by Adam Shapiro | Oct 21, 2011 | Closing, Presenting, Qualifying, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Tools
Last week, I led a two hour seminar at a client’s annual meeting of partners and agents – think 40 B2B sales people and executives. The President had asked for 2 hours on closing skills to be presented to a group of sales professionals and executives at...
by Adam Shapiro | Sep 15, 2011 | Careers, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Sales Messaging, Sales Process, Tools
Here’s my presentation from today’s AA-ISP, Atlanta Chapter meeting. Presentation on On-boarding Inside Sales Reps [slideshare id=9270159&w=425&h=355&sc=no] In case the images are too cryptic,I’ll briefly summarize: The four foundational...
by Adam Shapiro | Sep 1, 2011 | Careers, Sales Leader, Sales Management, Tools
Yesterday, I provided the first half of my notes from Tuesday’s Atlanta All-City Vistage conference. This is Part 2. Keith McFarland was CEO of a breakthrough company taking Collectech Systems from revenue of $10M to $150M in three years. He then decided to study why...
by Adam Shapiro | Feb 9, 2011 | Sales Leader, Sales Management, Today's Lessons
In a recent LinkedIN discussion, Michael Gerard asked: How do you establish a culture in a direct sales organization that encourages first and second line sales managers to be better coaches versus simply "super reps"?What specific steps has your...
by Adam Shapiro | Feb 2, 2011 | Sales Leader, Sales Management, Tools
File this entry under facilitation skills and sales management. Last Friday morning, I facilitated the first 2011 meeting of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Association of Inside Sales Professionals. After an introduction and welcome from our gracious host Brian...
by Adam Shapiro | Dec 14, 2010 | Careers, Prospecting, Sales Leader, Sales Management
Devon Warwick nails it with this post. Hiring for Sales Teams: Think Outside the Box – BizDev.If you are not finding good candidates, maybe it’s time to re-define “good candidate.”
