"Thank you, the presentation was superb. The software demonstration covered all our needs and the power of your software was made evident.
Please know that we will be in touch with you next week to go over our next meeting agenda."
US Manufacturing has slowed. Sectors from packaging to electronic components have see orders slip to later delivery dates and orders cancelled. Manufacturers have, across the board, become more agile, and large gluts of inventory, a result of the last downturn, are not being reported. that is a good thing. the best manufacturers are lean, or leaner, and seek to improve. A slowdown in business allows time to assess business processes and to plan strategies to fix.
Now is the time, as all competitors cry, as lazy salespeople die, to
work your ass off. Now is the time to gain huge mind-share with
prospects.
I played pro football, yes I did. I have a shiny
bauble on my ring finger that Al Davis handed me in 1983. this super
bowl ring motivates me each day. I can taste the blood from my broken
noses, I can feel the torn ligaments in my knees, and as I feel this, I
remember how I got there.
I worked at IBM for several years. Just a great company to be part
of. IBM's philosophy of learning and respect for the individual built a
great place to work. The training was extensive; technology, from ERP
to ecommerce; consultative sales; and the IBM business process.
Contact management tools like ACT and Goldmine are used by many manufacturer' reps to manage sales. For for small rep firms, less than 5 sales people the tools are not stretched beyond capabilities. For rep agencies which sell with more sales people, and have more complexity, the basic contact managers are a bandaid to the bigger sales tracking problems.
Get more leads. That's right. Put some heat into marketing or lead generation, if you prefer, and get some leads. Make some info widgets, get them out the door, and get on the phones. Go, go, go.
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