In 2020, the economy was rolling along until the pandemic brought the entire world to a halt. Demand quickly plummeted as people were quarantined at home and many workplaces rapidly transitioned to remote work. Now, as things seem to be returning to “normal”, many industries have seen their sales numbers recover. I am no economist, [...]
A sales team can learn a lot from a championship sports team. An organization sets their sights on the prize and finds the right people to guide them there. The coach looks at the team and the competition to create a winning strategy. Players are assigned roles and performance expectations are set. Throughout the course [...]
Do you have a “sales action plan?” If not, or if you don’t fully understand the difference between a sales plan and a sales action plan, here are some essential insights for how to make an action plan to increase sales. Is There a Difference Between a Sales Plan and a Sales Action Plan? Although some [...]
Fractional leadership is the practice of using an external, well-versed expert (also known as a C-level executive) to fill leadership gaps in your business on an interim, part-time basis. The way it usually starts when you’re a business owner is that you recognize there's just not enough of you to go around. With each lost [...]
Successfully plan your exit strategy with these 5 things to do to get ready to sell your small business.
One month ago, we asked business owners to take our survey, “What inspired you to start your business?” This was a challenge to you to go back to basics and validate business assumptions, in order to move forward with confidence in planning 2021 goals. Survey responses were a representative sampling of owners with annual business [...]
I’ve always believed that at the heart of it, business buyers are just consumers with different priorities and a bigger checkbook. Businesses now shop for suppliers very much like we do as consumers – digitally. That behavior is increasingly the norm. These pandemic months of sheltering in place have only accelerated changes in B2B buyer [...]
Your customer relationship management (CRM) software system is filled with details about the people and companies most important to your business. But are you using CRM to add value to your sales team? If you haven’t set up a CRM system to actively monitor and effectively track the steps your sales team takes with business [...]
In this seventh month of social distancing, client communications seem ever more remote – less accessible and a bit aloof as well as physically distant. How in the world can your sales force stay on top of their game and meet their goals? Now is the time to reassess their online skills and teach them [...]
As we start our sixth month of quarantine across America, it is time to come to grips with the fact that some version of “virtual selling” is here to stay. What this means for leadership is that just adapting in-person techniques to digital/virtual sales will no longer get the job done. Instead, teach your team [...]
