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Why Introverts Make the Best Sales Reps
Organizations that look to scale, should start to see the power of introverts in a sales culture because many introverted traits can be found in some of the most successful sales reps. One trait that is especially powerful is listening, which can help create rapport with clients. Another key trait is being able to synthesize…
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Why Your Reps Need Positive Reinforcement, Not Criticism
Go to your lowest-performing rep and find 3 things they are doing that are amazing. Say nice things about them, and then just let it go. That’s right, don’t coach them yet. Just let that ball of confidence roll for a day or two. Then pump them up again, only this time, be on their…
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The Subconscious Mind’s Secret
Stored in the subconscious mind are all your beliefs, memories, and life experiences. Now, while sales representatives can’t have access to someone’s dreams, knowing what steps to take to access their subconscious mind is absolutely doable. For anyone in a sales or support role, accessing the subconscious mind is critical. This is from where their…
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Even Senior Agents Have Bad Days – How Can Call Center Software Help?
Tracking sales calls couldn’t be easier with a transcript, live cues, and a call guide to follow. Not because your inside sales or outbound salespeople couldn’t handle it without it, but because now you can hire for attitude and train to fit. Your best performers will perform better, your worst performers will outrun your competitor’s…
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How to Clone Your Top Sales Performers
I’m serious – How do you clone your Top Sales Performers? Since the beginning of time, coaching has been a word used to describe leveling up players whether in sports, business, or any other activity, coaches aim to optimize the performance of humans by observing their performance and suggesting changes. In sales coaching, this is…
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Why Abstrakt?
Add to that the pivots many of us are having to make to get through this unprecedented time of our lives. I am often asked “Why Abstrakt”? Spring…Fresh Starts I remember feeling like it was just yesterday; it was a beautiful sunny Spring day and my first day as a Sales Development Representative. Filled with…
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Breaking Pareto’s Law with Real-Time Coaching
As a new Sales Development Representative, entering an organization, have you ever looked around and wondered why the top reps always seem to win, and the reps at the bottom are always at the bottom? Here at ABSTRAKT, we believe sales is a skill, it can be learned. Putting aside personality characteristics or level of…
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Assess Your Skills for Sales Management
From sales management, all the way down to the sales representatives, techniques in sales coaching have changed for the better…. I think the hardest lesson I learned stepping into sales management was that what worked to get me to quota, isn’t going to work for everyone else… it likely won’t.









