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What motivates sales people? How do great sales managers keep their teams motivated in tough economic times? Those were the topics we discussed with Jim Keenan in this episode.
Jim Keenan is the Regional Sales Leader for Emerging Service Providers at Avaya and author of the popular sales blog asalesguy.com. He’s [...]

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So, you wish you had a magic pill for turning cold calls into warm leads? Well, we just may have found the answer for you.
Meet Scott Anderson and Chris Heggem from MyWay Interactive. Scott Anderson is the VP of Business Development at MyWay. He spent 28 years managing commercial channels at Hewlett Packard. [...]

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As many sales executives are starting to realize, managing Gen Xers and Millenials (also known as Gen Y) presents new challenges that didn’t exist a decade ago. That was the subject of Brad’s discussion with Tom Schaber, a sales management consultant who specializes in helping sales managers deal with the complexities [...]

Managing Gen X , Gen Y, and Millenials [42:50m]:
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When it comes to recruiting new salespeople, many hiring managers are at a loss for how to uncover what really makes the candidates they interview tick. Enter Kevin Cook of Target Teams.
Kevin Cook is Director of Business Development at Target Teams, a Cambridge, Mass. organization that creates performance improvement solutions applicable for use with individuals, [...]

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This episode is a fantastic follow up to last week’s conversation with Steven Bachert. Shaun Priest Spent some time discussing how to work with objections presented by your prospects (no, not “handling”…dealing with!)
Shaun Priest has been a successful sales person and sales manager for over 15 years. He is currently Sr. VP of Sales for [...]

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Have you ever found yourself wondering what’s missing from your business relationships? Joel D Canfield suggests that the missing element might be making genuine connections with other human beings. In a world that’s increasingly driven by technology, numbers and bottom-line results, Joel would like to see businesses get back to the basics of human relationships.
Joel [...]

Joel D Canfield and the Human Connection [71:38m]:
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When Brad was in the hospital with his wife while she was giving birth to their second daughter, Jerry had the chance to chat with Colleen Stanley about how to build a high performance sales team.
Colleen Stanley is president of SalesLeadership, Inc. She is a monthly columnist for national Business Journals, co-author of ‘Motivational Selling‘ and [...]

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Karl Goldfield is a whiz at helping startup companies generate revenue, and in this episode he shares valuable tips for salespeople working for startup companies and the people who manage them.
Karl is the Sales Evangelist, a startup sales mentor and the host of Sales Evangelist TV. He also writes a blog and is a regular [...]

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How should we be training sales people in the new era of sales, Sales 2.0? What are the initiatives and topics we should focus on? That was the topic of discussion for Christian Maurer, the Ultimate Sales Executive Resource.
Christian is an independent consultant, trainer and coach with a proven track record of helping to increase the productivity [...]

Christian Maurer on Training in a Sales 2.0 World [49:49m]:
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Have you ever wondered why a sales person can be a superstar at one company, only to fail miserably at another? That was the topic of this week’s episode with Lee B. Salz, President of Sales Architects.
Lee B. Salz, is a sales management guru who specializes in helping companies hire the right sales people, on-board them, and focus [...]

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