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Latest Research on Personality Assessments for Sales Selection

Understanding the Sales Force

The first, 10 Traits of Successful Salespeople , was typical of the misinformation that often passes for must-read information: The data came from commission-only insurance salespeoplein just one company so it has limited application in other industries. c) Copyright 2013 Dave Kurlan'

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Top 7 Sales Lessons from BISA's 2013 Annual Convention

Anthony Cole Training

BISA is the Bank Insurance and Securities Association. The research they shared indicated that only 50% of the FAs in only 30% of the banks are doing ONE financial plan a month. Her interviews and research about women buyers revealed the following: Women don’t feel listened to. Women don’t feel like they are believed.

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Top 10 Allego Milestones

Allego

Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca—long-time entrepreneurs with successful careers in different industries—launched Allego in 2013 to transform how people learn and succeed at work. They launched a startup and in 2013 released the app that would become the Allego platform. banks, 3 of the 5 largest U.S. Here’s to the next 10 years!

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Let your buyer know the risk – but do it the right way

Selling Essentials RapidLearning Center

Even an insurance policy is risky – if nothing bad happens, the premiums are money down the drain. In the experiment, researchers showed smokers various cigarette advertisements. Some smokers were told they’d get their cigarettes within a day – what the researchers called a “near future” condition. 2013/84/MKT.

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No Product Differentiation? No Problem. A CEO Who Found Another Way to Grow

SBI Growth

“The majority of our volume comes from direct repair programs (DRP) that requires you be on the insurance company’s preferred list. He conducted buyer research and asked his customers what their requirements would be. How will you win the Big 3 in 2013? This represented the largest opportunity among top 10 carriers.”

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Sole Proprietorship 101: The Easy Guide to Setting One Up

Hubspot Sales

businesses in 2013 were owned and operated by sole proprietors or sole traders. Choosing a name is the fun part -- researching whether or not it’s taken and trademarked is where things can become difficult. Step 10: Load up on insurance. The United States Small Business Administration reported over 70% of U.S.

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Selling into Startups 101: What You Need to Know to Find a Unicorn

Sales Hacker

Typically this occurs through a funding round that helps foot the bill for things like payroll, research and development, and endless La Croixs (we’ll discuss the various stages of a funding round shortly). Or they won’t have the same business insurance as Fortune 500 companies (at least at the early stage). Raised seed in 2013.