by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 9, 2017 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues
In my first professional, full-time sales position, the company brought all the new sales people to a six-week training class in Mill Valley, California. There, we memorized three, four page, single-spaced sales presentations. Most days consisted of practicing those...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 9, 2017 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues
I recently came across some research that confirmed what many of us in the profession of educating sales people have known for years: That purchasers would be “much more likely” to buy from a sales person if that sales person would just “listen” to the...
by Kahle Wisdom | Nov 8, 2017 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues
Focus, focus, focus. That’s the phrase that I find myself repeating constantly in every sales seminar that I present. I believe focus is the greatest challenge for sales people today, and the greatest single solution to their challenges. There are so many demands...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 25, 2017 | Sales Force Issues
Question: What is your opinion of call reports? Answer: It depends on what you mean by call reports. If, for example, you mean a requirement in your company that you note down somewhere – on a laptop, tablet, smart phone or piece of paper, who you called on, what...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 25, 2017 | Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Are things changing rapidly in your business? Silly question, isn’t it? Of course, they are changing. Rapid change is the distinguishing characteristic of the new millennium. Take that rapid change and add to it growing competition, increasing complexity,...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 18, 2017 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
Sales management is too important to not do it better In a world where it is more and more difficult to distinguish yourself on the basis of product, service or price, the best companies excel on the basis of the quality of their sales force. Those...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 17, 2017 | Christian Businesspeople, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
“But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua 24:15) In his parting address to the Hebrews, whom he has led for most of his life, Joshua declares the commitment upon which he has lived his life. He will serve the Lord. Note that his commitment is...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 17, 2017 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues
It’s the moment that many sales people dread. You’ve asked the customer to do something – give you an appointment, issue a P.O., or schedule a demonstration and, instead of saying “Yes,” the customer gives you a reason why he/she does not want to do what you’ve asked...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 17, 2017 | Entrepreneurs & Executives, Sales Force Issues
Question: How many sales calls should a salesperson make? A: In about one out of every two seminars that I do, I hear this question. It springs from a manager’s concern for defining what constitutes a “good sales day.” And salespeople want to know so that they have...
by Kahle Wisdom | Oct 17, 2017 | Christian Businesspeople, Sales Managers/Sales Leaders
“Can you boil down your advise to one word?” That’s what a seminar participant asked me. “No,” I said, “but I can boil it down to three: Focus, focus, focus.” I said that because I see ‘focus’ as the solution to a number of modern dilemmas. ...
