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How We Made Our Sales Training More Effective by Making It Harder

Harvard Business

Not long ago, my company was the king of ineffective sales training. We’d hire and onboard reps and then train them in a hurried few weeks dedicated to shadowing sales calls, reading call scripts, and learning how to handle objections. As the company grew, however, I found that individual sales approaches were wildly different.

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Consulting Sales Systems That Work for Introverts with Bob Burg: Podcast #16

Consulting Success

Transform your failures into success in no time by implementing sales systems that will work for you. Description: Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences around the world. He enjoyed the job but wasn’t very good at it simply because he wasn’t interested in journalism.

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The Seven Steps in the Sales Process

Women in Consulting

Are you aware of the steps that top sales people take to successfully land those new clients? Try following these seven steps to increase sales and reach those new clients. Some things you might try: advertising in trade journals, attending networking events, using social media, buying ads on Google or Facebook etc.

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How to Write a White Paper That Wins Consulting Projects, with Gordon Graham: Podcast #4

Consulting Success

His career path took him from software company technical writing and journalism to a marketing executive in a software company before becoming an independent copywriter who specializes in white papers and case studies. 6:53] A look inside the $25,000 booklet that led to multimillion dollar sales. [10:38]

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Chris Hoff’s Guide for Consultants and Coaches Navigating Radical Change

Consulting Matters

He began his career in sales and sales management with a division of a Fortune 500 company in the aerospace and defense industry. After winning individual and sales management awards (highest performance in sales, branch of the year), he went on to co-found Two Roads Professional Resources Inc.,

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Pending Home Sales Rise First Time in 9 Months, Down 7.9% From Year Ago

MishTalk

The Wall Street Journal reports Pending Home Sales Up 3.4% Facts and Figures Pending sales up 3.4% from February Pending sales down 7.9% Below 2001 Level Actual new home sales down 14.5% Facts and Figures Pending sales up 3.4% from February Pending sales down 7.9% from year ago Index 2.6%

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Diversify and Create Multiple Income Streams as a Consultant with Dorie Clark: Podcast #11

Consulting Success

One of the critical steps that she took on this path was obtaining freelance journaling work. At this time, your business may be over weighted with sales activity, but this effort is essential to later success. The early work that you put into sales will buy you more time later to focus on marketing.