Category: sales leader

Three Early Lessons on Direct Sales from the Founder of Dell Technologies – Michael Dell

Like a lot of American kids in the early 1980s – Michael started selling subscriptions to a local newspaper. While selling he discovered: #1 Pick up your prospects’ tone: If you sounded like the people you were trying to sell a subscription to, they were much more likely to buy from you. He would talk…
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Why should sales leaders stop searching for ‘fire in the belly salespersons’?

Every sales leader loves looking for that ‘fire in the belly salespersons’ (FIBS). Unfortunately, FIBS is often a lazy substitute for not building a great product that is differentiated well, marketed well but to be magically sold so well that it rakes in all the revenues in spite of the product-market mismatch or past ku-karma.…
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Inspiring sales & life lessons from Air Deccan’s Mr. G.R. Gopinath

In the early days, Mr. Gopinath was a successful agriculturist. And he decided to move into micro-irrigation turnkey consulting. This is what he had to say: “For 2 years, I loaded all the agri-equipment that I set out to market in the car boot and hit the road. While on these forays, I combined the…
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The job of today’s Sales leader calls for strong heart, mind & muscles

In today’s scenario, a Sales leader should possess a strong heart, mind and muscles to excel at their job. You need to travel a path that hasn’t been traversed. The ablity of the company to survive depends on how fast you bring in the revenues. Most markets are getting commoditised and others needs a crazy…
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