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Airlines: The Ultimate Example of Gamification

The Brooks Group

When I say our "industry," I'm talking about the network of consultants, sales trainers, speakers, and software developers serving salespeople, sales managers, sales leadership, and sales departments. The airlines know it's not just about the benefits they provide to those with status.

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After Inbound 14 - Anatomy of a Hybrid Sales & Marketing Role

Understanding the Sales Force

The audience desperately wanted this to be a hybrid - someone who could do both the marketing and the sales. If you needed to hire an airline employee would it be a pilot, flight attendant or a hybrid? Or, if responsible for more of the sales cycle, convert that opportunity into something more, like a sale.

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Responding to the Digital Sales Shift

Sales and Marketing Management

Scott McCartney, who covers air travel for The Wall Street Journal, worked with three airline industry analysts to determine the long-term impact of COVID-19 on business travel. What does it mean for B2B sales managers as they strategize for 2021? Is it necessary to train sales reps on new skills? Take any trend?—?social,

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Do prospects lie? How does the answer impact sales success?

Anthony Cole Training

Many years have passed since that day and I've had the opportunity to talk to hundreds of prospects and sales people about their prospects. Here is a guest blog from Sales Development Expert, Author and Highly Recognized Leader in Sales Force Evaluations - David Kurlan. The speaker was the one and only David Sandler.

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Top Kurlan Articles on Sales Coaching

Understanding the Sales Force

What the Huge Patriots Win Teaches us About Sales Momentum. Do Prospects Lie to Your Salespeople Like the Airlines Do? My Top 14 Articles on More Effective Sales Cold Calling. 5 Reasons Why Sales Cold Calls Are So Awful. When Sales Leaders Don't Lead With Their Strengths. Top 5 Sales Management Best Practices.

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Highest-Paying Jobs in 2019

Pipeliner

Despite the supposed benefits AI brings especially to the world of sales, and the threats it entails to local job markets, various industries are still looking for specialist skills and talents. Sales Manager. Another factor here is that airline companies will have to replace retiring pilots with young new talents.

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[Message to Management]: Why Great Sales Leaders Listen

No More Cold Calling

Guest blogger, Todd McCormick, shares three reasons listening matters in sales management. It was your typical sales conference—except the speaker wasn’t typical. I was particularly intrigued that he was a sales leader for a marketing firm, which gave him a unique understanding of both customer-centric professions.

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