measurable Goals for Sales Performance – Sales Best Practices #28

by Dave Kahle The best salespeople are habitual goal-setters.  There’s a good reason for that.  When you set a goal, you survey the world of all possible things that you could possibly do, and decide which of those things are the most important. You then turn that...
Entertaining Customers Who Don’t Want  a Connection

Entertaining Customers Who Don’t Want a Connection

by Dave Kahle Q.  Dave, I have read your comments about the value of entertaining, and I agree with you.  But, 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...
Great Sales People Seek Opportunities to be Coached and Mentored

Great Sales People Seek Opportunities to be Coached and Mentored

by Dave Kahle There is, in the world of professional salespeople, a significant group of salespeople who cringe at the prospect of someone working with them, and who shun every such opportunity.  These salespeople are more comfortable in anonymity.  They...
Best Practice #25: Maintaining good sales records about customers by using an ‘account profile’ and ‘personal profile’ for every account.

Best Practice #25: Maintaining good sales records about customers by using an ‘account profile’ and ‘personal profile’ for every account.

by Dave Kahle A best practice for salespeople by Dave Kahle Best Practice #25:  Maintains good records about customers by using an ‘account profile’ and ‘personal profiles’ for every account. It is the Information Age.  And that means that wise and effective...
Competing with Other Suppliers who have a Lower Price

Competing with Other Suppliers who have a Lower Price

by Dave Kahle Q.  How do you make in-roads with a prospect who is happy with another supplier, who is providing a similar product at a lower price?  Product is lower quality, but perceived as the same.  ...
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