50 Brilliant Blogs That Will Make You Smarter in Sales

Posted on February 7th, 2011

Not everyone is born with the tools to be a genius when it comes to business and sales. For most people, being a good salesperson is all about experience, hard work and learning from past mistakes. No matter how you get your sales education, whether from business school or the school of hard knocks, there's always room to be better, smarter or faster at it, so take some advice from these blogs to make you a super salesperson.

General Sales

These blogs are a great place to start looking for inspiring and informational posts on sales.

1. Sales Machine: This BNET blog focuses on providing sales tips for not only salespeople but for business owners, CEOs and more.
2. The Sales Blog: Read through this blog to get some insights into better sales strategies and management.
3. Salesopedia: If you're looking for a blog that covers a wide range of bases, look no further. This site is full of inspirational articles to help any kind of sales.
4. Understanding the Sales Force: Read through this blog by Dave Kurlan to learn more about how to improve your sales and customer relations.
5. Edge of Explosion: From learning how to be a better salesperson to learning how to be a better person, this blog has lots of inspiration to offer.
6. Sales and Selling: This AllBusiness blog is a must-read to discover new articles about everything related to sales.
7. Hunting Big Sales: Get inspired to go after what you really want for your business and sales career with this blog.
8. Idea Sellers: On this blog, you'll get a chance to learn more about selling just about anything, from an idea for a new product to the product itself.
9. Sales Itch: Sales professionals of all types will find helpful articles on everything from sales conferences to improving individual sales on this blog.
10. Sell, Sell, Sell: Managers and salespeople alike can find articles and answers to questions all about sales on this site.

Sales Experts

Those in the market for a little expert advice should look no further than these great blogs that address everything from marketing to public speaking.

11. Sharon Drew Morgan: Best-selling author Sharon Drew Morgan posts all kinds of interesting and helpful articles that can help sales professionals on this site.
12. The Pipeline: Renbor Sales Solutions offers up some professional advice about improving sales on their blog.
13. The Science and Art of Selling: Alen Majer shares his expertise on sales through this blog. On it, you'll find tips to help you find new clients, make more sales and handle any potential problems.
14. Jonathan Farrington's Blog: Business coach, author and consultant Farrington uses this blog as a place to share some of his expertise on what makes a good salesperson.
15. Gavin Ingham: Find education, inspiration and motivation for your career in sales from Gavin Ingham here.
16. Partners in Excellence: Dave Brock offers up his thoughts on business, sales, marketing and leadership on this blog, hoping to motivate individuals to fully meet their potential.
17. Sell More, Work Less: Being better at sales doesn't always mean having to put in long hours. Instead, this blog will show you how to be more effective so you can work less.
18. The Accidental Communicator: Learn how to become a more powerful speaker and communicator– two things that can be a big boon to sales– with this blog by Dr. Jim Anderson.

Marketing

Marketing is just another form of sales, and every salesperson can benefit from learning more about the subject. These blogs are a great place to start.

19. Vertical Response Marketing Blog: Marketing is all about knowing how to sell a product to your target audience. Gain some helpful insights that can help you improve your marketing skills here.
20. Think Customers: The marketing team at 1 to 1 Media pulls together this blog, focusing on things any marketing professional can do to be better at his or her job.
21. Neuromarketing: Get high tech with this blog that combines scientific discoveries about how the mind works with marketing strategy.
22. Duct Tape Marketing: Anyone working within a small business should check out this immensely helpful marketing blog for tips and information.
23. Seth's Blog: Seth Godin is a big name in the marketing world for a reason. See what insights he has to offer on this blog.
24. The Experience Is the Product: This blog is a great resource for learning more about product management, user experience and customer development– great reading for anyone in marketing.

Niche

With topics like B2B sales, sales forecasting and telesales, you'll find all kinds of information on niche sales markets here.

25. B2B Marketing and Sales Blog: Through this blog, you'll be able to read articles that will help you better understand how to work with and sell to other businesses.
26. Selling to Big Companies: Whether you sell to big companies or small ones, you'll find helpful advice from Jill Konrath in this blog.
27. Telesales Blog: Whether you're already in telesales or hope to be in the future, learn more about how to be more successful with it from Art Sobczak.
28. Sales Forecasting: This blog will show you how learning from your past sales can help you forecast where you might be in the future.
29. Sales Evolution: The Brooks Group maintains this blog all about improving B2B sales.
30. Kahle Way B2B Sales Blog: Those in B2B sales can learn how to be more effective salespeople with a little help from this blog and business buff Dave Kahle.
31. Bob Phibbs Blog: Does your sales technique need a checkup? Learn more about helping to sell more in retail situations from expert Bob Phibbs.

Lead Generation

You can't make more sales without finding more clients. These blogs explain the best ways to go about doing that.

32. B2B Lead Generation Blog: Here, you can find tips and tools from Brian Carroll on how to better generate B2B, sales and marketing leads.
33. Ian Brodie: Looking to expand your client base? This blog is a perfect place to learn more about how to find, keep and sell to more clients.
34. Brian Vellmure's CRM Strategies Blog: Learn to increase your bottom line with some CRM savvy with the help of blogger Brian Vellmure.
35. Inside Sales Experts Blog: The Bridge Group offers up some of the tips and tools they use to help companies generate more leads and make more sales here.
36. Sales Lead Insights: Get some great pointers on finding more customers for your business from Mac McIntosh.
37. LEADSExplorer: Read about topics like lead generation, CRM, prospecting, sales conversion and much more on this blog.

Management

If you're in upper level sales, or would like to be, these blogs can be a great place to learn more and improve your skills as a manager.

38. Sales and Sales Management Blog: From using the latest technology to improving sales numbers with your employees, this blog is full of articles that can help even the most seasoned sales veteran.
39. Selling to Consumers Blog: Business guru Skip Anderson offers up his advice on sales training and management, among other topics, on this blog.
40. The Growth Guy: Visit this blog weekly for help from Verne Harnish on how to grow your business.
41. Insights for Sales Training Buyers and Providers: Pay this blog a visit to learn more about sales training, from how to be better at providing it to what management needs to know.
42. Sales Management 2.0: Technology has made big waves when it comes to how businesses sells their goods. Learn more about how to be a modern day sales manager here.
43. Keith Rosen: Executive sales coach Keith Rosen aims to help managers whip their sales teams into shape with posts on this blog.
44. Sales Leadership Blog: As a sales manager, you're responsible for quite a bit. Learn how to be better at tackling everything at work and much more from the EcSell Institute's blog.
45. Create Business Growth: If you're looking for new ways to help your business grow and see more success, give this blog a read.
46. Ideas to Deals: Get inspiration on turning your great ideas into the next big thing from this blog.

Sales Techniques and Strategy

Help improve the way you go about selling things with a little help from these sales strategy blogs.

47. Changing Minds.org: David Straker offers up some advice that can help you be better at persuasion, helping you sell your ideas, products and yourself more easily.
48. Simplenomics: Check out this blog for some basic sales, marketing and customer service strategies that can help you be more effective in your work.
49. The Accidental Negotiator: Visit this blog to learn some negotiation techniques that can help you win more sales.
50. Strategy Stew: You'll find some great sales and marketing techniques for small businesses on this blog.

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