Leading sales trainer and author, Colleen Francis, recently had this to say about first impressions in sales:
Salespeople will generally have between 4 and 30 seconds to make a first impression on prospective clients that will compel them to want to engage
This is a sobering observation. Most companies have a limited number of prospects and can ill afford to be making a poor impression that ends up in a prospect taking their business to a competitor. So it behooves the sales manager to make sure reps are properly prepared to make successful calls and/or the right reps are on the sales team.
To your success!
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Eliot Burdett
CEO at Peak Sales Recruiting
Before Peak, Eliot spent more than 20 years building and leading companies, where he took the lead in recruiting and managing high performance sales teams. He co-founded Ventrada Systems (mobile applications) and GlobalX (e-commerce software). He was also Vice President of Sales for PointShot Wireless.
Eliot received his B. Comm. from Carleton University and has been honored as a Top 40 Under 40 Award winner.
He co-authored Sales Recruiting 2.0, How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast and provides regular insights on sales team management and hiring on the Peak Sales Recruiting Blog.
Eliot received his B. Comm. from Carleton University and has been honored as a Top 40 Under 40 Award winner.
He co-authored Sales Recruiting 2.0, How to Find Top Performing Sales People, Fast and provides regular insights on sales team management and hiring on the Peak Sales Recruiting Blog.
Latest posts by Eliot Burdett (see all)
- B2B Sales: 7 Ways It’s Changing Fast - October 15, 2018
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