by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 26, 2018 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Question: How do you switch from paying your sales people based on the sale to paying them based on the collection of the sale? Answer: Any time you make changes to a sales person’s compensation plan, you are playing with fire. Any adjustments require that you be...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 24, 2018 | Sales Force Issues
Here’s my response to this question: Help! I’m so frustrated. I just attended a “sales training” program that never addressed the real issues that I have to deal with every day. What causes me problems is not my lack of sales...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 18, 2018 | Sales Force Issues
Question: Customers in my industry do not accept price increases unless they have zero alternatives. How do we handle this? Answer: I’m sure you are not the only person thinking this way, nor is your industry the only one with this issue. Probably almost every one...
by Kahle Wisdom | Dec 17, 2018 | Sales Force Issues
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. ...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 29, 2018 | Sales Force Issues
Question: Dave, how can a sales person have a life at night and not be reactive to customers calling at night – seven or eight per night? Answer: This is really a time management issue. I have a hard time imagining why you would need to receive seven or eight calls...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 29, 2018 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
In our surveys, CEOs indicate “on the job” training as the predominant method of developing sales people. If everyone is doing it, it must be OK, right? I don’t think so. See if this sounds familiar. You are ready to expand your sales force, so you hire a nice guy...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 29, 2018 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Question: How can I set sales goals with any degree of reliability when this year’s economy is so uncertain? Answer: I can appreciate your problem. The economic atmosphere is so uncertain it’s difficult to predict what is going to happen even a month from now. But...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 29, 2018 | Sales Force Issues
Almost every professional B2B sales person comes to grips with one of the challenges of penetrating key accounts. Key accounts are different than the ordinary, and require some more sophisticated skills and strategies. Here are four fundamentals for effectively...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 23, 2018 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Question: Our president recently suggested that we penalize the sales people for not meeting their goals by taking commissions away from them. Do you have any thoughts? Answer: Wow. My initial reaction is that it sounds so harsh. Put that way, and you are liable to...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 20, 2018 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Leadership, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders, Sales Systems
Sales productivity may be a new concept for many sales executives. “Sales” is easy to understand, and “productivity” is pretty clear, but when those two words are combined the combination becomes a bit vague. What exactly is sales productivity, and why should you be...
