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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

These trips are as old as sales itself, and they are a key component of companies’ effort to drive performance and instill loyalty. Sales are still happening, but a group celebration isn’t likely. Sales are still happening, but a group celebration isn’t likely. is in an indefinite holding pattern.

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4 Types of Sales Positions That Can Never Be Replaced by AI

Understanding the Sales Force

I began debunking sales articles when the first ones predicting the death of selling appeared circa 2008. Later, articles predicting the end of selling became both more prolific and more specific including the certain death of: Solution Selling Cold Calling Consultative Selling Sales Process SPIN Selling and more.

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Why are Half of All Sales Reps Still Missing Quota in a Booming US Economy?

Understanding the Sales Force

I remember it well as revenue at Objective Management Group dropped by more than 30%, almost overnight. During 2008 and 2009 more than half of all US sales reps were missing quota and considering the circumstances, that didn't seem to shock anyone. Around this time ten years ago, the US economy was famously tanking.

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The Wrong Salespeople are Hired 77% of the Time

Understanding the Sales Force

94% of sales managers are optimistic about their salespeople. That's a very surprising statistic for a couple of reasons: 50% or more of their salespeople won't hit their quotas this year and haven't since at least 2008. Objective Management Group's (OMG's) findings from the evaluations and assessments of 1.8

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7 More Sales Core Competencies

Anthony Cole Training

In 2008, I posted two blogs covering 14 of the 21 core competencies identified by the Objective Management Group Sales Person Assessment. Between then and now, much has taken place that I've written about, and as I fly from Atlanta to Portland, Oregon, I have some time to write about the remaining 7 core competencies.

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5 of the BEST Sales Tips Ever | Sales Motivation and Sales Training

The Sales Hunter

Mark’s Insights on SALES MOTIVATION. Sales Articles. Sales Motivation. Phone Sales Tips. Sales Development. Sales Call Best Practices. Retail Sales Trends. 5 of the BEST Sales Tips Ever. Never go into a sales call not knowing how you’re going to close the sale.

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3 Things We've Learned After Years of LinkedIn Group Spam (and what to do now)

Pointclear

Jeff is the authority on making social media sell, adjunct faculty at Loyola University business school, author of Off the Hook Marketing: How to make social media sell and a social sales training speaker. Here is a proven system to use LinkedIn for B2B sales leads and prospecting. Sometimes those people are us! As it turns out a lot.

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