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Sales Best Practice: Maintain good records about customers
 

Guest articles > Sales Best Practice: Maintain good records about customers by using an 'account profile' and 'personal profiles' for every account

 

by: Dave Kahle

 

It is the Information Age. And that means that wise and effective sales people collect, store and use good information about their customers and prospects. That information provides the salesperson with a competitive advantage, is invaluable for planning for the best use of his sales time, and allows him to be much more effective in his sales calls.

In this day of CRM systems and hand–held devices that make information management so easy, it's a wonder that I even have to mention this. But the sad truth is that there are still sales forces that don't use any kind of automation tool for salespeople. And, even in those who do have some kind of electronic system for information management, a considerable portion of the sales force doesn't comply with the company's directions for collecting information.

These salespeople realize that information – particularly information about the specific opportunities within an account and the quantifiable potential of every account – brings with it some accountability. If account X has this much potential, for example, what are you doing to acquire it?

And it is that accountability that frightens the information–leery salesperson.

But not the sales masters. They understand that specific, useful information about every account – the kind that you would collect and put into an account profile – is valuable, not only for the salesperson, but also for his/her company. They welcome the accountability that rises out of information, as they understand that it helps keep them sharp and focused.

And even in companies that do not have a system–wide electronic approach to information management, the best salespeople create their own tools, and discipline themselves to rigorously use them.

That's why this is a practice of the best.


Dave Kahle is the country's premier sales training educator. Since 1988, Dave has worked with over 400 companies, helping them to increase their sales and develop their sales people. He's been published over 1,000 times, has authored seven books, and writes a weekly Ezine which you can subscribe to for free at http://www.davekahle.com/mailinglist.htm. He has a gift for creating powerful training events that get audiences thinking differently about sales. Dave’s website is available at http://www.davekahle.com, and you can follow his sales blog at http://www.davekahle.com/salesblog.


Contributor: Dave Kahle

Published here on: 09-Aug-09

Classification: Sales

Website: http://www.davekahle.com

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* Language
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* Negotiation tactics
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* Propaganda
* Problem-solving
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* Using repetition
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* Willpower

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