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18 Business Trends for Your Sales Force

Guest post by: Dave Kurlan

Article Overview: My guests were Mark Berezow, Gary Harvey and Rocky LaGrone. Before they handled one caller's sales force challenges (excellent stuff) , they commented on the state of business out there right now. They see:

18 Business Trends for Your Sales Force

This week's edition of Meet the Sales Experts featured a panel of three sales development experts. My guests were Mark Berezow, Gary Harvey and Rocky LaGrone. Before they handled one caller's sales force challenges (excellent stuff) , they commented on the state of business out there right now.

They see:

• no more tolerance for mediocrity
• focus on new business development
• changing strategies
• more accountability
• more emphasis on evaluating the sales force to identify the right people
• lots of movement
• companies have already cut as much as they can
• focus on the revenue side of the business
• gearing up for a great 2010
• more interest in investing in their people
• companies will now grow or die and people will go with them
• can't move forward without A Players
• doing what you've always done won't get the results you've always gotten
• cautious optimism
• companies thought they had salespeople and now recognize they had order takers
• less overall resistance
• companies are hiring salespeople right now in a big way
• manufacturers are releasing PO's and money

It sure sounds like things are looking up!

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