“Salespeople who are not proactively working a finite list of target accounts often find themselves in situations where they are late or… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Many salespeople fail to develop new business because they’re wandering aimlessly. Too often, they’re not locked in on a strategically selected, focused… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“experience shows that the most successful new business salespeople tend to be the most active salespeople.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Salespeople do not operate in a vacuum; there are often cultural and environmental issues beyond their control that severely hamper the opportunity… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Salespeople who don’t have a clear mental picture of the “path to a sale” or can’t articulate their sales process usually struggle… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Only salespeople that dedicate blocks of time on their calendar for prospecting activity consistently succeed at acquiring new business.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Picking up the phone to call prospects tends to be a key delineator between legitimate new business salespeople and posers.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“My practice keeps me engaged with salespeople in a wide variety of businesses and I’m increasingly concerned by a disturbing trend: It… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Salespeople fail to develop new business because they are too patient and too slow to get into action. In company after company,… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Top-performing salespeople tend to be productively selfish with their time. They have no trouble abruptly ending a conversation with a time-wasting associate.… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Salespeople are famous for lack of discipline and losing focus. They attempt to call on an account (once), but don’t get anywhere.… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen some horrific disconnects on sales calls. Rapid-fire, fast-talking, passion-driven salespeople calling on reserved, data-seeking technical buyers. Ouch! Sometimes salespeople fail… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Salespeople fail to attract new customers because beyond being self-focused, they’re long-winded and their message is often confusing. Many salespeople don’t invest… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“There are too many salespeople who are more proficient at entering tasks into Salesforce.com than they are at executing the basics, like… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“The pitiful effort comes from salespeople who actually make their calls, but are so nervous and uncomfortable that they’re completely ineffective. Lack… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Having spent the past decade leading and consulting sales teams, I’ve come to the painful conclusion that salespeople are ill-equipped to successfully… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“When I hear salespeople talk about a “presentation,” I’ve learned to ask a series of questions: What type of discovery work have… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“there is dire shortage of those who can create new opportunities through their own proactive sales effort. Many veteran salespeople are victims… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Prisoners of hope describes salespeople who have, for the most part, stopped working the sales process and ceased pursuing new opportunities because… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Nothing was more valuable than “windshield time” with my manager riding shotgun in my car. He would alternate between preaching sales theory… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share Image
“Many people in sales are struggling as inbound demand for their services has declined, and those without a reliable process to develop new business… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“I encourage you to try the “so what” test. Listen to another salesperson on the phone attempting to earn an appointment with a tough… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“people buy from people they like and trust. Part of our job is to ensure we are likable and trustworthy.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“There’s a lot of talk about “niceness” today. People are evaluated on how nicely they play with others and what they contribute to the… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“many in sales fail because they fall flat on their face when attempting to conduct the initial face-to-face meeting.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“experience shows that the most successful new business salespeople tend to be the most active salespeople.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“When we’re late to the party, we’re stuck reacting to, rather than leading, our prospects. Their initial opinions may be already formed. They’ve probably… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“Can you name one really successful person who has a negative outlook on life?” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“Most people employed in sales positions today have never truly had to “hunt” for new accounts or new business.” — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
“we are in a much better position when it was our own proactive sales work that created the opportunity for us to submit a… — Mike Weinberg Copy Share
