Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 22, 2011

Read Tonys Featured Segment in SalesForceXP Magazine! Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). Skills (36).

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 26, 2017

That’s the reality, but as sales leaders and executives we need to take this week to reflect on the first half: “ what went better than expected, what things didn’t work?” C) Complete your next 90 day sales training plan. E) Re-read all my past blogs for other idea’s that will propel your sales organization.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

APRIL 29, 2011

Online Training. If you get my weekly email magazine sales caffeine, you know it is all about sales help. Dont let your next sales meeting suck! See Jeffrey Live! Hire Jeffrey. Who is Jeffrey? Ways To Earn A Testimonial. Gitomer | April 29, 2011 | 2 Comments. Tweet Share 1. Provide consistent help.

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HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2008

« Sales Kickoff Agenda: The Most Important Sales Meeting Agenda of the Year | Main. Motivational Sales Quotes to Win the Q4 War » September 12, 2008. Five Annual Sales Meeting Ideas for the Best Sales Conference. Product Training. Sales Skills Development.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 14, 2010

Read Tonys Featured Segment in SalesForceXP Magazine! Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). Skills (36).

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 7, 2010

Read Tonys Featured Segment in SalesForceXP Magazine! Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Increase Sales (22). key to sales success (4). Skills (36).

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Sell Integrity

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As a result of all of these changes, sales leaders need to focus more attention on coaching their sales reps to build meaningful relationships with HCPs regardless of the tools they use to interact with them. Coaching Healthcare Sales Reps to Excel. For a featured story in LTEN’s Focus on Training magazine, Manage or Coach?

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 5, 2015

I find ways to relate events in my life to my primary professional focus – Developing Highly Successful Sales Organizations. At Anthony Cole Training Group, we do this by focusing on 1 VERY important CEO/President question – How do I grow sales? We get the answers to that question and then we go to work. I love to cook.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The latter highlights just how important the relationship between the sales and marketing departments is. By contrast, it has been well-established that companies choosing to adopt data-driven strategies often manage to succeed financially to a degree their competitors usually can’t match, as CIO magazine pointed out.

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HeavyHitter Sales

AUGUST 13, 2011

Four Critical Sales Kickoff Meeting Success Factors. Regardless of whether your company calls it the annual sales meeting, yearly sales conference, or once-a-year sales rally, the annual sales kickoff meeting is the most important sales meeting of the year. ON24 Virtual Events.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 9, 2014

My answer: This book is the closest to a formal handbook on selling than I have read in a many years and as my clients need sales tips, this will be a great resource. In fact I will recommend it as an internal sales training book club tool as well! Ken has written 5 books, his latest book is: SLAMMED!

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Pipeliner

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Ken provides keynotes, consulting services, training and products designed to improve business and revenue performance. For the past 4 years Ken has been ranked in the Top 50 Sales and Marketing Influencers by Top Sales World Magazine. He is also the author of 5 sales books, including his latest, SLAMMED!!!

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 21, 2017

However the systems and tools that move beyond recruitment are the following: Quarterly Sales Training Plan. Once you have a sales team, constant attention to an organized training program becomes critical. Having this kind of plan will keep the sales team sharp and improve their professionalism.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 9, 2013

If you have your sales teams attempting to “dial for dollars” or even communicating over the phone this book should be in your library. BONUS: Top Sales World magazine is here, download it below: and check out the www.TopSalesWorld.com for a ton of sales resources and Top Sales Management to learn more.

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No More Cold Calling

APRIL 26, 2016

But my personal opinion is that we are now witnessing the inevitable results of all those training budget cuts, which were implemented eight or nine years ago when the recession began to bite. Then there is the value we must place on after-sales support or technical input. Net margin is NOT simply selling price less buy-in price.

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The Pipeline

MAY 12, 2011

the industry leader in sales assessments and sales force evaluations, and the CEO of Kurlan & Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in sales force development. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle. Sales eXchange. Sales Force Alignment.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MARCH 13, 2017

What signals are you giving out during that first stage of a sales interaction? This chapter is a MUST sales training program for any sales team. Again, another chapter worth a sales training meeting. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world! Need more sales management resources?

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Amp Up Your Sales, published by AMACOM, written by Andy Paul is a book you should consider for your 2015 sales training program. Andy has put together 40 chapters of concise, practical and most important the right information that when implemented can drive your sales to the next level.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 13, 2017

I could go on and on but his Chapter on Discovery, (one of my most favorite sales topics) is outstanding and should be a topic of a major sales training program for any firm. For more training check out Jeb Blount’s Online Sales Gravy University [link]. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 10, 2014

I had only been selling maybe 8 years with two different companies and had experienced four or five sales managers and as you can imagine-all with a variety of styles, patience and skill level. If you are meeting one on one on a regular basis do so early or late in the day. For New Sales Managers will be published this summer.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

It is a sales training session all by itself! It is my recommendation every salesperson in your organization read this book and follow the Acumen Book Club process: Assign a chapter to each salesperson, ask them to lead a discussion on a weekly basis during your sales meetings. Need more sales management resources?

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LeadFuze

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Best Sales Podcasts for You This 2021. The ability to listen to an almost inexhaustible supply of training, case studies, and applicable tips via sales podcasts shouldn’t be taken for granted. From individual sales reps to Founders, there are so many great “shows” to help you become better at your job.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

What Happened at the End of the Sales Leadership Training Workshop? It was an interesting out come at the end of the two day Sales Management Training Workshop last week… We discussed the Role of Sales Management, what Strategies face sales managers and focused on the Execution of sales management tactics.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JULY 26, 2017

The goal is to improve the professionalism of the sales team. Each week as you use this book, salespeople will see how they can accelerate their sales pipeline and improve their skills. If you sell B2B and especially items in a complex sale with the need to add value, this book is ideal for your next sales Acumen Book Club training.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 23, 2015

We recommend instead to ask for a commitment. How we recommend to teach this is: during the first sales meeting of the month when each salesperson “forecasts” their sales for that month say for example, $100,000, the sales leader would say: G reat!, Third, it takes training.

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SBI

AUGUST 22, 2019

.” “We use this feature every day internally — our sales managers use Recommendations to uncover calls with coachable moments, while our reps use it to handle crucial deals and personal training,” said Joe Caprio, VP of Sales at Chorus. 1 Conversation Intelligence Platform for high-growth sales teams.

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Your Sales Management Guru

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The visual list allows for the entire management team to be aware of those key opportunities and increases the number of potential sales ideas and availability of resources that could be used in closing the sale. Need more sales management resources? What do have to lose? Ken has written 5 books, his latest book is: SLAMMED!

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 24, 2017

If you are a sales leader, buy this book for every salesperson and run an Acumen Book Club-assign each of the 7 sections to a salesperson and then each week in your sales meetings, discuss the contents of that section with your entire team. His blog has been rated in the sales blogs in the world!

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Each of these is designed build a certain sales mentality. Focus your sales team on selling to the business challenges of the NON-IT decision makers. This requires sales training that includes adding role play in your sales meetings. Ken has written 5 books, his latest book is: SLAMMED!

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 15, 2017

Then share these stories at sales meetings and other employee events. Monthly Meetings: When a company launches, its first employees typically feel that they share a mission. Ken was recently ranked for the fourth year in a row by Top Sales World magazine as one of the Top 50 Sales & Marketing Influencers.

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Your Sales Management Guru

AUGUST 10, 2015

The User Buyer (Below the Line Buyer) is thinking needs and considering decision criteria, the Above the Line Buyer is more strategic and their consideration for any change is driven by the impact the product/service will have on corporate strategy or business plan, i.e. increase sales by 20%. Add this book to your sales library.

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Your Sales Management Guru

APRIL 20, 2016

Whether your organization is using CRM or not I find that most organizations have not taken the time to define, write out and train their sales team on how to use prescriptive a sales process. The more prescriptive process you create, the greater success your sales team will experience. The Results!

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 25, 2010

You can announce your yearlong sales contest at your kickoff meeting. The Guru is a big believer that every sales team should plan a trip or event for all quota achievers. If you would like a copy of a magazine column I wrote on sales contests, send me an email; Ken@Acumenmgmt.com.

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Your Sales Management Guru

MAY 18, 2015

The sales leader must reinforce this whenever possible, especially during the monthly company meeting with all the employees. Focus on continuous training; in the field or in the office. It is the sales manager’s job to evaluate each salesperson’s talent and skill level and to develop team and individual sales training programs.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JANUARY 2, 2011

These plans may include increasing the number of 1) blitz days for telemarketing, 2) increase sales strategy tools or 3) a new sales training program to increase skill development. B) You have a plan to assist or help each salespeople attain those numbers and c) you have a plan to help them improve on those numbers.

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HeavyHitter Sales

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

. | Five Annual Sales Meeting Ideas for the Best Sales Conference » September 08, 2008. Sales Kickoff Agenda: The Most Important Sales Meeting Agenda of the Year. The main objectives of the day and a half day sales kickoff agenda are “Preparation and Renewed Motivation.” Evening Session.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Make your sales meetings fun. Create sales contests/games that are focused on achieving activity levels that will increase your sales pipeline and sales opportunities. Find out what is important to your sales team, and create rewards that will reinforce these. Schedule ongoing training programs.

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