Tag: Sales Productivity

And provide some peer pressure yourself Today, we’re going to learn how you can use peer pressure to increase your performance, increase your peer’s performance and ultimately improve sales results. When we hear the term “Peer Pressure”, we usually think of all the negative connotations associated with it.  It’s the high school friend that encourages […]

Part 6 of “Knowing” how to sell is not enough Our journey to eliminate the gap between what we know we should do and actually doing it continues. Part 1:  Knowing how to sell is not enough Part 2:  Talking too much. Part 3:  Routine versus a Rut. Part 4:  Fear & Conventional Wisdom holding […]

Part 5 of “Knowing” how to sell is not enough Our journey to eliminate the gap between what we know we should do and actually doing it continues. Part 1:  Knowing how to sell is not enough Part 2:  Talking too much. Part 3:  Routine versus a Rut. Part 4:  Fear & Conventional Wisdom holding […]

Safety for the Ag Sales Professional With our general manager in earshot, it would always bring some mild humor to our day, when I would ask loudly, “Hey, where are the keys to the train?”  This usually led to his exclamation, “Sales managers don’t drive trains!” Most kids are in awe of machinery.  Especially big […]

Who are “They”? “They” are those people in corporate…Those salespeople! The salesperson says, “They don’t get it. I wish “They” understood how hard it is out here! It’s easy to say those things or send an email, but let’s see them come out here and tell my customers that.” The manager in the corporate office […]

If you are not familiar with Feed & Grain Magazine, you should be.  Especially if you are in the feed or grain business. Twice a month, I get the honor of writing a sales training article specific to the Ag selling community.  If you sell to farmers, producers, or any agribusiness then stop by Coach’s […]

It’s bumper to bumper until someone makes a mistake Or someone helps the car in front make a mistake As I watched the final laps of Saturday night’s NASCAR race in Daytona, with multiple crashes at the end, I couldn’t help think how similar this was to selling feed, seed, and tractors to farmers.  Didn’t […]

Sales is one big game of 20 Questions Ever play that kids game of “Hotter-Colder”?  Before video games, my friend Kevin and I were so bored, we played a game called Hotter-Colder.  Kevin would cover his eyes, while I hid a toy in the room somewhere.  Then, Kevin would walk around the room searching for […]

Balancing Sales Intuition and Laziness Part 5 of the Five Sales Killers.  See previous articles at: The 5 Sales Killers Sales Killer #1 – FEAR Sales Killer #2 – FAILURE Sales Killer #3 – MUNDANE Sales Killer #4 – BELIEF   In our fifth installment on the 5 sales killers, we tackle something that sounds […]

The Mundane, the Work, The Planning, The Extra Effort or Whatever you want to call it. This is Part 3 of a 5-part series on the Five Sales Killers.  See previous articles at: The 5 Sales Killers Sales Killer #1 – FEAR Sales Killer #2 – FAILURE   “Oh, I could never be a salesperson” […]

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