Do you ever ask yourself “why didn’t I think of that?” I did recently when I was introduced to a new sales product that has just hit the market called Sharpenz – half hour of power.
Alice Kemper and Nancy Bleeke have partnered up to develop what they call sales boosters, which are mini 30-minute training sessions you can inject into your sales meeting with minimal prep time but yield some strong “boost” to your sales.
As a former VP of sales I used to cringe at the quality of sales meeting many of my Regional Managers and Sales Managers used to conduct. Typically it was the same old same old with a review of the production numbers, review of activity numbers and guess what … neither were ever where “management” wanted them to be. Well Sharpenz will allow you to break out of that mold and begin to engage your sellers with these pre-packaged, pre-formatted engaging boosters that cover a multitude of sales relevant topics.
You can buy them individually or in a value bundle of five topics, and if you purchase any before November 15th you get an introductory 50% off which is a real deal. With training and travel budgets slashed over the past year I know a lot of sales managers who will think the $34 special price tag is excellent value to solve the “what’s on my sales meeting agenda tomorrow” problem. An even better bargain is to pick up five of the Sharpenz sales boosters right now for $135.
What I really like is Nancy and Alice are giving away two different boosters for free so you can test drive the format and see for yourself what these will do for your sales team. You’ll see these are well constructed based on the many years experience these two women bring to the table. They almost run themselves, the prep time as I said is minimal – I’m guessing 5-10 minutes on the ones I downloaded, the sessions are highly interactive, and the reinforcement tips are very practical. Your team may not like the success achievement plan but this is the real key to success – putting the learning into practice over the following week will make all the difference.
These guys hit a home run. Check them out at Sharpenz.com
I’m delighted to be featuring one of Nancy’s articles on the Salesopedia home page this week and in this week’s newsletter, and will be putting up a podcast with both on Wednesday as they discuss sales meeting best practices. So stay tuned for it.
If you are a sales manager and are looking for relief, you don’t need to spell it a-s-p-i-r-i-n any more; now you can spell it S-h-a-r-p-e-n-z!
Clayton Shold
Salesopedia
