Buying Facilitation® Monday

Cranky Tuesday

Reviews Thursday

Sales Friday

Home » Archive by Month

Articles Archive for June 2009

Sales Treats A Need As If It Were An Isolated Event
Thursday, 11 Jun, 2009
Sales Treats A Need As If It Were An Isolated Event

We all know that sales is a failed model; we’re good sellers and offer great customer service, our products are good, and our buyers have a need that we can fulfill. But we fail to close at least 90% of the time.
If it’s not us, not our product, and the need is obvious, what’s going [...]

Business Practices for Managers
Wednesday, 10 Jun, 2009
Business Practices for Managers

I recently discovered the site of Good Practice, an Edinburgh-based company that specializes in creating very easy to use material for middle managers. When the CEO Peter Casebow gave me access to the management section of the site, I found it quite easy to use, and with several options to make the material accessible in [...]

Winners Always Quit – Book Review
Tuesday, 9 Jun, 2009
Winners Always Quit – Book Review

For those of you who are fearful of change (and raise your hand if you’re not) Lee J. Colan and David Cottrell have written a charming little change book: Winners Always Quit: seven pretty good habits you can swap for really great results.
In it, they suggest:

let your gut have a say in your decision making;
attend to [...]

Catch Up: Blogging With Colleagues, New Book Introduction
Monday, 8 Jun, 2009
Catch Up: Blogging With Colleagues, New Book Introduction

Hi Everyone:
I’m writing everyone to reconnect after several months of no contact.
As they say, “Sheeee’s Back!” But this time, with some new offerings. And regular blog posts J I’ve been listed as having one of the top 10 blogs, so please make sure you come back often.

Why is a 90% failure rate ok?
Monday, 8 Jun, 2009
Why is a 90% failure rate ok?

As I’m doing the final rewrites on my new book out Oct 15, 2009, Dirty Little Secrets: why buyers can’t buy and sellers can’t sell and what you can do about it, I realized how many times I’ve mentioned my frustration with the failure of the sales model: it actually builds in a 90% failure [...]