How to Develop Qualification Criteria Guidebook Launch

March 1, 2009 by Michael  
Filed under Sales and Marketing Kaizen

Make Salespeople 25% More Productive in 90 Days or Less

Michael Webb and Bill Bentley explain their discoveries around sales qualification criteria. It turns out that the concept of sales qualification has a lot in common with the concept of quality – if you define your qualification criteria in terms of observable characteristics. This presentation outlines the foundation Read more

How to Make Salespeople 25% More Productive in 90 Days or Less

February 24, 2009 by Michael  
Filed under Blog

You probably have salespeople working overtime right now on deals that will be:

  • bad business if you win them (too much trouble, not worth the revenue)
  • lost to a competitor
  • lost to no decision

If you’ve been around professional sales organizations for a long time, you already know that poor salespeople ignore qualification criteria; good salespeople, and Read more

Clarifying Things That Count: How to Use Qualification Criteria to Improve Your Salespeople’s Results

October 23, 2007 by Michael  
Filed under Blog

The primary reason why the scientific method works is that it relies on observable facts and data to drive clarity and specificity of language. In practice it means working with people to clarify specific aspects of reality so they can be counted.

Making Sales and Marketing More Visible and Measureable

Unfortunately, in sales and marketing Read more