Sales Result | Sales Blog

You've probably heard Winston Churchill's timeless advice "He who fails to plan is planning to fail." - Same principle applies to cold calling. I'm not talking about just reading through your generic cold call script and having a prospect list in front of you, I'm talking about preparing. your mindset, your plan, your knowledge, and your research. 

If you expect your prospect to give you five minutes of their time out of the blue, don't you owe it to them to know something about them? The five hacks in this post are:

Account management is an important process that requires intentional and strategic planning and execution. This infographic contains a few hacks to improve your account management process, and hopefully think about account management in different ways. Ultimately, account management is about a deep understanding of your customer, their goals and objectives, and providing exceptional value to the account so that a true partnership can develop. 

I’m gearing up to spend easter with my nieces and nephews this weekend, and it’s making me think back to the Sundays of frantically searching for eggs and trying to get more than my equally competitive brother. Then, true to form, I started thinking about how this relates to sales.

Now that things are hopefully starting to feel like they are returning to normal, sales organizations are finding themselves in a position where they need to make a strategic pivot to better reach their customers. Some businesses will pick up, others will slow down, and others still will see changes in volatility. Which of the following are you expecting over the next 12 months?

• Business should finally start picking back up
• Business has been hot, and may cool off
• Business has been sporadic, it should get more predictable
• Every Business

Planning drives performance, drives results

In this blog, we're going to cover the 11 most important components to evaluate your sales organization, and identify opportunities to fill any gaps to improve sales results. These below tips have been proven in over 300 SRi engagements, they work.