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Three Recent Hurricanes Show the Path to More Effective Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

This past week, Hurricane Lee roared into Nova Scotia, becoming the first such storm to do so since 2003, although at the time it made landfall, Lee had been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone. Three of this year’s (2023) Hurricanes took unusual paths for hurricanes. But many salespeople have fear and lots of it.

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Episode #069: Persistence Pays with Jeff C West

Jeff Shore

After over three decades in sales, sales leadership and business ownership, (including 20 years in field sales management with the Fortune 500 Insurance Company – Aflac) Jeff now travels the USA as a keynote speaker, as well as a sales and organizational leadership trainer. Links from today’s podcast: HomeStreet Bank. Price: $9.05.

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Social Selling Via LinkedIn

Janek Performance Group

Since its launch in 2003, LinkedIn has grown to over 774 million users worldwide. For example, if you sell insurance in the United States, you likely don’t want your network to be freelance graphic designers in Lithuania. But we also want to connect with people and thought leaders whose content shows up in your feed.

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The Promotion Gap for Women: Yes, It Still Exists

Zoominfo

For example, in nonprofit organizations women make up 56% of the workforce and 41% of the CEOs, while in the insurance industry, women make up 55% of the workforce but only 15% of CEOs are female. Promotion of Women Varies Dramatically by Industry The promotion rate of women varies widely by industry.

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Life Success, Sales Success, Management Success - 24 Thoughts

Anthony Cole Training

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! I was recently going through a document for our business planning that I wrote in 2003. Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Click here to listen to Tonys BEW Interview.

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Curiosity and Discontent: Words to Live—and Sell—By

No More Cold Calling

Insurance actuaries would give you a life expectancy of around 50 years. My insurance man graduated from Rutgers in Agriculture. Copyright © 2003 EBSCO Publishing). Yet the subject—dull or undull—must be of importance to you. Most of you are around 17, 18, or 19. 4 years is 8% of 50 years. Connect with No More Cold Calling.

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Although it’s not time to Party Like its 1999, There is Plenty to Celebrate

The ROI Guy

of revenue 4) Overall IT spending, even though lagging revenue growth, is driving superior corporate performance in the majority of industries, and has improved 67% from 2003. of the average IT budget in 2003 to over 14.6% This represents a 10% improvement in ratios and reallocation of labor costs over 2003 spending levels.