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Celebrating 25 Years in Referrals: My Story

No More Cold Calling

My entire career had been sales and sales management, and my best business had always come from referrals. I asked salespeople and sales leaders I knew if they liked to get referral introductions. By 2002-2003, people were continually asking if I had a book. That got me thinking. Why would I want that?

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Assets Under Management – A Sales Leaders Job!

Anthony Cole Training

In 2002, Marie Guion-Johnson ’s 41-year-old husband, Rob, died after going into cardiac arrest while swimming. But, when potential financial backers ask her, she tells them it means “Assets Under Management”. That got me thinking about sales managers and their assets – people.

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Assets Under Management – A Sales Leader's Job!

Anthony Cole Training

In 2002, Marie Guion-Johnson ’s 41-year-old husband, Rob, died after going into cardiac arrest while swimming. But, when potential financial backers ask her, she tells them it means “Assets Under Management”. That got me thinking about sales managers and their assets – people.

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Best Sales Blogs: The Ultimate List of 55+ (Recently Updated!)

LeadFuze

We plan on doing the best sales blogs punchy, to the point, easy-to-implement tactics, drenched with useful visuals. Informal, personal, conversational tone. 5 Best Sales Role Play Scenarios to Train Your New Hires. +24 24 Examples of Sales Follow Up Email Subject Line. 46 Best Sales Questions to Ask on a Sales Call.

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PODCAST 76: Bottom-up Approach for Sales Rep Productivity Model w/ Kevin Egan

Sales Hacker

Prior to Slack, Kevin spent four years as VP of Sales at Dropbox, where he helped build the outbound sales team covering SMB through large enterprise. Prior to that, Kevin spent 10 years at Salesforce where he moved from an AE role to various senior sales management operations and recruiting roles. Boom, there I go.

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Virtuous Cycle vs. Death Spiral with Scott Sands {Hey Salespeople Podcast}

SalesLoft

” I remember the 2002 Dot Com bubble, where there were a bunch of companies that went out of business because they didn’t have any profits. ” But that doesn’t give a salesperson or a sales manager enough actionable information to do something differently. All of your customers are in tier three.

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Artificial Intelligence for Sales: Discover How Sales is Changing

Zoominfo

In fact, for the last few decades, only about 50% of sales reps have achieved quota ( source ). For many sales managers, the solution to this issue lies within artificial intelligence—or AI. CCS® specializes in world-class sales training that helps organizations predictably improve revenue growth and sales performance.