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This past week I had drinks with a salesperson who had recently started a new position in a company. It was a new type of role for her. Rather than being in an office, she worked remotely and independently. The majority of her internal and customer...

There is a lot of content and conversation about the need to prepare and do your homework before you get on a sales call or into a meeting. And that’s a good thing. But like note-taking, when is too much of a good thing? When does preparation become...

When I was about 10 years old, we put new carpet in the house. Anyone that grew up in the 80s in the Dayton/Springfield Ohio area probably heard the commercials for Buddy’s Carpet Barn and Bryant Brothers. I still have the “Forget the others, go to...

This post has been sitting in draft for a few weeks because for me, there is no easy answer. When I heard Chris Beall, the CEO from Connect and Sell say at the Sales 2.0 conference in Boston that he didn’t believe that sales managers should coach-...

This post started as a debate between sales coaching and training- which should come first? 

Can it?

I am about 15 weeks into my transformation to a sales rockstar.  One of my biggest obstacles as a salesperson is my need for approval. It affects far more than you could possibly realize.

But really, the worst part, is that it has prevented...

Have you ever heard a child say “I want to be a salesperson when I grow up”? Probably not, very few of us plan on being a salesperson. We either wander into it, or are forced into it because we end up being self employed. Most, especially startups,...

Throughout high school and college, I waited tables (I have done pretty much every job function you can think of within a restaurant- except own one.) And unlike popular opinion, I enjoyed it. It allowed me to be social, was fast paced and active,...

When we hear as salespeople that we need to understand our buyer, it sounds so easy to do. Ask enough questions and you will get a picture of their world and what is going on in their minds, right?

*Today's guest post is by Chris Strom. Chris is the founder of ClearPivot, a digital marketing agency in Denver, Colorado.*

If you’re in the marketing and sales space and follow the industry chatter, you’ve doubtlessly seen a new term start popping...