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How to Hire Successful Sales Reps - Click To Read Article
Many business owners and sales managers ask me if I have a proven system or a way to identify and hire top sales reps. They have tried everything, they tell me. Well, here's what they are missing, and what you need to do to find and hire Good Sales Reps!

How to Listen like a Detective - Click To Read Article
Listening is the top skill of Top 20% sales producers. Here's how to develop it!

Stop Managing the Pipeline, and Start Managing Your Sales Team.
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While the sales pipeline is a vital part of the sales process, it is also where the most fundamental mistake is made, and this mistake costs companies millions (if not billions) of dollars every year. Learn what you can do to change this starting today!

The 5 Secrets of Motivating Your Sales Team
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Motivation seems to be one of the toughest areas to get a handle on. Many managers tell me that some of their reps are already motivated and don't need their help in that area (usually the Top 20%), but that the majority seem to need constant motivating, mentoring, counseling, or out right babysitting. Sound familiar? This article will provide you with proven, fresh ideas on how to get the most from your sales team.

Should You Train Unmotivated Sales Reps?
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I have been consulting with a lot of sales managers and business owners who need and want sales training, but they are concerned that the training might be wasted on some of their sales reps (sometimes as much as one-third of their team) because this portion of the reps are either resistant, or simply unmotivated. What should you do? This article will tell you!

The 5 Elements of a Qualified Lead
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People ask me all the time what I think makes up a qualified lead. It's simple, I tell them. There are five things that every Top 20% producer knows when he or she hangs up the phone with a prospect. Know these five things and chances are real good you're going to close this prospect. Leave one out -- or two out -- and chances are even better that you're never going to close this prospect. This article will not only tell you what these are, but they will tell you how to find them out!

How To Qualify Warm Leads
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The internet has changed the way leads come into a sales organization. The problem is that 80% of companies and sales reps still handle them the same old way. Here is the Right Way to qualify incoming leads.

The 3 Secrets of Instantly Establishing Interest
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You have all heard that you have about 15 to 30 seconds to establish a connection or generate interest on a cold call, right? While some may say you have even less, the point we can all agreed on is that you don't have much time and whatever you say, it had better be good! This article will provide you with the most effective way of making that connection.

The Most Important Word In Sales
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What would you say was the most important word in sales? Read on and you'll find out...

How to Handle the Price Objection
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You'd be amazed by how many sales reps miss the golden opportunity to find out where their prospect is when they ask about the price. Here's how NOT to make the same mistake!

Saving Gas and Selling More 5 Secrets of Top 20 Producers
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Here are 5 things you can begin doing today to succeed as a sales rep when others are failing!

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Mike Brooks is president of, Mr. Inside Sales, a Los Angeles based inside sales consulting and training firm that teaches companies and sales reps how to become Top 20% producers. A published author, executive coach and sales trainer, Mike has been teaching the skills, techniques and strategies of Top 20% sales performance for over 25 years. Mike specializes in working with business owners who have under performing outbound or inbound inside sales teams either business-to-business or business to consumer. He offers FREE Closing Scripts, and a FREE audio program designed to help you double your income selling over the phone. If you want to close business like a Top 20% Producer, then learn how at: www.MrInside Sales.com If you found this article helpful, then you will love Mike’s new book: “The REAL Secrets of the Top 20% - How To Double Your Income Selling Over the Phone.” You can read about this by clicking here: www.mrinsidesales.com/bookmar keting.htm
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