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Carole Mahoney

Carole Mahoney
Carole Mahoney was among the first Hubspot Partners and is an entrepreneur's evangelist. Today she trains and coaches other entrepreneurs to grow their business with inbound.
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What chickens can teach us about hiring salespeople

How many salespeople are you thinking you need to hire? It's that time of year when many startups, small businesses, and companies who are hoping to ramp up sales fast are looking at headcount. Let's get some people in seats!

But according to CSO...

One thing salespeople need to try today according to a Navy Seal

During the What Sales Can Learn From A Navy Seal session, we closed out by asking Stephen Drum this last question:

What is the one thing that you recommend salespeople try today in order to be better prepared?

Check out his answer in the video below.

The 3 Question Close

One of the most asked questions I get from salespeople, sales managers, and entrepreneurs is...How do I know when to close? How do I do it without being sleazy?Not knowing when to close is like a gardener not knowing when to pick the tomatoes in the...

How to throw a curveball without discouraging your team

When training, you want to throw curve balls to keep everyone on their toes. But how do you throw a curve ball into the mix without discouraging your team?

Check out what Navy Seal, Stephen Drum, has to say about this process in this video.

How do we create realistic environments to best prepare for certain situations?

Leaders can help to create realistic environments in order to train other for certain situations. 

Navy Seal and senior enlisted leader with 26 years of experience leading and developing high-performance teams, Stephen Drum, gives his tips about...

How Often Do You Clean Out Your Pipeline?

How often should you clean out your sales pipeline? I mean, you do clean out your sales pipeline, don't you?

Or do you keep deals in there longer than you should, accepting delay after delay either because they have to talk to someone else or the...

What steps should we be taking to prepare more?

Are you struggling to prepare? 

Check out this clip where Stephen Drum, combat-tested Navy SEAL and senior enlisted leader, explains what steps you can take to get you headed in the right direction.

Growing Key Accounts with Liz Heiman

The selling never stops.

Just because you have won the first opportunity doesn't mean your job is done. If you are truly looking to solve problems, you should be actively working with key accounts to find more ways to help.

Learn more on this...

We know we should be preparing more, so why don't we?

Preparing is one of those things that we all know that we should be doing...

So why don't we?

Check out what Stephen Drum, combat-tested Navy SEAL and senior enlisted leader, has to say about this topic. 

Random Conversations About Sales Performance

When Brandon Gracey, Principal at Gaslight Solutions, asked if he could put me on the hot seat about sales coaching, how could I say no? (After he agreed to let me record it for everyone!)

Read on, or watch a video snippet of our conversation around: