Sales Differentiation: The Not-So-Obvious Fourth Pillar

Sales Differentiation: The Not-So-Obvious Fourth Pillar

How do you win in a space where 56+ companies claim to have the same technology you do? Every company is looking for ways to differentiate. But there’s a not-so-obvious place to look… Every article I read on sales differentiation focuses on three categories with which...
Aha! The Key To Maximizing Customer Retention!

Aha! The Key To Maximizing Customer Retention!

It’s one thing to focus on transparency as it relates to customer “acquisition”, but what’s its impact on customer “retention”? From the recent research I’ve been digging into…EVERYTHING! To start, which trait of a...
Transparency: Why wouldn’t you?

Transparency: Why wouldn’t you?

You know what I’ve NEVER heard? Someone telling me a story that starts with this: “I led the conversation by letting the prospect know where we might not be a good fit – and where our solution doesn’t quite meet their requirements.” And ends with: “This really...
#FindDigger – How NOT To Handle A Business Mistake

#FindDigger – How NOT To Handle A Business Mistake

Five years ago today, the unthinkable happened to us, a dog family. It was the start of an insane nightmare. Before I tell the story, let me start with the end… If you are in business, you will screw up. You will make mistakes. You will upset customers. Winners own...
Should part of sales comp be tied to renewal?

Should part of sales comp be tied to renewal?

It’s 2015. Three people walk into a conference room: CEO: OF the fastest growing tech company in Chicago. Me, who we’ll refer to as “Todd”: SVP of Sales for said company, pre-Transparency Sale. Future Todd: from today, post-Transparency Sale...
Was Tommy Boy right? The purpose of your sales presentation

Was Tommy Boy right? The purpose of your sales presentation

Tommy Callahan (from the movie Tommy Boy) may have been on to something! What is the purpose of your sales presentation? I would argue… …the objective of a sales presentation is to bind the audience around a feeling. It’s not to convince. It’s not to...
Todd Caponi
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