Here are some excerpts from OOH Sales expert Kevin Gephart’s conversation with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Last week Kevin and Chris discussed the importance of sales manager courtesy calls. Today they explain the importance of talking about the client’s business. Why a sales rep […]
Here are some excerpts from OOH Sales expert Kevin Gephart’s conversation with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Last week Kevin and Chris discussed the OOH sales management trap. Today they explain the importance of sales manager courtesy calls. Kevin Gephart. Somebody had a comment after […]
Here are some excerpts from OOH Sales expert Kevin Gephart’s conversation with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Last week Kevin and Chris explained what’s wrong with a sales manager carrying a book of business. Today Kevin and Chris discuss the sales management trap. Chris Lytle. […]
Billboard Insider sales columnist Kevin Gephart is running a series of conversations with Chris Lytle who has trained sales professionals for 44 years. Today Kevin and Chris discuss whether a sales manager should be a sales rep. What’s wrong with having a sales manager carry a book of business? Kevin […]
A reader asks, “Do you have any tips or best practices on how to get out in front of the political ad dollars…” Billboard Insider put the question out of home sale expert Kevin Gephart. WIN #1: Selling Political candidates and ballot issue referendum messaging. “All politics are local” is […]
Local media sales thought leader, Mike Anderson (ServeThePurpose.com), brings fresh thinking to the sales funnel. He asserts the stage before the “awareness” top of the funnel, is really a “precipitating event” something that triggers a need that didn’t exist earlier and focuses “awareness”. Examples of precipitating events are: rising interest […]
It is impossible to maximize success without focus. Expecting sales managers to also carry an account list dilutes their focus. You can’t be a good sales manager AND a competent salesperson at the same time. A sales department of four or more sales reps requires a full-time, dedicated sales manager […]
A reader asks how big a book should an out of home sales rep have? Billboard Insider put the question to out of home sales expert Kevin Gephart and he said this. Good question, I think it varies enormously. When I was at Clear Channel Minneapolis/Saint Paul, market rank 16, we […]
This is the second part of a series by out of home sales expert Kevin Gephart on how to sell digital out of home. Two weeks ago Kevin talked about the unique benefits of digital out of home. Today he talks about why people buy digital out of home. Why […]
Having 37+ years in media sales for 2 of the largest media companies as well as small market media companies, and a third of my career was in management, gives me insights about rep compensation both from the rep side and the management perspective Money is just one motivator. Understand […]
