Posts Tagged ‘ Sales Compensation Plan ’

Calculating the True Cost of Marketing

Over a century ago, retailing pioneer John Wanamaker famously said “Half my advertising is wasted, I just don’t know which half.” The same challenge confronts most companies today. But what if you could know exactly which of your lead sources was producing what results and calculate your marketing and sales costs to the penny on [ READ MORE ]

I: Salesman

I cite Five Fears that prevent most people from even considering a career in Sales in my 2004 book, The Greatest Job You Never Thought Of. For many, the most fearsome of these is: The Stigma of Being Called A Salesman. For the general public the word “Salesman” conjures up images of a sweaty guy [ READ MORE ]

Explaining The Sales Cycle

Many companies are less than forthright when discussing the length and makeup of their sales cycle with current and prospective salespeople. They fear that if their salespeople clearly understand just how long it will take before the first commission check hits their bank account – and how many hurdles will have to be jumped along [ READ MORE ]

Is Sales The World’s Most Valuable Profession?

How is it that successful salespeople can earn more than doctors or lawyers, or sometimes even more than the owner of the company they work for? Economists agree: it’s because they practice the world’s most valuable profession. How valuable is it? Here’s a short quote from my 2004 book, The Greatest Job You Never Thought [ READ MORE ]

Recruiting Top Producing Salespeople

Good help is hard to find. Never is that phrase more true – or important – than when it comes to finding, developing and keeping good salespeople. Sales team member development will be covered in my articles on training. Retaining good salespeople is generally a question of properly setting and managing expectations which will be [ READ MORE ]

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