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Articles Tagged with ''sales''

Sales Stars 2019
Sales Stars

18 Things I’ve Learned Leading Sales Teams

Here are 18 things Brian Offenberger has learned since he started leading sales teams in 1983.
Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
August 3, 2020

I’ve been leading security industry sales teams since 1983 to record levels of achievement. Over the years I’ve learned a thing or two about managing sales teams.


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IDIS Expands Sales Team With New Hires

July 27, 2020

IDIS, Korea’s largest in-country video tech manufacturer, announced several new staff appointments and hires at IDIS America. 


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Sales Stars

How to Write an Email That Gets a Reply

Communication
Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
July 1, 2020

Emily is a salesperson for a security company in Ohio that I am working with who was at the end of her rope. It seemed to her that no one was responding to her emails, at least not completely. She was discouraged and looking for solutions.


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Security Partners

Security Partners Expands Sales Force

June 3, 2020

Security Partners, a wholesale provider of advanced central station monitoring services, announced the addition of three sales leaders to its growing team. 


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Sales Stars 2019
Sale Stars

Crisis Selling: How to Make Sales During Tough Times

There are some rules reps should follow when making sales calls during tough times.
Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
June 1, 2020

As I write this column our country is in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Stay-at-home orders are in place, social distancing is the norm and uncertainty reigns supreme.


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Sales Stars 2019
Sales Stars

10 Behaviors Security Sales Reps Hate

SECURITY SALES
Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
May 4, 2020

There’s nothing worse than investing money in training a sales rep just to have them leave you for another company. To prevent your best sales reps from taking their talents to another company, you need to AVOID these 10 mistakes at all costs.


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ESA Webinar

ESA Hosting Webinars to Guide Industry Through the Pandemic

April 17, 2020

The Electronic Security Association (ESA) has teamed with its choice service provider, Braveheart Sales Performance, to deliver industry-specific online sales training and resources. 


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SDM Industry Voices

The Silver Lining is the Cloud

Dan Dunkel
April 9, 2020

We are all collectively experiencing the proverbial “nightmare” scenario: a healthcare and business crisis [i.e. COVID-19] that got here in a flash and left us in a social distancing experiment. While change was forced upon us, I believe some of it will be positive moving forward.


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Sales Stars

Don't Get Wrapped Up in Margins

SALES PROFIT
Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
April 6, 2020

Spendable profits are measured in dollars and cents. You can’t bank margin — you can bank dollars.


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Sales Stars 2019
Sales Stars

9 Best Practices You Probably Aren't Doing

Brian Offenberger - SDM Magazine
Brian Offenberger
March 2, 2020

Sometimes the best practices for greater sales are the ones you are not doing. And why would you omit a marketing practice that will make you more money?


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