Much of the discussion revolving around social sales talks about how you can leverage social media to increase your selling effectiveness. This is predicated on the formula … I’m on LinkedIn + he’s on LinkedIn = sale (b.t.w., it’s not that simple). What if your prospects are not on LinkedIn, or Twitter, or Facebook, or … nothin’?
The nice folks over at Salesforce Canada reached out to me recently with a really great article on building strong B2B relationships and asked if I might wish to feature it, and the graphic below, on this site. Being Canadian, how could I refuse! Read the full article by following this link. While the post focuses
I love WWII submarine movies. I especially love the thrill of the hunt and the ping of the sonar. The closer you get to the target, the louder and more rapid the pingbacks become. When your pings and their pings meld as one, you are right on top of them. Directional sonar will even identify
As salespeople, we’re constantly looking for ways to stay ahead of the curve: new strategies for networking, new avenues for prospecting, new ways to sell. And that drive toward the new helps us stay competitive, and, when meeting quotas is the name of the game, that’s a good way to be. Of course, the problem
Is This a Sales Pipeline or a Pipe Dream?
When I first began my career in B2B sales, and this was with a national company, we were not even asked to do forecasts. We were expected to write business at or above of our assigned quotas. Simple. Emphasis was placed on the word write. Written business was what was used to determine whether or
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