How Do You Stay Organized?
Sales professionals are the consummate multitaskers. (That’s not always a good thing, by the way.)
We’ve got specific tasks tied to specific contacts to complete. Often subtasks as well. We’ve got internal reports to complete. We’ve got emails to respond to, phone calls to make and return, proposals to write up, quotes to re-work, thank you notes to scribble,strategies and tactics to brainstorm, conference calls to sit in on, administrative support personnel to delegate to and follow-up with…
Getting stressed out just thinking about it?
How do you stay on top of things?
What habits do you follow?
What resources would you recommend?
What best practices have you learned?
What tools do you use?
Comment here or link back to your own blog with suggestions.
How to Be Faster on Your Laptop
Are you serious about freeing up time for more real selling? This post is for you.
I’m amazed at the number of salespeople who don’t realize how much faster they could get things done on their laptops.
Oh, they get frustrated, alright. Or they joke about how slow they are. But they never do anything about it. They let tasks become projects and minutes become hours as they click or mouse around, ever ignorant of the variety of faster ways to get things done.
Don’t let this be you. Here are a few quick-hitting tips for getting things done faster on your laptop. You’ll find more tips in related future posts.
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