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What Amazon.com Got Wrong (You Are What You Sell)

I wrote a very long post about Amazon.com’s decision to defend selling a book on how to be a pedophile without getting in trouble on the Kindle digital text platform. I decided not to publish my post. Instead, a few short thoughts.

Hire for Attributes and Beliefs. Not Experience Alone. (A Note to the Sales Manager)

Hiring your next superstar salesperson is no easy task. It is a challenging position to hire for, in part, because of just ...

The Nature of Nurture

Don’t let the title fool you; this post isn’t about overcoming objections. It isn’t about never saying die. It’s about ...

The Case for Personal Development: You Are Your Only Asset

You have heard them all before: “Our people are our greatest assets,” and “What differentiates us is our people.” The list ...

Selling Inside: The Courage to Stay and Fight

On Tuesday nights at 8:00PM Eastern on Twitter, two super-smart friends I met at SOBcon last year, Lisa Petrilli and Steve ...
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When Their Poor Performance Becomes Your Poor Performance (A Note to the Sales Manager)

It is sometimes difficult to release—or fire—people. Other times, even though it may be difficult, you can’t wait to release ...

The Slows: Four Factors that Extend Your Sales Cycle

Business-to-business sales go through a natural sales cycle (and buying cycle). There are some factors that can compress the ...

Coachable: How To Be a Coachable Salesperson

My friend and partner, Dave Brock at Partners in Excellence, wrote a post two days ago entitled Are You Coachable? If You ...

Running the Risk of Defeat on Your Way to Victory

“No man ought to win a victory who is not willing to run the risk of defeat.” Ulysses S. Grant It is easy to get trapped by ...
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Why Your Dog Stopped Barking (A Note to the Sales Manager)

I am the proud of father of twin girls. Being part of a big family, I wanted to keep the twins together in school, so they ...

Today’s Post at Salesblogger’s Union

Each month I write a post for Salesbloggers Union. If you haven’t visited SBU, you should. Each month, a group of us who ...

Winning Takes Head, Heart, and Guts

Great sales forces are built on great hiring, and great hiring is built on something more than gauging technical expertise ...

Is It the People or the Process? (A Note to the Sales Leader)

Sometimes it is necessary to take a look at yourself before deciding that your salespeople are your problem. But after you ...
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Getting Over Your Pet Impossibility to Sell Better

Reading can lead you on a wonderful path. I recently finished Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game, which the author suggests is ...

They Don’t Know You

So your not one of the really big guys in your industry. Your dream client hasn’t heard of your company, and your company ...

If the Fundamentals Are So Easy, Why Aren’t You Executing Them?

Success in sales is found through the execution of the fundamentals. But many salespeople believe success is found ...

Every Sales Call Is a Performance (Or It Could Be . . .)

Much of what it takes to win an opportunity occurs before you ever make it to the boardroom. Why save your best performance ...
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They Will Be What You Are (A Note to the Sales Leader)

You sales force is an extension of your will. Whatever you are a sales leader, so will become your sales force.

Five Sales Beliefs That Spell Doom (and their replacements)

The biggest driver of your success in sales is the beliefs you maintain. Here are five of the unhealthiest, doom-spelling ...

To Maximize the Value for You, Maximize the Value for Them

There is a gap between the value you and your firm might have generated from having acquired a customer and the actual value ...

Selling and the Difference Between Price and Cost

You sell a product or service and you have many competitors that sell a similar product or service. Winning means having a ...
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