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Is it Selling or Giving?

Anthony Cole Training

We work with many community banks and while the commercial side of the bank usually has some “sales chops”, we often hear from leadership that retail bankers are less comfortable with “selling.” Or they may even avoid that word altogether.

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Your Professional Network Is Money in the Bank, Invest It Well

Increase Sales

This expansion is very much like interest earned on your savings account in your bank or your IRA. These additional connections provide opportunities to expand your own knowledge as well as business leadership influence. People buy from people they know and trust. Fred is a 21st century business leader.

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Please Stop the Ongoing Insanity in Bank Sales Training

Increase Sales

During lunch a Vice President of a regional bank asked me this very pointed question: Why doesn’t sales training for banks stick? My quick and direct response was “banks and other financial institutions continue to use the same training providers they have been using for the last 20 plus years.”

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Episode #072: The Go-Giver Influencer with Bob Burg

Jeff Shore

In This Episode of The Buyer’s Mind with Jeff Shore: Bob Burg, author of The Go-Giver Influencer, talks with Jeff about the difference between influence and manipulation. When we see sales as service, then it becomes easy to be an influencer and not a manipulator. 11:32] The Go-Giver Influencer. [17:05] Bob’s Website.

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What Should We Be Reading?

Partners in Excellence

I subscribed to the Wall Street Journal and American Banker to start understanding what was happening in banking at the moment. Books they read, at the time, included: “The House of Morgan; Manias Panics and Crashes; Liar’s Poker; Banking Strategies Beyond 2000.” We learn more about selling by reading sales books.

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Streamlining Personal Finance Can Empower Business Finance and Growth

Smooth Sale

That includes bank statements, payment invoices, bills, paychecks, end-of-year tax forms, and anything else you think might be relevant. Scouring your bank statements is the best way to do this, and you will want to ensure you are doing it as effectively as possible. Onalytica : Find relevant influencers for your brand.

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5 Key Qualities Salespeople Need as AI Changes the Sales Landscape, According to Coursedog's Director of Sales

Hubspot Sales

So if you want to thrive in the ever-changing, AI-influenced sales landscape, you're going to exhibit some key traits and abilities. While salespeople can use AI to aid their efforts, they shouldn’t bank on using it to dictate them. Its ever-growing influence is going to make for a mix of convenience and complications.

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