Do you believe that to close a sale you must ‘get in front of prospects?’  Why? Really. Have you ever asked yourself why? Do you tell yourself that you MUST have that eye contact? That ‘face-to-face’ juice? Do you tell yourself that if you’re not in the field, you’re not selling?
In 1937, Dale Carnegie advocated it. [...]

I’m at a client site this week (Good Practice), teaching them how to become decision facilitators.  As part of their training, I sit with each of them as they learn to make the phone their friend, and practice Buying Facilitation™ on cold calls.
These sales folks are long-term professionals, responsible for millions of dollars of business annually. Yet they are discovering wholly [...]