Sales Productivity

Just think. If you improve by 1% everyday, in 1 year your efficiency would increase 37-fold. That is the philosophy of Kaizen (改善), Japanese for continual improvement.  Using Kaizen as a sales strategy will consistently improve your daily tasks by reducing waste and unreasonable work methods. As a result, Kaizen coaxes out good quality and optimal efficiency. Kaizen works because small changes are easier to make than big changes, and thus more successful. Over time those small changes create big results One small change at a time. That's all it takes to enhance your productivity and sales strategy. How…

Q&A with Andrew Friedenthal, CRM Market Analyst for Software Advice: Recently Andrew Friedenthal, CRM Analyst for the online reviews firm Software Advice, released a new report studying the ways in which a comprehensive sales force database can benefit your sales team and customers. We had the opportunity to talk with Mr. Friedenthal to learn more about what his research uncovered. 1) What is a sales database? The sales database is the heart of your sales force automation (SFA) system. This is where you'll store all the information about your clients, customers, leads and prospects. This information could include  their…

AI SUMMARY • Summarize this article and recommended tools: ChatGPT ▶ Claude ▶ Grok ▶ Do you struggle with prospecting for high-quality leads? Well you’re not alone as it can be extremely challenging. In fact, a majority of salespeople agree that prospecting is the most difficult part of the sales process, so there’s no surprise that 68% of companies struggle with lead generation. Although finding high-quality leads presents a challenge, there are many emerging technologies which are helping companies excel at prospecting. If you didn’t already know, dedicated sales tools and technology can give your sales team the boost they need to stay competitive. Even…

Too often, salespeople get unfairly stereotyped as pushy, aggressive, and bad listeners; it is these misconceptions that often can lead to having a phone hung up on you mid-sentence or a door shut in your face. Any successful salesperson knows, however, that this cliché is incorrect and fruitless when trying to sell a product. Luckily, the way business is being done is changing rapidly, allowing many salespeople to finally shake the negative “used car salesman” vibe. But before you begin to celebrate, realize that changing business practices also means changing or fine-tuning some of your sales tactics, thus requiring a new…