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Barbara Weaver Smith

I Should Hate This Book

Long before I was an entrepreneur I was an English professor and then an academic dean and then the president of a statewide nonprofit civic

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Sales Management.Simplified
Barbara Weaver Smith

Buy Sales Management. Simplified. by Mike Weinberg

  If you’ve ever been a sales manager, or if you work for a sales manager, or if a sales manager reports to you, or

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Personal Trainer
Joanne Black

Why You Need a Referral System

I’m pleased to introduce my good friend Joanne Black, referral selling expert and author of No More Cold Calling™ and Pick Up the Damn Phone with today’s guest blog.

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Driving Ambition
Barbara Weaver Smith

Driving Ambition Debuts on Amazon

So excited to have my own track on the awesome Driving Ambition album produced by the inimitable Roy Smoothe in his Smoothe Mixx of words set to music. It’s…...

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Barbara Weaver Smith

The Whale Hunters at Exit Planning Institute Conference

The Whale Hunters are excited to be participating in the annual conference of the Exit Planning Institute. We are sponsors of the Awards Lunch held

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Barbara Weaver Smith

Whale Hunters Wisdom Among Top 52 Blogs on Sales Efficiency

It was nice today to see the Whale Hunters Wisdom blog included in the list of top blogs covering sales efficiency announced by Docurated, a sales and…...

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How to Handle Hostile Questions
Barbara Weaver Smith

Hostile Question? Bite Your Tongue

You and your team are making a critical presentation to the buyers representing the company you hope to sign as your next big customer. You’ve

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Tough Questions
Barbara Weaver Smith

Tough Questions

Today’s post is about preparing for the tough questions. Sometimes you are tempted just to hope they won’t ask questions for which you don’t have

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Don't Forget
Barbara Weaver Smith

The Memorable Presentation

When you’re preparing a sales presentation with your team, you should be telling a story. You need an introduction, a conclusion, and a middle that

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Barbara Weaver Smith

Large account sales presentation? Ditch the Slides!

  No slides. Really. NO SLIDES. Just TRY it . . . without SLIDES! This post is #2 in my series on 10 Reasons to

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Barbara Weaver Smith

Social Selling–May 2014 Edition

Here it is, my May guest blog post for Nimble. It’s about how you can be a thought leader in your industry without creating new content.

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Barbara Weaver Smith

Eight Ways to Own the Meeting

I’m writing a series of posts on “10 reasons to rehearse (and how)” focused on preparing to deliver a  group presentation for a large account

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