What differentiates us from our competition? Not a lot. Let’s look at that in detail.

Product similarity: Our products are pretty similar at this point. While we can recite chapter, line, and verse how our offering differs, the client hears similar stories from all vendors. They just want to get a business problem resolved in a [...]

I’m here to tell you that cold calling can be one of the most effective ways to meet new prospects. And a whole lotta fun.
I know, I know. Most sellers eschew cold calling, preferring instead to network, get referrals, golf, meet face-to-face.
Did you ever ask yourself why?
We can think historically: Dale Carnegie, in How to [...]

Where do our prospects go when they say, “I’ll call you back?” Most of us guess, but really, we don’t know where they go.
Where they go, in fact, is to get ahold of their colleagues and figure out how to get agreement for whatever outcomes the new solution will cause within the  buyer’s environment. We rarely [...]

Until or unless buyers know how to manage the tangles of people and policies that hold their Identified Problem in place, they will not make a purchase no matter how urgent their need or how appropriate your solution.
Because sales unwittingly focuses on the very last stages of the buyer’s buying decision, sellers are trained to listen carefully [...]