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Archive for Down Economy

Motivating Sales People in Tough Economic Times

I was recently invited to do a podcast with Jerry Kennedy and Brad Trnavsky on a Sales2.0 blog. It was

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Why Your Quota for Next Year Will Be Unrealistic!

Do you set quota? Do you set financial goals and plans for your organization? It’s getting to be that time

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Screw Em!

I was talking to a very talented sales woman the other day. She is very good at what she does.

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Go On, Provoke Your Customer

I just finished reading The Harvard Business Review’s article “In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers” It’s good. I think it’s

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Creativity Wins The Day

To sell in a tough economy you have to be creative. Being creative means doing things differently. It means being

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What Will You Do With This Information?

How will this change the way you sell? We are in interesting times. What do you see?

An Hour Lost

Happy Day Light Savings Time!!!!!! More light in the evening, summer is coming! You have to love it and I

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Going Long in The People Commodity

I get it. Today’s economic survival demands cost cutting, and difficult operational decisions. To keep the company above water and

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Look Deeper, Things May Not Be What They Seem

Not too long ago, during happier times, sales manager only had to look at their funnel to determine if a

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What Was Once Risk

When things are going well and flying high, we tend to take more risk. We think we are invincible. In

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