Who changed the sales funnel?

Ah the proverbial sales funnel. All of us in sales have lived by it and some of us have died by it in our careers. What is it? Has it changed? Who changed it? The sales funnel is a metric driven tool used to measure sales conversion ratios. That is to say the...
Do You Know a ‘Chance Gardner’ Consultant?

Do You Know a ‘Chance Gardner’ Consultant?

One of my favorite movies is “Being There” starring Peter Sellers. If you haven’t seen it, I highly suggest that you rent it, as the movie and cast won numerous awards for their performance and wonderful story. I’ll paraphrase the story by...

Why is Discernment So Important in Enterprise Selling?

What is discernment and why is it so important in enterprise sales? According to the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary discernment “is the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure”.  My old fashioned paper back version of the...

Celebrating 8 years in business!

Here is a staggering statistic for you, according to Bloomberg, 80% of entrepreneurs fail in the first 18 months (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericwagner/2013/09/12/five-reasons-8-out-of-10-businesses-fail/) of launching their business. Having said that, True Sales...