Want to be One of the Cool Kids?...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Wed, Dec 10, 2014

Ever been on the other side of the Team?

  • Not included by the Cool Kids? 
  • Left out of the really important front-office activities? 
  • Relegated to "those people back in the factory"?

How did not being on the Team feel?  
...Not so good , I expect.

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

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Tags: Sales Optimization, Sales Best Practices, sales and marketing best practices, sales management, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales management training, sales training, sales producitivity, how to write a business plan, improving sales productivity

The Day after the Big Thankful Day...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Fri, Nov 28, 2014

The Day After The Big Thankful Day

Yesterday’s Thanksgiving holiday has got to be the best holiday of the year.  In my own personal book of holidays, it actually ties with the 4th of July.  What sets it apart from all the other holidays is…

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Tags: sales productivity, Sales Optimization, Sales Best Practices, Sales Management Best Practices, sales and marketing best practices, sales, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales tools, selling, sales training

22 Days to make a Difference...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Mon, Nov 17, 2014

We're coming down to the home stretch.  

  • The Thanksgiving break is teasing us just around the corner.  
  • The countdown to the end of the quarter is well underway 
  • Only a very short number of days left in the year. 

So, are you ready?  No, I mean- really ready?

These are the 22 most important sales days of the year.  These are the days that can make a difference whether it's by making money the old-fashioned way through blocking and tackling your way down the field like the Patriots last night, or by investing time in a couple of those opportunity bluebirds that have been hanging out there for a while.  Whatever it is, these are the days that will count the most.  And the very good news is that there are still 22 DAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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Tags: sales productivity, Sales Optimization, Sales Best Practices, Sales Management Best Practices, sales and marketing best practices, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales tools, selling, selling skills, sales training, sales jobs, finding sales jobs

What Makes a Great Sales Manager...and Sales?

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Tue, Nov 11, 2014

A 3 Minute Sales Management Course

A Vermont eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, 'Can I also sit like you and do nothing?'

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Tags: sales productivity, Sales Optimization, Sales Management Best Practices, sales management effectiveness, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales tools, selling, sales management training, sales training

Lifting the fog...and sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Thu, Oct 16, 2014

Very early this Monday morning, I was driving out of Vermont, headed back to the NH beach.  

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Tags: sales productivity, sales coaching, Sales Optimization, Sales Best Practices, Sales Management Best Practices, sales and marketing best practices

Connections Should be Easy...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Thu, Sep 25, 2014

3 Simple Tips for More Effective Sales Connections.

As a sales guy, I have no problem with making connections.  For my business associates.  For my MIT and Tufts students.  For our customers of the firm.  It's part of the process of living and working in a tight ecosystem like Boston...or in any other city for that matter.

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Tags: Sales Optimization, Sales Best Practices, Sales Management Best Practices, sales and marketing best practices, sales, sales management effectiveness, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales planning, selling, sales management training, selling skills, sales training

Why you need to Teach, Why I need to Learn...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Tue, Sep 16, 2014

And so, the rhythm of the fall has begun....

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Tags: Sales Optimization, Sales Best Practices, Sales Management Best Practices, sales and marketing best practices, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales boot camp

Sales Strategy is Simple; It’s Making the Choices That’s Tough

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Thu, Sep 04, 2014

Back to school, back to work, and back to all of the craziness and excitement between now and the end of the year closing deals and beginning the 2015 planning process.

Offsites with the team for a day or two at the Marriott, mini sessions in the big conference room out near the lobby, and then countless push & pull "discussions" with the accounting guys who always seem to be single minded-more results with less expense.  Maybe it's just part of earning the CFO badge, but, as keepers of the budget, CFOs orchestrate the annual dance trying to balance greater revenue growth while keeping expenses in check.

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Tags: Sales Optimization, Sales Management Best Practices, sales management effectiveness, sales effectiveness, sales tools, sales training, strategic planning

Back to School...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Sat, Aug 23, 2014

As we think about the way-too-rapidly-approach to Labor Day...

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Tags: sales productivity, Sales Optimization, sales plan process, sales effectiveness, sales enablement, sales tools, sales culture

Why I Need to Become an Expert in Storytelling...and Sales

Posted by Jack Derby, Head Coach on Wed, Aug 06, 2014

 

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