From the monthly archives:

November 2009

sales_mistakes

A little while ago I was visiting Will and Holly, friends of mine who have a four-year-old son, Chaka. Chaka just got a new pair of performance-enhancing sneakers (Wildcats anyone?) that, in his mind, has him challenging Lebron for the MVP.

No question Chaka got game, but even with the bionic footwear his dunking ability still doesn’t extend much past Oreos and milk. Can’t tell him this, though.

Chaka came to mind when I saw that RainToday.com just published a new free report Deal or No Deal – Sales Mistakes that Turn Buyers Away. The report shares never before released data about sales mistakes from our How Clients Buy benchmark report, and gives thoughtful advice about how to fix them.

The problem most people have is this: they don’t think they’re making them…

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DLRA few weeks ago someone said to me, “In this economy, I don’t think we’ll ever be able to get ahead. It’s been nearly impossible to get new clients to sign on, and I think it will be for some time to come. My team feels flat. It’s been a huge challenge to keep them motivated. And I understand why…it’s just so hard out there.”

We talked about it. The conversation went like this:

Mike: That sounds pretty difficult, but not an uncommon story these days.

(To protect anonymity, let’s call the other person David Lee Roth.)

DLR: My team seems like they’re running at 50% energy because no matter what they do, there’s just not the return on the other end for their efforts like there used to be. Click to Read More