Hardwiring sales training for business resultsIt’s not uncommon for a learning a development team to brand themselves as an internal university, but Oakwood Temporary Housing can be proud to be delivering on that message. The internal Oakwood University has been recognized as one of Training Magazine’s Top 125 for the 5th consecutive year! Read more
Get noticed, get hiredType your name into Google. What comes up? If you are active on LinkedIn, you will likely see a link to your profile. Scroll down the first couple of pages and see what a future employer will find when they do the same search. Many things can be done to manage your on-line identity and one of those is to create a YourName.com page. Read more
Persistence can pay off in sales if you do it wellIf you are in sales, at some point someone has told you that “persistence will pay off.” There is a difference between stalking your client and persistence. The stalkers are the ones that make customers say, “He just won’t leave me alone.” Persistence is admired when a prospect describes the seller as always there to help in the decision process. Read more
New Sales Enablement Ideas – SAVO’s AMPs, Part 3 – Product PromotionThis is the third post in a series about SAVO’s new sales enablement services that debuted at their recent Sales Enablement Summit. It’s no surprise to me that SAVO has doubled down on providing us advice on sales enablement. I personally have partnered with them for nearly a decade for advice and best practices. Read more
Reinventing the wheel: ZanesHave you ever been in a retail store and thought about what it would be like to own the store? Chris Zane experienced that feeling. He was a Connecticut high school sophomore and decided he wanted to buy out the owner of the store. Read more
Ken Revenaugh wins Stevie Award as Sales Operations Leader of the YearMiami Beach, FL – February, 2011 – Fast Track Tools founder Ken Revenaugh won Sales Operations Leader of the Year from The Stevie Awards, the world’s premier business awards, governed by a board of distinguished judges, featuring many of the leading figures in business. Read more
New Sales Enablement Ideas – SAVO’s AMPs, Part 1 – Consultative ServicesIf 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