Enhance your telesales calling script-great value!

I’m posting a link to a colleague’s site (Pete Ekstrom, founder of the gold call). He is offering a video and audio CD tutorial on how to go about building a gold call script for prospecting over the phone. This is a tremendous value at $65. Details at...

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...
The Context Behind the Data

The Context Behind the Data

Metrics are good. They can be valuable and you can glean insight from them. But my admonition to all is that you proceed with caution when it comes to using metrics and data to make business decisions. All too frequently, I see business leaders completely absorbed in...

B2B Sales Cycle Insight

Another great blog post from the TAS Group, the difference in quality vs. quantity really plays out in the winning sales conversion ratios: http://sales20network.com/blog/?p=10
The Sales Playbook: Roadmap for Success

The Sales Playbook: Roadmap for Success

What is a sales playbook and why is it important? Sales playbooks are the synthesis of sales process, best practices, the sales tools used and the tactical steps that should be adhered to as part of an effective sales engagement. Think of it as a blueprint for sales...