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What the Sales World Can Learn from Marathon Participants

Understanding the Sales Force

Consider the length of time that a runner must train to prepare for running a 26.2-mile Someone training for a marathon should run up to 50 miles per week. So perhaps, our top 6% is the group that takes selling as seriously as those runners that train for a marathon. But the question is, why only 6%? Why not everyone else?

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

Anthony Cole Training

I first heard this when I attended a workshop I attended years ago in Cleveland, Ohio. Do the airlines and the FAA seriously expect us to believe that our devices will interfere with navigation when there's no WiFi on the plane, but when there is WiFi on the plane, then the devices won't interfere? The answer to that question is: YES!

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Let’s Talk Sales! Interview with Jamie Shanks – Episode 149

criteria for success

Jamie is the CEO of Sales for Life, the world's largest Digital Selling training program for mid-market and enterprise companies. Sales for Life has trained over 100,000 sales and marketing professionals, in dozens of industries. Sales for Life has trained over 100,000 sales and marketing professionals, in dozens of industries.

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Sales Training Article about Selling in the Post-Internet Age

Customer Centric Selling

Sales Training Article: Selling in the Post-Internet Age By Geoffrey James, INC. The airline industry, for example, has become almost entirely driven by price, with consumers and business people alike able to choose the lowest cost flight on a variety of websites, without using a travel agent. In some markets, this has happened.

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Sales Training Insight into the Seller's Role in Complex Sales

Customer Centric Selling

Sales Training Article: Rethinking the Seller''s Role in Complex Sales. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Extensive product training allowed sellers to "teach" buyers. Sign-up for a sales training workshop to learn how to sell effectively in today''s buyer marketplace.

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Insights on Outbound Conference in Atlanta

Pointclear

Morning sessions set-up workshops in the afternoon. As a sales acceleration specialist he helps sales organizations reach peak performance fast by optimizing talent, leveraging training to cultivate a high-performance sales culture, developing leadership and coaching skills, and applying more effective organizational design.

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Sales Tips: Don't Scare Buyers into Making "No Decision"

Customer Centric Selling

First they lure you in and make you feel beholding to them by giving what are theoretically free trips, meals, airline tickets, etc. Take a look at the sales training workshops available to get started and improve sales performance. In my B2C buying experiences, timeshare salespeople are by far the most aggressive closers.

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