Steve Chriest
Steve Chriest
Selling Up
Steve Chriest is the founder of Selling Up™, a sales consulting firm specializing in sales revenue improvement. He is the author of Selling The E-Suite, The Proven System for Reaching and Selling Senior Executives™ and Profits and Cash: The Game of Business™.
Opportunities In A 15-second World
A recent Associated Press article confirmed what many of us already know - a nanobe may now have a greater attention span than most...
How To Unleash A War Of Attrition On Your Customers
I recently asked a friend, Dave, how his company was faring in the current economic downturn. When Dave replied that sales were below projections,...
Bad Managers and Top Performers
According to a recent survey conducted by Robert Half International, bad managers get the blame for most defections at U.S. companies; even though senior...
What To Do When Your Prospect Says, “Sorry, We Have No Budget”
We have learned in talking with our clients, especially during these difficult times, that the lament, "Sorry, we have no budget," is just a...
Want to Hire Great Sales Reps? Start by Avoiding the “Sales Personality” Myth
Anyone who has managed salespeople has made hiring mistakes. At one time or another all of us have found ourselves unable to resist hiring...
Selling Win-Win In a Down Economy
Almost no one appears to be immune from the world-wide economic quagmire that threatens our prosperity for at least the next several years. Since...
Meet The CFO – Your New, Deeply Depressed Economic Decision Maker
In business, the Golden Rule has often been interpreted as "He who has the gold makes the rules." Today, in this unprecedented economic environment,...
Just the Facts, Ma’am: The New Reality for Sellers
Some well-meaning sales consultants, unfortunately, are offering inane advice to sales professionals about dealing with what appears to be a world-wide, long-term economic malaise...
The New Reality of Customer Profitability
If you knew that between fifteen and forty percent of your customers took cash out of your pocket, would you continue selling to them?...
Fire Your Best Customers?
What would you do if the sales consultant you hired to help increase your company's profitability told you to fire some of your best...
Salespeople Aren’t Marketers
When sales leaders and senior managers push their sales teams to "market" on behalf of the organization, something is wrong. Salespeople aren't marketers, and...
Is There Any Such Thing as Customer Loyalty?
Customer loyalty is a major concern for everyone in business today, perhaps because there appears to be so little loyalty among so many customers....
Delta Force Sales Strategy: Prospering in Tough Times
The U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, commonly known as Delta Force by civilians, was organized to execute the government's strategy for countering...