Articles for Sales Management Professionals

Have you been using my three videos a week I’ve been posting on LinkedIn and YouTube? Each covers a single sales or sales leadership idea in less than two minutes.

What can you do to help your team understand and direct their selling efforts to include all expected to have influence on the decision to buy from you? 

Ever hear of the selling concept called “Second Step Selling?” Step one is satisfying your buyer’s needs so, Step two, they’ll satisfy your needs by giving you their business.

Have you noticed most sales reps today do not think or plan enough moves ahead? Most don't even know until the Fall what they still need to do to achieve their annual quota.

Are you giving remote facility tours to your prospects and customers? Plant tours have always been a critical opportunity to sell your value and to demonstrate your quality. But customers are just not traveling as much today.

It used to be how often you contacted a buyer was defined by their sales volumes. But today things are more complex. One of the best things you can do is to just ask customers how often they want you calling and bringing new ideas.

How much time do now spend fighting fires and fixing problems compared to actually coaching…and leading your team? Will you be able to spend more time this year being more of a coach conducting account planning and strategizing with your salespeople?

How many of your reps are in a rut? Not growing their sales? Doing and saying the same old tired messages?

By Rick Mullen, Maintenance Sales News Magazine Associate Editor – Originally published at http://maintenancesalesnews.com/msnNews0120.htm During a presentation at the recent ISSA Show North America 2019, in Las Vegas, NV, titled, “Winning Selling Strategies for Today’s Disruptive Sales Realities,” Sales Consultant Jim Pancero told an audience of cleaning professionals that selling has changed dramatically in recent years. “Fifty years ago, in […]