This Quora question – “In terms of sales, what are the three most important things to know about psychology?” – led to some heavy research on economics and organizational behavior and more importantly, how they relate to sales. After reading about Herbert Simon’s work on bounded rationality – the concept that organizations do not make optimal decisions, but […]
VIEW POSTI spend lots of time on Quora answering sales questions because, well, I’m a sales geek. 🙂 And so, I’ve begun consolidating my posts on the SalesQualia Quora Board. One stop shopping for all of your sales questions. Check it out here. [contact-form][contact-field label=’Name’ type=’name’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Email’ type=’email’ required=’1’/][contact-field label=’Website’ type=’url’/][contact-field label=’Comment’ type=’textarea’ required=’1’/][/contact-form]
VIEW POSTMapping your sales call is essential to successful selling. This week in San Francisco, we offered our in-person “Sales Mapping Workshop.” (Special thanks to the awesome people at Sandbox Suites for hosting!) Here’s a quick look at what we covered. Of course, nothing beats the real, live, in-person version of the workshop. Check out the […]
VIEW POST(I usually stay close to home talking sales, but was “Asked to Answer” this question on Quora about marketing, so here goes…) Live by the mantra “Add value, add value, add value.” Provide new perspectives on an industry challenge or problem. If you’re a new entrant to the industry (i.e. engineer tackling HR software), that’s all […]
VIEW POSTQuestions, questions, questions. Everyone will tell you that sales conversations are a series of questions. You’re told to ask open-ended questions and to ask leading questions and to ask questions that follow prescribed formulas like as SPIN. You’re told that if the prospect begins asking questions then that’s a buying signal. But is it really? […]
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