Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I’ve been in the sales and sales management consulting business for 21 years. Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach.

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The Pipeline

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

If you needed 5 prospects to close a deal, and you had eight real ones in your funnel, if one went soft, you wouldn’t lose much sleep, after you’ve got the five, plus a couple for insurance. Sales Success Tibor Shanto' Leading to the obvious conclusion that quantity does give you options when facing a quality issue. Tibor Shanto.

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Adaptive Business Services

MARCH 1, 2023

These 3 steps are the glue that holds the selling process together and they are repeatedly deployed throughout the sales cycle. My insurance guy, Bruce, comes to mind. Whenever I think of salespeople who I have interacted with as a customer , the really good ones all share these qualities.

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Pipeliner

MAY 12, 2023

Challenges like long sales cycles, wide buyer networks and the significant investments required in enterprise pursuits all create problems not encountered with smaller accounts. The value of the feedback you received would be immeasurable in insuring that your gift, and you, would avoid being miserable failures.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Two articles caught my attention today. 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.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In fact, so important, that it is naïve to believe that we can have meaningful relationships in the same short timeframes that sales cycles take to unfold. Don’t get me wrong, relationships are important. Look at your own world, and ask how many times you went back to something when prompted by an outside source.

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Women Sales Pros

DECEMBER 18, 2018

With experiences like Amazon, B2B sales are now taking on many of the characteristics that were once only found in B2C sales. And even in the most complex sales cycles, they want it to be easy to buy, easy to implement, and easy to return. She’s passionate about two things professionally: sales and leadership.

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Showpad

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Video accelerates sales cycles. Video doesn’t just replace what sellers had before, though; it accelerates sales cycles. . It does this in part by humanizing the sales process. It accelerates sales cycles by capturing attention, too. Much less tiring, and much less disruptive. .

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Close.io

JANUARY 23, 2020

The simplest commission structure, commonly found in property, retail, and insurance. For example, if a sales rep sells a product at $1,000 and the flat rate commission per sale is 5%, they get an extra $50 in their paycheck. Let’s get it on. Flat rate commissions. Here, you pay a flat amount or rate on any commissionable event.

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 12, 2020

From my perspective, though, the most vital element of insuring effective virtual communication is fundamental pre-call planning. Of course, that’s not universally true of sales reps but even with all the technology we have to streamline the process, many still view more than cursory planning as a waste of time – they just don’t buy into it.

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Emissary

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Even though technology buyers are looking for more from their vendors, they have less time to spend with sales reps during the buying process. Sales cycles take longer and include more pitfalls. . With more people on the buying committee and complex purchasing procedures, the sales journey can be long and arduous.

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Cincom Smart Selling

APRIL 30, 2020

Sales reps moving forward with happy ears, blinders or overconfidence in the solution they are offering can suddenly find themselves coming in second in competitive situations. Two specific early-warning indicators that Sales should pay attention to include the following. Reluctance of the Prospect to Move Forward.

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Mindtickle

MARCH 28, 2023

These companies ranged from F500s to high-growth commercial companies in markets like B2B tech, education, finance, insurance, and consumer healthcare. As I learned about their challenges, it became clear there are some recurring themes when it comes to the sales technologies in their stack.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Change in Buyer Behavior - behaviors are always changing and while it may be true that sales cycles are getting longer, there are only four buyer-side behaviors that can really impact sales outcomes: Relationships. Let''s discuss the degree to which each of these possible reasons may be the actual cause.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Intent data can change how you prospect, manage the sales cycle, and close deals. This information can be used by sales teams in a variety of industries — such as telecom, SaaS, insurance, hotels, cleaning, and janitorial — that are interested in improving their timing and focus when prospecting. New Construction Data.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Creating a high-performing sales culture can establish the groundwork for success. Employee Benefits: This includes but isn’t limited to insurance, retirement, and expense accounts. Sales Acumen: Talk to employees about target prospects, how to find them, and the general sales cycle.

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PandaDoc

JUNE 4, 2020

In fact, conducting business electronically is the best way to speed up your sales cycle and close deals more quickly. Electronic signatures are now a normal way to conduct business transactions and sign documents. Electronic signatures make it possible for you to send a document to a client.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 31, 2011

If you don’t want to go that far, why not reward those who do read sales books you purchase for them or any books that help them sell better. For instance, insurance agents (I know they are advisors now), they like real estate agents, are required to have a certain amount of CE credits to maintain their licence. Sales Cycle.

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Velocify

AUGUST 16, 2012

Today we’re sharing a gold mine of valuable insight on what makes for a higher quality lead in insurance, mortgage and education. We’ve mined data from millions of leads and identified characteristics that lead to improved sales conversion. Capture key data : Update lead forms to gather key data earlier in the sales cycle.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 30, 2012

A very short sales cycle. I don't know about you, but I believe Caliper falls short across the board with its sales assessments. A major client of ours, a large insurance company, recently stopped using Caliper as a pre-employment assessment because it failed to differentiate between successful and unsuccessful salespeople.

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Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In coaching hundreds of insurance agents over the years, I’ve become aware of a challenge that has arisen for many of them. As they’ve added additional products and services to their mix, their sales processes have become jumbled and muddled. They don’t sell a few straightforward insurance products anymore.

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Costello

APRIL 16, 2019

Scripts for New Sales Reps. Other experts also suggested providing sales playbooks with new salespeople. “At At Leap | Carpenter | Kemps Insurance Agency, we use playbooks to help train new hires,” says Adam J. This is also true when you’re helping clients land sales for themselves. said AJ Alonze from demandDrive.

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LeadFuze

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Employee benefits are typically health insurance, retirement plans, and expense accounts. Employees should know the basic aspects of sales, such as target prospects and how to find them. They need to be aware of what a typical sales cycle is like. This is why content should vary depending on the position.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 24, 2021

Here are three ways sales operations and enablement pros can revamp the closing phase of the sales cycle to help reps maintain deal momentum at the bottom of the funnel and help advance deals when they get stuck. They call it deal insurance. Optimize the deliverable: What are your reps sending? more likely to close.

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Xactly

APRIL 16, 2018

As sales operations leaders also know, creating the right sales commission strategy can be a complex endeavor. However, a smart sales compensation strategy overcomes the Principal-Agent Problem, and it drives the right sales behaviors, inspiring reps to adopt and express desired business objectives in all their customer interactions.

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Keith Rosen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Regardless of the stage you’re at in your sales cycle, the best sales leaders have a success formula they trust. Like every great athlete, top sales athletes want to continually be coached around every facet of their sales process and communication, in order to be their best. What you measure you manage.

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Nutshell

JULY 24, 2019

Just as a homeowner might want to sell their house before the year’s end to assist with tax issues or avoid upcoming tax law changes, health care consumers are more likely to buy at the end of the year in order to take advantage of their insurance benefits. Reason #3: A summer slowdown due to traveling customers or the school calendar.

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Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

Vastly different roles, but still both inside sales positions. The same goes for the outside sales world. . An outside sales rep at an insurance agency might travel to meet clients in their homes to discuss their needs, present insurance packages, and sign deals.

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Zoominfo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

We suggest that you start by holding a kick-off meeting with sales and marketing leaders to explore and understand the following questions together: What does the marketing team need from the sales team? What does the sales team need from the marketing team? From start to finish, what does the standard sales cycle look like?

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Let’s start with how he defines a sales process. A sales process consists of the steps that must be taken to move the prospect through the sales cycle. While there is some flexibility about how you work your way down the field (a sales methodology), the sales process is a fixed reality.

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

VPs of Sales know that their AEs’ quota should be 3-5x their OTE, so let’s take 4x as an average, that’s $0.25 Then we can add tools, data, benefits, insurance, office space, and the very important cost of management! with the sales team, but the true cost is $1.15, where are the other $0.75 per $1 of ARR.

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

What are the average sales commission rates by industry. Every industry has its own sales cycle and business process. Based on these parameters, every industry tries to follow a standard sales commission. There are a total of 6 types of sales commission structures. Try Salesmate Now!

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Janek Performance Group

JANUARY 10, 2023

The same is true for financial services organizations partnering with life insurance companies. This makes for quicker decision making and speeds the sales cycle. They need to complement each other as an added value you both offer customers. For example, you can see the benefits of Ziggy’s Zippers teaming with Bonita’s Buttons.

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely. As they move further down your sales funnel and process, these preferences grow.

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Mereo

JULY 19, 2018

Head of Sales turnover is happening every 18 to 24 months. This reality affects your sales cycles, your revenue — and your salespeople. Salespeople train themselves to work for their specific head of sales and the culture he or she has created. We suggest the same to be done for your sales engine.

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Allego

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Leaders sometimes struggle to accept that the sales cycle isn’t the closed loop of highly structured engagements we all wish it were. We’ve seen this with several clients in the asset management and insurance industries. . But change is still often scary, even when accepted as the right path forward.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 16, 2011

For example, a person operating within the aerospace sector, negotiating multi-million pound contracts can find himself sitting next to a young saleswoman who markets insurance policies and is based in a call center. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Leadership.

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