Sales Coaching: Once you do this, they can no longer walk away…

In October 2013 I attended my first sales training seminar. One of the first things that we were told, and which is a recurring theme throughout all sales training programs, is that that when we are engaging with a prospect, one of the first things that we need to do as sales people, is that we need to identify who is the “decision-maker”. When asked “Why?” the obvious answer was that “It’s saving you the time to repeat everything twice”, which makes perfect sense. … More Sales Coaching: Once you do this, they can no longer walk away…

NO! MARKETING SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN NUMBER OF SALES!

Your first thought would be “What are you talking about? Of course it is measured in sales”! When we are evaluating marketing campaigns, we are directly relating the success of our marketing campaign with the number of sales generated. This is common sense for most companies, and for years have stood by it and defend … More NO! MARKETING SUCCESS IS NOT MEASURED IN NUMBER OF SALES!