Welcome to the Sales Gravy blog, where salespeople and sales leaders get better every week. We publish new sales training articles and podcast episodes three times a week, covering prospecting, cold calling, objections, negotiation, and leadership, written by Jeb Blount and the Sales Gravy trainer team.
In the chaos of daily priorities managers often forget their most important responsibility: Developing their people. Overlooking this core leadership imperative sub-optimizes the performance of their team. A manager’s primary job is to develop
So what can you do to make your calls sound different? What can you do to give yourself a fighting chance to engage your prospect and perhaps even begin a conversation? Here are five
Is there anything within this specialized world that is valuable for the continuing evolution of successful salespeople? The quick answer is yes. Here is what first responders do that will help you in sales. It
In some organizations, there is limited marketing of this nature with an expectation that sales will build relationships that lead to additional business opportunities. The question is, as a sales manager, how should you
Managers should not be buried in paperwork; they should be buried in people work. Those who stay in their office to “manage” the operations lose touch with the reality of their business and more
As a salesperson, sales leader, or manager you can build a better life by adding some spark to your thinking power. One of the traits leaders must have or develop is a mind that
Any company that wants to remain competitive in today´s market, which is characterized by a globalized economic world should be governed by customer demand, the market itself, and and organizations own capacity to respond
Every business owner/sales manager has the ability to provide at least one of the four things every salesperson need, right now. And every one can learn to provide all of them by using the
There is no such thing as a born salesperson. Successful salespeople are men and women who have prepared themselves with the knowledge and professional skills needed to succeed and who have the inner drive
I am going to speak in broad generalizations regarding five things most salespeople don’t want to do and how you can motivate them to do the tasks that need to be accomplished. There are
You know that what works is usually the hard way, with planning and discipline and sacrifice, maybe some pain and suffering. The only way to make things work right is to get under the
You can no longer sell the “old” way to today’s “new” internet empowered consumer. It’s time to move beyond the outdated and tired sales techniques and successfully adopt a social selling solution that increases
