Influencers Invited Sales Blog

Here are some insights on methods for reaching new heights in your work-related goals. Are you looking for ways to improve your prospects, but aren’t sure where to start? If your career is in need of invigorating, you have a few avenues to explore. Here are some insights on methods for reaching new heights in […]

The 7 Principles that underpin a successful high performing sales team! In my experience there are 7 principles that underpin a successful high performing sales team. They are often missing when I start to work with an underperforming sales team and my mission is ensure they are firmly in place by the end of my […]

How to Use Your Emotional Intelligence to Manage and Overcome Fear and Drive Results Who would have thought that it would have taken me half my life to finally figure out that I can trampoline my life to a new level of success and inner happiness just by understanding and acknowledging that I need to […]

In a 2006 Harvard Business Review article about the psychology of salespeople, the author compared the mind of the sales professional to that of the professional gambler. There are some key similarities between the two. Both operate in a binary environment of winning (closing the sale/winning the jackpot) and losing (customer rejection/financial losses). But, the […]

Everyone knows that sales is a dynamic industry, but many people might not realize how to change tactics and keep up with modern trends. Ryan Dohrn spent the last 25 years doing just that. Ryan has worked in several industries with major companies over the course of his nearly three-decade career like Boeing, John Deer, […]

A while back, we posted a blog about Freakonomics and how it relates to incentives and motivation. The book is a favorite in the office and a very fitting read for our Month of Motivation. If you haven’t taken the time to read Freakonomics, do yourself a favor and pick up a copy this month. […]

Change can be messy, especially if you’re dealing with the way people are paid. Most sales reps will assume a new sales incentive plan means they’ll have to work harder for less money. Unless your organization is particularly cruel, this probably isn’t true. But between the mess of change and the negative attitudes toward the […]

Take what you learn and apply it The second week of each month brings a multitude of positives, but only one negative. Over the past year, I have committed myself to exploring local networking groups. I have met some wonderfully talented and giving people who are dedicated to the sustainability of our community, and the […]

To help, we have written this article wherein we discuss a step-by-step process to make your transition to the new career smoother and easier. Start With Good Research Doing research for your new career is profoundly significant in order to gain valuable perceptions of the new career. Start your research by speaking to people in […]

Some might be a little counterintuitive, some common sense, some you just may not have thought of.. Here are 5 do’s and don’t for the holiday season that I have either noticed work well for others, or have worked well for me in the past. Some of them might be a little counterintuitive, some may […]