Archive for the ‘sales’ Category
Selling in flagrante delicto
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:41 No CommentsGood people get often trampled by bad people. The good ones are usually so innocent and sweet that they end up being bad for themselves. For a seasoned salesman this kind of a prospect is the test of a moral backbone.
DO YOU HAVE BUSINESS ETHICS?
Innocent and trusting people really do listen to the sales professional. [...]
If retail was B2B sales
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 13:23 No CommentsThere are times when I don’t believe what I’m hearing. This brilliant video grasps that specific feeling so well that there’s nothing left to say.
Ask and ask again
Monday, June 22, 2009 12:35 No CommentsI came across a pretty sweet article about the importance of asking as the prerequisitive for receiving. Very new testament stuff “knock and the door shall be opened” kinda way. It explains why all the great looking girls are left alone and how they turn into pinupping (ok, ok, it didn’t stretch the hypothesis so [...]
Big game hunter
Sunday, June 21, 2009 19:24 1 CommentI’m 100% sure that you thought this to be about a salesman who only goes after big sales - it’s not. It’s about a customer who happened to have an extraordinary hobby - big game hunting.
BEAUTIFUL SUMMER DAY
It was a beautiful day with sunshine and those white fluffy clouds with frosting on the top. I [...]
Midnight man
Saturday, June 20, 2009 23:37 6 CommentsIn the still of the night. Midsummer and all of Finland is drunk except religious fanatics and me. I am writing posts for next week, because I have absolutely no time to spend on this personal project during the next week. Florence Nightingale once said that if you practise something every day for one hour [...]
Divide the sales process into pieces
Saturday, June 20, 2009 0:56 2 CommentsWe have the lead generation, sales negotiation with information gathering and offer calculation and formulation and finally the fulfillment part. Lead generation is the one that is the easiest to subcontract from an outside source or dedicate special team for that inside the company.
THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS
Naturally you don’t need to divide your sales [...]
Separate the lead generation from the rest of the sales process
Friday, June 19, 2009 1:37 4 CommentsI believe that any successful company has special relative strength in the area of sales when compared to their competitors. Good sales department secures strong revenue stream for the company and enables business development.
THIS DRAG CALLED SALES FULFILLMENT
Normally lead generation is the part of the sales process, which is considered as the great time sink. [...]
Those stupid twits that people call relatives
Thursday, June 18, 2009 0:38 No CommentsYes, relatives are the worst customer group ever! Ok, not so, but as customers they are very challenging group of people at very least. An aunt of mine contacted me to get a quotation. She said she had everything ready and settled for building a summer cabin. It was so funny to watch her play [...]






