Social Media Fundamentals: Part 1 of 2

Social Media Fundamentals Back when I was a top-performing financial services agent, some of the most effective ways of reaching prospective customers included cold-calling, consumer shows, and print advertising. For small business owners and sales professionals today, communication with prospective customers is becoming increasingly difficult, as customers become increasingly unreachable. With more and more people, […]

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Assessing productivity and profitability

Assessing productivity and profitability of each sales team member. The purpose of measuring performance is to have clarity on the profitability of the sales volume brought in by each sales team member. With that seemingly attainable outcome in mind, why do companies struggle with assessing sales force productivity? They sometimes find measuring sales performance challenging

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Getting Your Foot In The Door with Prospects

“Getting Your Foot in the Door with Prospects” by Tom Abbott, Soho Sales Coaching on pages 52-53 of the Oct-Dec 2010 edition of The Singapore Marketer Before I started coaching sales managers and delivering in-house sales training, I was a top-performing financial services agent. Well, I wasn’t always a top-performer…and I certainly didn’t start out

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Weekly Sales Performance Improvement Plan Template For Reps

Chances are you’re here because you’re worried about your (team’s) sales performance. If you’re the former, you’ve probably heard of the dreaded sales performance improvement plan as a bad omen. Yet, it doesn’t deserve this reputation. While it’s true that some sales PIPs often prelude termination in extreme cases, it’s not the purpose. Rather a

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