How to Hire the Best Sales Professionals

By Jeff Beals What’s the number one indicator of future success? Frequent past behavior. Do you have responsibility for hiring sales professionals?  If you’re not directly responsible for hiring, do you have influence over which candidates are chosen for sales jobs?...

The Only Sales Knowledge You’ll Ever Need

By Jeff Beals In his new book on selling, Anthony Iannarino asks readers to finish this sentence: “I sell ___.” He then writes, “If you answered anything other than ‘outcomes,’ you are wrong. If you answered with your product, service or solution, your answer is so...

How to Survive in a Post-Cold-Calling World

By Jeff Beals In 2007, it took an average of 3.68 cold-call attempts to reach a prospect. Today it takes eight attempts.  That’s according to TeleNet and Ovation Sales Group.  Some studies have indicated it requires 10 to 12 attempts to reach an executive-level...