Plan Now For Next Year

  When it comes to preparing for next year, regardless of the product or service you represent, we are all gated by three Universal Truths. ·    We have a defined market which we sell into ·    We have a quota or objective we need to hit or exceed ·    We all...

How is Pro Football Similar to Professional Sales?

In my previous post I suggested we should all strive to be a bit like Justin Tucker, and give credit to the folks in our organization that provide support and guidance in order to give us the opportunity to be successful. If you didn’t get a chance to read it you can...

Be Humble – Not Prideful!

When Justin Tucker, the Baltimore Ravens placekicker, won the John Madden Turkey award on Thanksgiving night he made it a point to invite his long-snapper and holder to join him at the table to share the limelight.  Why? Because Justin understands that in order for...

Make Sales a Career– not a job!

When asked the question “what do you want to do when you graduate?” how many people would answer, “I want to spend the rest of my career in sales”? Back up to younger folks and ask the same question. How many would say sales would be their career of choice? Certainly...