It’s the Process, Stupid. Or is the Process Stupid?

It’s the Process, Stupid. Or is the Process Stupid?

Written by Steve Gielda, Principal – Ignite Selling So, who’s the villain in this month’s forecasting drama? Is it the manager who wants to get an accurate forecast? Is it the sales rep who does not want to – or cannot – produce an accurate forecast? Like...

In a Storm, Count on ICE

Written by Steve Gielda, Principal – Ignite Selling In June 2009, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic. A new virus strain of swine-origin H1N1 was spreading at a rapid rate. By the beginning of 2010, the virus had caused 17,000 deaths. Within six...

Who do you know? Really.

Written by Steve Gielda, Principal – Ignite Selling Everyone knows that being successful in an account means knowing who the key players are. Knowing the key players in your strategically important accounts is one of the most crucial and most challenging tasks...

Sound Check – The Art of Team Selling

Written by Kevin Jones, Principal – Ignite Selling Selling in teams is becoming more common in today’s marketplace. More frequently than ever before, product experts from corporate headquarters, sales managers, senior leaders, and customer support are...

Should You Read this book? Do you sell against price?

Written by Steve Gielda, Principal – Ignite Selling Throughout the past 20 years many books have been written on the topic of sales improvement. Some of those books were better than others. So, you may be asking yourself, “Why should I read Premeditated...