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Rich Heintz |
Sales or Service? A close look reveals the differences between "telemarketers" and "customer service representatives." Here are a few questions you may want to consider while pondering your job choice. |
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May 2006
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Star Qualities How can you make sure you shine in your customers' eyes? Adopt the top 5 traits clients say their favorite salespeople share. |
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December 13, 2013
Rogers & Stein |
Three Keys to Igniting Sales Team Motivation Harness reps' drive to win by teaching skills for improvement. |
Entrepreneur
December 2008
Barry Farber |
Buyers Know Want to know what keeps customers coming back? Why don't you just ask them? |
Entrepreneur
October 2003
Kimberly L. McCall |
Along for the Ride Losing touch with your reps? Regular ride-alongs can help keep the connection alive. |
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Making the Case for Outside Sales Reps The payoff for a productive relationship with an outside sales force can be substantial... |
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July 2004
Kimberly L. McCall |
Quality Time Not getting what you want out of your sales meetings? Here are 5 tips to point you in the right direction. |
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Training Day Coaching your reps on pushing a new product can help them play the selling game better. |
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April 2004
Kimberly L. McCall |
Fighting Mad Is infighting among your sales reps sidelining your business? Try these tips to get back on track. |
Entrepreneur
December 2005
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Money Talks Motivate sales reps with the almighty dollar. |
CRM
June 2014
Jim Dickie |
A Case for Sales Coaching When time is short, technology may have the solution. |
CRM
November 30, 2012
Brian Kardon |
How Will CRM Evolve? Companies like Dell, ADP, EMC, and SunTrust are using the power of predictive analytics to enable their sales teams to focus on the customers most likely to buy. |
Registered Rep.
February 21, 2007
John Churchill |
Smith Barney Comp Pleasant Surprise Judging from initial reports from reps, the written version of the new plan is an improvement from the prior version -- a plan many reps equated to a pay cut despite the firm's insistence that it was "revenue neutral." |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2005
John Churchill |
Wall Street's Big Curtain Call How baby boomer brokers move into retirement over the next 10 to 15 years will change the face of the industry in many ways. |
Entrepreneur
November 2004
Kimberly L. McCall |
Share the Wealth If you've got one superstar handling all your top accounts, it's time to redistribute the work and the risk. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2005
Sibyl Shalo |
Out to Lunch? For the average pharma rep, a 13-minute sales oriented meal trumps a 60-second office visit, any day of the week. |
Entrepreneur
May 2006
Kimberly L. McCall |
The Price Is Right Advice on winning the price wars. |
CRM
February 2014
Sarah Sluis |
Sales Management Tools and Trends to Watch How to transform selling through coaching, collaboration technology, and sales analytics. |
Entrepreneur
March 2003
Kimberly L. McCall |
You're Dismissed Face it -- as a manager of sales reps or other employees, part of your job is relieving others of theirs. So when and how do you do it right? |
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June 1, 2007 |
All About the Benjamins Reps say the darndest things. |
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November 1, 2006
Barricklow & Bandy |
Meetings: Before and After Maximize sales meetings by focusing on strong pre- and post-meeting initiatives. |
CRM
March 2011
Jim Dickie |
Hiring Reps? Get Them a Digital Research Assistant Sales intelligence systems help shorten ramp-up time. |
CRM
April 2015
Oren Smilansky |
Athenahealth Increases Engagement with Force Management's QStream Platform The learning-based gamification program teaches reps better sales techniques. |
Entrepreneur
March 2004
Kimberly L. McCall |
Trump Card Could adopting a straight-commission system be a good bet for your business? |
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December 2004
Jim Dickie |
Who's Who in the How of Sales CRM vendors are stepping up to deliver tools that help reps sell. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2007
Andy Effron |
Practice Tips Finding time to recruit reps and grow your practice can be challenging. But if you're willing to supervise, perform audits and have a Series 24, you can potentially act as an Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction and collect overrides from reps. |
CRM
July 29, 2011
Dan McDade |
The Sales Lead Paradox Two lead generation strategies and why fewer sales leads are better |
HBS Working Knowledge
October 3, 2005
Jonathan Byrnes |
Use Best Practice to Fire Up your Sales Team The most powerful aspect of harnessing your own best practice is that your sales force will be very receptive to the improvements. Your own best practice is literally your own. |
CRM
August 22, 2014
Chuck Ganapathi |
A Back-to-Basics Guide to CRM Adoption When we realize that CRM systems have been optimized for the company and not for the end users, we can change our approach to create a mutually beneficial process and outcome. |
CRM
August 2010
Jim Dickie |
Managing to Succeed Sales reps seem to get most of CRM's attention - but what about their bosses? |
Entrepreneur
February 2003
Kimberly L. McCall |
Hot for Cold Calls It's a red-hot marketing tool. But how do you get reps to warm up to picking up the phone? |
AskMen.com
Michael Bucci |
Having Successful Meetings Any person who has achieved a modicum of success in their life necessarily has learned how to handle meetings, both formal and otherwise. Meetings are a reality of business and life. Most business people have meetings on a daily basis. |
CRM
January 2015
David Myron |
Why Effectiveness Trumps Efficiency 'Things that increase the efficiency of sales reps are not valuable today.' |
CRM
April 2005
Jim Dickie |
New Advances in the Hard Side of CRM Mobile sales reps should consider replacing their desktop PCs with Tablet PCs. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Kevin Burke |
Edward Jones: Whistle While You Work According to survey results, financial advisors working at this financial firm seem to be living a charmed life. Here's why. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 2, 2004
Jonathan Byrnes |
Account Management: Art or Science? The answer, not surprisingly, is that both aspects are important. But in many companies, the science of account management is neither well understood nor systematically applied. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2006
Nappi & Rodgers |
Marketing to Professionals: Streamlined Scheduling Better scheduling of sales visits can increase doctors' receptivity to pharmaceutical reps. |
Inc.
September 2008
Susan Greco |
Fighting the Sales Force Blues How to keep reps motivated when they miss their numbers. |
CRM
September 2012
Jim Dickie |
Using CRM to Read Digital Buyer Intent A decline in face-to-face selling calls for new solutions. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
May 1, 2005 |
What Does It Take to be a Global Leader in Training An interview with Ed Yavuz, Wyeth's vice president of sales training and management development about the company's learning strategy, core curriculum for both reps and managers, and the relationship between training and retention of key employees. |
CRM
February 7, 2014
Jim Dunham |
Improving the Outlook for Renewal Sales Reps Why CRM isn't enough to maximize recurring revenue. |
Inc.
September 1, 2009
Hofman & Joyner |
A Sales Force Built Around Cold Calling To thrive in a recession, the sales force at iCore Networks focuses on cold calling |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Matt Barthel |
Insurance and the Generation Gap Reps historically have been reluctant to sell life insurance because of the steep learning curve associated with the products, and there is evidence that many still are hesitant to put forth the effort necessary to grasp the products' nuances. |
