Partners in Excellence

MARCH 22, 2024

His final sentence sums things up: “Call it sales if you want, but to me, it is connecting, understanding, educating, and solving problems. ” How I Ended Up in Sales – And Why it Worked I never wanted to be in sales. Sales was not a career that was discussed in our house, let alone promoted. I loved it.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. Why sales training is important. The different types of sales training programs. The 15 best sales training programs.

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Bernadette McClelland

JANUARY 20, 2018

It’s a question I’ve asked a couple of times in workshops and online, and it’s a question that was triggered by a few ‘posts’ I read, stating that. 4. Make your key objective to help the customer, not to close a sale. 4. People management. 9. Negotiation. And the basics of selling are….? Build rapport.

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SalesFolk

MARCH 2, 2021

In other words, how do you define your target audience or ideal customer when doing sales outreach? Too often I see sales and marketing leaders defining their buyer personas as “Marketing” or “C-Suite.” How to build solid “Buyer Personas” for more effective sales campaigns. More free Cold Email treats from my sold-out workshop

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 13, 2014

I was first introduced to goal setting in sales when I was an insurance agent with National Life of Vermont. The General Agent was Dave and his manager was Bob. I never did write 100 lives but, based on the sales activity reporting I did every week, I should have. Tom introduced me to an idea of a sales cookbook.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

If you read the book, American Icon , you will enjoy a great story about guts, determination as well as unbelievable leadership and management. How does this fit in sales and sales management? I believe, in many cases, the sales and sales manager relationship is adversarial.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Sales Tips: 5 Tips for Handling Negotiations (and Saying NO). By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling®.

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Partners in Excellence

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Every year, billions are spent in sales training. As a result, what really is happening is that every year we are throwing away billions on sales training. It doesn’t even include the time/opportunity cost of the people, upon whom we inflict sales training. But it’s worse than that. What do we do about it?

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Distribution Pricing Journal

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Our recent article, “ Can Distribution Pricing Managers Work Remotely? ,” was clearly a hit. Several of our subscribers reached out to us to comment that although remote work provides the advantage of flexibility and location independence, certain elements of pricing management could be enhanced through face-to-face interactions.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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Awarathon

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The same may be stated for a sales coach who employs effective coaching for sales approaches. Their guidance, support, knowledge, and approval support salespeople through each stage of the sales process. What does sales coaching entail and how does it work?

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

Sales readiness is the enablement domain that connects the dots to engage and empower your sales force. This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. This domain should also be closely connected to sales effectiveness.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

In the face of all this, for the most part we are training our sales people in the same skills I learned many decades ago, and my predecessors learned decades before that. And, there’s always endless product training (actually most of sales training ends up not being selling skills, but instead product training.).

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Free sales training can be a step in the right direction for those of you who may be new or newer to sales. Selling is changing rapidly and having a longer term career as a salesperson now depends on having a far wider of value added sales skills than even five years ago. What Is Free Sales Training?

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 15, 2014

Every sales leader has a fresh list of HR projects to accomplish. Today’s post will help align HR projects with Sales goals. It’s the story of Tracy, the business partner for sales at a B2B technology company. She shared her ideas for success as the business partner to Sales. Tracy’s approach was remarkably powerful.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Sales Training & Management Workshops | 302-478-4443. Corporate Sales Training. → On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. Overview Training Options for Managers. → Management Training On-Site. Sales Store.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 7, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Appointments , Attitude , Business Acumen , Cold calling , Guest Post , Planning , Proactive , Prospecting , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , Voice mail , execution. Voice mail continues to be a topic of discussion whenever sales people get together.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 18, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Business Acumen , Interview , Proactive , Proactivity , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , audio , execution. We covered a number of topics relating to sales and success. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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The Pipeline

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Value , Video , execution. One word that is used a lot in sales, probably over used, is Value.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Interview , Planning , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , audio , execution. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management. Hiring Sales Talent.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 6, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Win The Sale Without Compromising on Price. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , Price , Proactive , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , Sales Technique , execution. All sales aren’t created equal. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

I just finished reading a chapter from the book – Harvard Business Review on Strategic Sales Management. The chapter is “Understanding What Your Sales Manager Is Up Against” by Barry Trailer and Jim Dickie. This article was no exception, especially when they were writing about the sales process.

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Close.io

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In today’s post, I'm going to give you step-by-step details on how to onboard sales talent with success. In fact: these are strategies that we’ve used and seen others use to turn people with no sales background into some of the best in the industry. What’s inside sales onboarding, you ask? Give them a sales process overview.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 7, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Planning , Proactive , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto , Video. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. Negotiations.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 16, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole can tailor a workshop or keynote that will help your team discover the spark of extraordinary motivation and success. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success?

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Opposite – Different -Or… Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , EDGE Sales Process , Gap Selling , Planning , Proactive , Productivity , Questions , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Value , Video , execution. EDGE Sales Process.

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Funnel management , Impact Questions , Interactive Selling , Planning , Prospecting , Sales Leadership , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sell Better , Video , execution , qualifying. EDGE Sales Process.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales Force (Mis)Alignment. Stored in Business Acumen , Coaching , Demand Generation , Hiring Sales Talent , Planning , Sales Force Alignment , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales eXchange , execution.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 17, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Top 25 Sales Influencers for 2012. Stored in Attitude , Awards , Business Acumen , Gap Selling , Interactive Selling , Productivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Success , execution. Start by downloading our new book: Sales & Consequences. Sales Success , Tibor Shanto.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 28, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Communication , Dependability , Marketing , Reputation 2.0 , Sales 2.0 , Social Selling , Social media , execution. Sales 2.0 , Social Buying , Social Selling , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s The Right Way to Use Demos in Technology Sales. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Communication Strategy , Demos , Listening , Planning , Presentation , Proactive , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , audio , execution. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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The Pipeline

AUGUST 10, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s In Conversation – How to Shorten the Sales Cycle. Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , EDGE Sales Process , Interview , Lead Management , Proactive , Proactivity , Prospecting , Sales Process , Sales Strategy , Success , Video , execution. EDGE Sales Process.

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The Pipeline

JULY 1, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process. Funnel management. Hiring Sales Talent. HR Management. Lead Management. Negotiations. Random Walk Down Sales Street. Sales Bloggers Union. Sales Compensation. Sales Cycle.

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The Pipeline

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Buying Process , Demand Generation , Lead Management , Prospecting , Sales 2.0 , Sales Strategy , Sales Success , Sales Technique , Sales Tip , Video , execution. Sales 2.0 , Sales Skills , Sales Success , Video.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 9, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Interactive Selling , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Process , Video , Zone Selling , execution. Related videos: The EDGE Sales Process. Sales Process , Video. A Random Walk Up Sales Street.

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The Pipeline

MARCH 16, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Coaching , Communication , EDGE Sales Process , Sales Leadership , execution. Sales is a game of words and meanings; the words we use, how we communicate them, their interpretations by the receiver, directly impact the meaning others take away from our message.

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The Pipeline

JANUARY 24, 2012

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Sales & Consequences now on Amazon Kindle. Stored in Attitude , Book Notice , EDGE Sales Process , EDGE Selling , Gap Selling , Productivity , e-book , execution. Sales & Consequences , Tibor Shanto. A Random Walk Up Sales Street. EDGE Sales Process.

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