Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #042: Align

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week we bring you a fantastic diagram to illustrate alignment. Read more

New Sales Enablement Ideas – SAVO’s AMPs, Part 2 – Strategic Account Management

In the second of an eight-part series, we continue our focus on SAVO’s AMPs. (Read part I HERE.) Today, we take on strategic account management. Years ago, SAVO’s John Aiello realized the chasm in many organizations between what marketing was producing and what sellers were telling customers. To solve this problem, he founded a consulting firm intent on closing that gap. Read more

How to make CRM valuable to your sales team

In a recent study by the Alexander Group, Inc, more than half of the companies surveyed had a major re-launch of their CRM in the past four years. Why? Most companies in the study only used their application for contact, activity and account and opportunity management. Only 42% were using the CRM application for pipeline management. Read more

Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #041: Yes-No-Maybe

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. This week we bring you a format for presenting options to your audience. Read more

Learning Sales from the Movies

Just about every sales person has been to a kick-off meeting or team builder where a movie clip was used to add some entertainment and emphasize the presenter’s vision. The Sales Challenger Blog just ran their Best Five Sales-Themed Movies. I was happy to see two of my favorites, Tommy Boy and Glengarry Glen Ross appear on the list. Read more

Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #040: Timeline X

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. As we wind down 2010 and move into 2011, we are running a 10-week series on timeline templates. Read more

New Sales Enablement Ideas – SAVO’s AMPs, Part 1 – Consultative Services

If you are in charge of improving your sales team’s performance, you undoubtedly have hundreds of vendors calling to sell you the next greatest sales enablement or sales 2.0 products. That’s good news, because 10 years ago, no one was calling! Read more

What sales people can learn from Sam Adams

You hear ‘Sam Adams’ today and you think beer. But, on a recent Boston Freedom tour, it was clear that he never owned a brewery but rather he was a political and public relations genius; something all sellers can learn from.

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Free PowerPoint-Tastic Templates – #039: Timeline IX

Each week, the Fast Track Tools training company and the Cubicle Ninjas design firm work together to publish a template that makes it easier for you to communicate your ideas. As we wind down 2010 and move into 2011, we are running a 10-week series on timeline templates. Read more

How to demonstrate superiority with body language

Prominent male members of the British Royal Family are noted for their habit of walking with their heads up and chin out while gripping one palm with the other palm behind the back. This gesture is also used by the policeman patrolling his beat, the principal of the local school when he leisurely walks through the schoolyard, senior military personnel and others in positions of authority. Read more