Posted by Susan A. Enns under Sales Career Advice

When you look at the calendar, there are really only about 5 selling days left in the year. You are hurrying around, doing whatever it takes to close every sale possible before year end so you can make quota and earn your annual bonus. However you are waiting until after the holidays to prospect for new business since most companies don’t want to start new projects at this time of the year.
This “hurry up and wait” mode can be very stressful, as you struggle with how to stay busy. No matter how we wish it wasn’t so, new business slows down during the holiday season. Even still, there are plenty of productive activities sales people can do to keep busy at this time of the year. (more…)