Dave Kahle Wisdom

Five Higher-Order Sales Practices that Most Salespeople Never Master

Five Higher-Order Sales Practices that Most Salespeople Never Master

by Dave Kahle What sets the best salespeople apart from the average?  For 35 years I have pursued that question.  .I’ve read over 300 sales books, authored 13 of my own, worked with over 500 sales organizations, talked with thousands of sales managers and  executives,...
Sales Time Management Tip

Sales Time Management Tip

by Dave Kahle Does this sound familiar?  You have more customers to take care of, a greater variety of products and services to sell, more information to manage, and more meetings to go to today than you did a year or so ago.  Welcome to the compressed,...
Monthly Sales Magazines and Sales Improvement Seminars

Monthly Sales Magazines and Sales Improvement Seminars

Q.  Dave, I’m interested in what you would recommend for a subscription to a monthly sales magazine and a sales improvement seminar.             A. You have touched one of my hot-buttons with this question. ...
Great Sales People Accurately Measure the Potential in each Account. Best Practice #36

Great Sales People Accurately Measure the Potential in each Account. Best Practice #36

by Dave Kahle            Every day, salespeople are confronted with the necessity to make these three time management decisions well: Where to go?  Who to see?  What to do?            The master salesperson understands that consistently making thosedecisions well...
Golf, Good Questions, and The Basics of Selling

Golf, Good Questions, and The Basics of Selling

           Sales is, at its most basic level, a relatively simple process.  I recall one of my clients showing me the flow-chart of his sales process.  Twenty six steps.  That level of detail may be appropriate for that specific situation, but it is an overkill when...
Prepares better sales questions for every important sales call. Best Practice #34

Prepares better sales questions for every important sales call. Best Practice #34

The single most powerful tool that a sales person has is a well-phrased, appropriately asked question.  Nothing else compares to the impact a good question can have on the customer and the sales process.          ...
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