Best Sales Performance Quotes & Sayings

We have this myth that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero. — Daniel H. Pink

Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling," according to Amelio. " He praised the virtues and strengths as though he were describing a performance of Oliver as Macbeth. — Walter Isaacson

Researchers have found that extraversion has no statistically significant relationship . . . with sales performance — Daniel H. Pink

We have our own internal version of Klout. We do rate people in this way - their effectiveness on social media. Tying social into a performance measurement works. The productivity of a sales who has an effective social media presence is 3x an employee who is not active on the web. — Sandy Carter

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales. — John Perry Barlow

Before a performance, a sales presentation, a difficult confrontation, or the daily challenge of meeting a goal, see it clearly, vividly, relentlessly, over and over again. Create an internal "comfort zone". Then, when you get into the situation, it isn't foreign. It doesn't scare you. — Stephen Covey

After careful consideration, we have decided that for our next fiscal year, we'll issue guidance on comparable store used unit sales and on earnings per share only for the full fiscal year. We will no longer issue quarterly guidance. This decision reflects our continuing focus on longer-term store, sales, and earnings growth and on return on invested capital, and our recognition that the performance in shorter-term periods can be more volatile than over the longer term. As we report our quarterly results, we plan to comment on how our performance is tracking against our annual guidance. — Austin Ligon

Sales managers should track the number of first meetings with "right fit" prospects a sales person is engaged in on a monthly basis ... This metric alone will serve as a powerful, early-warning system to sales performance. — Adrian Davis

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$20M in sales, our leadership team was dysfunctional and divided. Prior to this, our culture had earned several "Best Places to Work" accolades, and our performance was repeatedly acknowledged by Inc. Magazine's, Inc. 5000 award, and Ernst & Young honored our success as a finalist for their Entrepreneur of the year award. — Werner Berger

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus. — Vernon Jordan

Most large media firms make outsized investments to acquire and market a small number of titles with strong hit potential, and bank on their sales to make up for middling performance in the rest of their catalogs. — Anita Elberse