by chris | Jul 3, 2018 | Sales Prospecting, Uncategorized
We’ve all seen countless times the commercials for Capital One where it ends with the question, “What’s in your wallet?” That line got me thinking, “What’s in your pipeline?” Is your sales pipeline nothing more than a sewer...
by chris | Oct 18, 2017 | Sales Process
How are you looking to finish your year? There’s time left, but we need to be careful for fear of making a fatal mistake that dooms the year. A few years ago I was working with a CEO and his 8-person sales team to help them close the year on target. The CEO...
by chris | Jul 18, 2017 | Sales Process, Sales Prospecting
One of the best ways to keep a sale moving forward is by using the micro-commitment strategy. The approach is simple to use and very effective for those who are dealing with a customer who is hard to engage and hard to move forward. The micro-commitment strategy is...
by chris | Jan 27, 2016 | Sales Process
We’ve all had customers who just don’t want to move forward. They throw out one reason after another, and you know their problem is simply they can’t make a decision, but won’t admit it. You want to close the sale fast to allow you to move on. The only asset...
by chris | Nov 27, 2015 | Sales Leadership
Welcome to the Executive Sales Leader Briefing, a new blog series I am doing every Friday. If you want to receive the Executive Sales Leader Briefing in text form in an email early Friday morning before it is published on the website, go to this page to sign...
