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Archive for Sales People

7 Reasons Great Sales People are Like CEO’s

“You are the CEO of your own business.”  I said this all the time during my years leading sales teams.

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The Four Areas Where You Win or Lose in Building the Killer Sales Team

In sales there are four areas where building the killer sales team is won or lost.  That’s it.  It’s not

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A Truly Useless Blog Post

This blog post is going to offer little to no measurable value.  It’s not going to give you any information

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The Best Admit to Being Mediocre!

@biggercustomers sent me this tweet the other day: The best sales people admit to being mediocre and afraid of challenges.

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3 Most Important Traits in a Sales Person

I’m asked often about what makes a great sales person.    Like most jobs there is a certain set of

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Old School, New School – Heads Down vs Heads Up!

I’m hiring for an account manager and as I am working through the process I’m noticing something.  There are two

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How to Make Yourself Attractive

Last week I asked this community what topics they wanted me to tackle.  Simon had a good question, so I’m

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Order Takers vs Order Makers

In sales there are order takers and order makers. Order takers are reactive.   They listen and respond to customers

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It’s Not What You Do . . .

It’s what you do that others don’t. Seth Godin has a defining post up today. It’s defining in that it

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No One is Coming

Great sales people learned this a longtime ago. There is no hiding in sales. You can’t sit in a corner

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