by Phil Sayers | Aug 19, 2019 | News
When you’ve been in sales a while, it’s easy to develop bad habits. You pick them up from colleagues or take a shortcut during an especially busy week and, all of a sudden, you’ve added some skills to your repertoire that aren’t helping you...
by Phil Sayers | Aug 12, 2019 | News
So you’ve just been promoted to Sales Manager …. congratulations! You were a top-performing individual contributor in your previous position, but in your new role you won’t be able to do everything yourself. Making that transition and becoming an effective coach...
by Phil Sayers | Aug 5, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
What is a sales opportunity, and when do you know it’s not a lead anymore? There is no single, universal definition. However, some common misconceptions deserve to be clarified because the concept of an opportunity impacts your sales process, your ability to...
by Phil Sayers | Jul 29, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
Most sales trainers and managers believe that the best sales people prospect fearlessly. But what “fearless” truly means is up for debate. To me, being fearless doesn’t mean forcing your way past a prospect’s objections and desperately trying...
by Phil Sayers | Jul 22, 2019 | News, Uncategorized
What is a Sales Cycle “Sales Cycle” refers to the specific actions salespeople follow to close a new customer. Sales cycles are often confused with sales methodologies. A sales methodology, such as the “inbound sales methodology,” refers to the...