Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
Sales competitions 9.1 2023
VIRTUAL Redbird National Sales Competition, hosted by…
Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
ISP events 9.1 2023
Details of upcoming events can be found at the Institute of Sales Professionals website. https://www.the-isp.org/events Pick fights! How to make your business/proposition stand out in a crowded marketplace and set yourself apart from your competition Mark Blackmore, Director, Lammore Consulting offers essential advice to make your business or your proposition stand out in a crowded marketplace.Wednesday 8 February 2023, 09:00…
Monday, February 13th, 2023
SEASAC draws over 100 competitors
Over 100 students from universities across South-East Asia recently competed in three rounds of the latest South-East Asia Sales Competition (SEASAC) 2022, sponsored by paint manufacturer PT Propan Raya. The competition offered participants a “great sales educational experience” one of the leading judges for the final round, Dr Colin Mackenzie told the Journal. The qualifying round was completed on 13-15…
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Apprenticeships offer better ROI than traditional degrees
Marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week on 6 February 2023, senior UK Treasury minister John Glen has called for students to undertake apprenticeships as an alternative to a traditional university degree. As part of the government’s campaign to boost apprenticeships, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury says that apprenticeships can offer better ROI for young people and will also…
Friday, September 30th, 2022
Get in the flow
SAP’s Experiential Sales Learning programs allow salespeople to learn in the flow of their work. To ensure that business continued to flow, in 2020 most companies worldwide responded to the pandemic by making the transition to remote working. More recently, as some businesses began to require employees to work onsite again, others have been cementing a hybrid working model as…
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Top sellers are storytellers
Every salesperson has the potential to improve their storytelling skills. As human beings, we have evolved over the generations to use stories to communicate. Moreover, one of the key factors that sets today’s most effective salespeople apart from the rest is their ability to share compelling, relevant anecdotes – typically the experiences of other existing customers – that resonate with…
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Why is storytelling so powerful?
Stories are not only enduring; they help drive business. Telling stories is what humans do; it is fundamental to the human experience. We’ve been telling stories for tens of millennia: 30,000 years at least. Cave paintings in the Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, located in the Auvergne district of France, date back 30,000 years and represent the oldest known storyboard to be…
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
News in brief
SalesWorks appoints trainers Consultancy SalesWorks has appointed Cara Pepper and Alzaysha Johnson as sales training leads. The role sees them working with clients to design and deliver sales training programmes, tailor programmes for advanced reps to refine and improve their skills, and spotlight areas of focus to up-skill teams, improve processes and increase revenue. +
Monday, January 10th, 2022
Character to lead
We interviewed Kelly Garramone and Phil Styrlund to understand how character is a key driver of organisational success in sales. They explained how sales organisations can take part in some ground-breaking research that will drive performance. What is character science? Pioneered by Dr Fred Kiel (amongst others), character science is a new field of study that was born out of…