I had lunch with one of may favorite clients last week, The Milwaukee brewers Baseball team. The sales managers and I discussed our goal for this upcoming year and we all agreed we need to stay focused on encouraging effort knowing results would come. Their sales team has evolved into a fantastic sales team whose passion for baseball and the profession of sales is unmatched. What made this lunch..

Here is a link to a video on price objections but let me first make the following MAJOR point: Do NOT tell people what to do when coaching on how to handle a price objection, rather ask a rep "what do you specifically say when receiving such an objections" and REALLY listen. If the rep says "what I try to do ..." they have just illustrated they are shooting from the hip, are not prepared, and..

One of the mainstays of our company Sales Progress LLC is our in-depth coaching program "progress Coaching". We think its great but does it work? One of our clients called me and said "Not only are we hitting our numbers but I find myself coaching everyday!"

Search engine optimization is everywhere, we all know we should employ SEO on our websites, landing pages, blog entries, etc but what about our social media sites? Do they not provide just as much information about our company and qualifications as our websites do? With tons of content being added to online profiles they are quickly moving up in search engine results. Will your next customer be..