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    If you really want to shorten your sales cycle, slow down!

    If you really want to shorten your sales cycle, slow down!

    If the conversations I’ve been having with sales leaders recently are anything to go by, our sales pipelines are full of opportunities that start off looking like they are going to end up in a quick sale, but then get stuck somewhere in the middle (or towards the end) of ...

    Successful Selling = Intelligent Choices, not Fixed Formulas

    I’ve just spent a few minutes completing the annual survey from one of the world’s most widely respected sales training ...

    No sales plan survives first contact with the customer

    Military leaders have long recognised the importance of planning. But they have also recognised that it is the act of ...

    The sales methodology that outperforms all others

    Every established sales methodology attracts its own fan base. Some are fans of SPIN®, others Challenger®, Miller-Heiman, ...

    Is your sales pipeline full of fatbergs?

    The sewer systems of of our towns and cities are struggling to cope with a phenomenon known as the “fatberg”. These fatbergs ...

    Selling incremental improvement isn’t enough!

    If you’re involved in complex B2B sales, and if what you are selling is anything other than an absolute “must buy” ...

    Account Based Everything: a foundation for partnership

    Account-Based Marketing (and its all-embracing cousin “Account Based Everything”) has been touted by its promoters as a ...

    The 3* sales pipeline coverage myth

    I’m no great fan of averages, and I’m no great fan of unsupported rules of thumb, either. Perhaps the best (or worst, ...

    Why your pipeline doesn’t need any sales stages

    This is a subject I’ve referred to before, but an excellent article by Don Mulhern has prompted me to promote a concept that ...

    The illusion of the expert buyer

    One of the most dangerous mistakes we can make as sales people is believing that our customer – and particularly the sponsor ...