Dear ToddCohen.com Sales Community, I am hereby pleased to announce a brand new word to the international lexicon of sales vernacular! Ready? The word is “mentorvate.” OK, I admit it – I talk too fast sometimes. The other day I was engaged with a client, and we were talking about the main job of a sales leader. […]
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Dear ToddCohen.com Sales Community, I was having an interesting conversation with (an overwhelmed) client recently. He was struggling with how to balance the many demands on his schedule and feeling anxious and stressed out. No kidding! We are getting busier and being asked to do more with the same or fewer resources. This is the way things are now,
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ToddCohen.com Sales Community: Here is a question to think about as we enter the last quarter of 2009: How do you leverage the value of your customer relationships, both for yourself and for your customer? You are in this business relationship together and so you are both actually selling to each other, since both will benefit from the
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Dear ToddCohen.com Sales Community, The moment of truth has arrived! It is time for you to ask yourself the most important question of your sales career: Who are you? I don’t mean in a human sense but in a professional sense. Are you a sales rep or a sales professional? As people with sales career (and we are all in sales), we
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Dear ToddCohen.com Sales Community: Q3 is here…yes, it has snuck up on us, and now we have to keep the momentum strong. It is now more important than ever that we each hold ourselves accountable for keeping up the momentum. If we are to leverage what we have started and finish the year at or
Hello ToddCohen.com Sales Community, Are you in a position to be a coach to someone? The answer is “YES”! It does not matter if you are a sales manager or an individual contributor. You can always find an opportunity to coach and offer counsel to other sales professionals in your real and virtual world. I
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Dear ToddCohen.com Sales Community, Are you prospecting and creating quality business? In other words, are you bringing business to the able that is profitable, actionable, and is a win-win for both parties? Let me suggest that as we go forth and prospect and develop business, always ask yourself, “Is this good business?” Does it make
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Dear Todd Cohen Sales Community, Which do you think is better? Quantity of sales calls or the quality of sales calls? As one who was raised (in sales) in a time when we were strictly measured against metrics, one might say that making many calls is the most important thing. Make as many calls as
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I want to start a new conversation right now. I am always talking about and being asked my opinion on what makes a great sales culture. This is an important and critical topic for the sales community.
Hello 2008! I want to welcome the Toddcohen.com sales community to a new sales year! It has been a few weeks since you have returned to work. Hopefully you have done what you need to to do to get organized to get off to a fast start. I talked with you a few times last
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