The Snowdon Guide and the Modern Salesperson

Many salespeople still run their selling processes; sales trainers still teach their selling methodology; sales managers still preach using the phone at every opportunity. Perhaps they’re stuck in a space-time continuum. The world has changed and no longer are we the salespeople of old placing our customers within a selling cycle, customers have moved on. Let me explain how with a short metaphor. A couple of years’ ago I climbed Mount Snowdon in Wales with a bunch of friends for charity; nothing special – thousands of people do it every…

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The Path of Least Resistance

You have to keep it moving. The sale that is. As a salesperson, you have to keep it trundling along; otherwise, the transaction will stall and possibly grind to a halt. We’re having some work done to our cellar at home – I’m converting it into a home office so I can work from home in comfort. With high-speed broadband and an inbuilt video studio, I’m very excited. The original cellar is a Victorian coal bunker built underground since the house doesn’t have rear access which was a significant problem…

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