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This is Dave Brock’s Blog.
It offers my views on a variety of business, sales, marketing, and leadership topic. My goal is to make a difference for you, the reader, in both your professional and personal lives.
I get deluged with emails and calls asking me for a short phone conversation. Here’s how one stated today: Hi there – Just read your post. [Body of pitch selling me something.] More details below. Hope to hear back from you soon. Thanks, [Name deleted to spare this person the shame of being called out for cluelessness] I was actually mildly interested in what this guy was offering, but then decided to ignore the email. As I reflected on the note, he hadn’t taken the time to address the note to me personally. Clearly, he’s targeting bloggers, mentioning interests in […]
Read MoreSales is responsible for executing the company strategy in the face of the customer. What’s this really mean? Let’s imagine you have two sales people, each with goals of $5M. The company they work for has two core product lines, each strategic to achieving their growth plan. Sales person A makes his numbers—but only selling his favorite product line , “C.” That’s where he has the most confidence, plus he can always make his goals focusing on product line C. Sales person B, also, makes her numbers, but her performance is balanced across product lines “C” and a newer, slightly […]
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