For those that have parachuted into this blog from Google, this is part of a series of posts about how to save your sales job. This first batch of ten posts is about preparing to go to market when you get that new sales gig or greenfield opportunity.

One of the things it’s well worth knowing (and the one your boss will likely get fixated on) is the products your company sells. [Read more…]

I’m going to be writing about survival. Sales survival.

How to do you keep your job if you’re in a new sales position or how do you keep afloat if you’ve been given one of those “greenfield” opportunities (aka you have no relationships in the market)?

If you’re selling in the tech sector you may well have heard of (or even be selling) “Agile development”. Agile is a smart way of saying “don’t overrate how smart you are”. [Read more…]

Maybe it’s just me, but I suspect not.

Have you experienced this in your sales career? You get to “take charge” of a new “greenfield” territory for your company? Or maybe you just started a new sales job.

Your bosses sense bountiful opportunity. There’s a whole new part of the country (or new industry) that no other rep is covering. Those suspects sure must be waiting to hear about your glorious products and services. [Read more…]