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Today’s Top Sales Tip

6 Things to Do Now for a Strong 2014

2014 is less than a month away. How prepared are you? Here is a quick checklist of things you can do now: 1.  Identify your best 5 customers and what you can do to increase your level of business with them next year. Take the time to develop the plan. Start with the people with […]

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This Week’s Top Sales Articles

Each week we select the very best sales articles from the major article sites, written by top sales gurus from around the world. We cull through until we find the 10 best pieces of sales advice – which we then share with you.  The four weekly winners then compete for “Top Sales Article of the Month” The 2013 weekly contest has now kicked-off and you can catch this week’s selections HERE

Latest Top Sales Hard Talk

Download Mobile CRM - Are we There Yet?Mobile solutions have made huge advances, particularly CRM, but is there still more to come? Etien D’Hollander and Jonathan Farrington discuss … DOWNLOAD

Today’s Top Sales Blog Posts

Question: Where do all the world’s top sales bloggers hang out?

Answer: HERE

 

Every day we bring you the latest blog posts from around the sales blogosphere – all in one place -  find them HERE

On Top Sales Management

7 Tips for Confronting Problem Performers on Your Sales Team

One of the most difficult situations sales managers face is how to confront problem performers in a way that gets them to change their ways, and become more successful. I define a problem performer as anyone ...more

This Week’s Top Blog Posts

Nobody knows precisely how many blog posts are made each week in the “sales space” but it is probably thousands, and our aim within this section of TSW, is to select and recognize the best of the best.

But we don’t stop there, each of the twelve monthly winners then go forward to the “Top Sales Blog Post of 2013” as part of the annual Top Sales & Marketing Awards  HERE.

Latest Top Sales Video

Watch: Why You Need to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone More Often with Jill KonrathAs human beings and sellers we don’t step out of our comfort zones a lot. We live our life on cruise control. And then when bumps come along – which they inevitably will …. WATCH THE VIDEO

Featured Book:

Changing the Sales Conversation by Linda RichardsonChanging the Sales Conversation

In this era of iPads, iPhones, and apps, sales communications may be growing, but sales conversations are dying-and so are too many sales.” Linda Richardson’s new book out soon. Pre-order HERE

Featured White Paper:

Download: How to Take Complete Control of Your Life by Jonathan FarringtonHow to Take Complete Control of Your Life

How can you really control the time available to you? How can you guard against the stress that arrives from not having enough time? Who or what is wasting your time – the time robbers? How can you gain an extra month – every year? More details

Upcoming Events

Top Global Salesperson Award 2014Who Are the Best Salespeople on the Planet?

In 2014, Top Sales World is going to find out. We are running a contest to identify the Top Sales Professionals in the world. It all kicks-off in February, so please stay tuned. Download full details here

2013 Top Sales & Marketing AwardsThe 2013 Top Sales & Marketing Awards

The finalists have been announced and the voting polls are now open. You can vote in any or all of the categories every 24 hours, so do please take this opportunity to acknowledge your favorites as often as you wish. The polls close at midnight (Eastern) on December 13th. The public vote will account for 50% of the  scores – the other 50% will come from our expert-judging panel. Vote for Your Favorites

Coming Soon …. At last, a brand new book from Linda RichardsonChanging the Sales Conversation

In this era of iPads, iPhones, and apps, sales communications may be growing, but sales conversations are dying-and so are too many sales. Linda Richardson’s new book is out in January. You can pre-order today and get a 27% discount. Details here

 

TUniversity_120he Sales Productivity University

This new eLearning site is a place where you can take short-courses to learn about different types of sales tools. Our goal is to keep it simple, and to stay away from industry jargon that over-complicates things. At Sales Productivity University, you’ll complete your course in 20 minutes or less. It’s free to register and it’s free to take the courses.  You’ll have all the knowledge you need so you can decide with confidence, which tools will be useful to you or your organization. More details HERE