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Why Hiring a Fractional Sales Manager Can Drive Sales Results

Anthony Cole Training

Running a company is very different than managing a sales team, so you need someone skilled in the specific strengths of coaching and motivating your sales team. Companies have choices and often it makes sense to hunt, interview, hire and pay for a full-time sales manager, but this is a position very difficult to fill.

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How Sales Managers Get Set Up To Fail

Steven Rosen

In the Sales Leadership Awakening podcast, Steven Rosen and Colleen Stanley stress the lack of coaching and support for sales managers, underscoring the need for coaching for these managers. Evaluating sales managers’ success should exceed sales quotas and include turnover and team development metrics.

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5 Keys and 3 Suggestions for Your Company's Unique Sales Approach

Anthony Cole Training

Today I will cover one of the ways we at Anthony Cole Training Group, LLC coach sales managers to help them coach their salespeople to have more and better initial sales calls: Your USA! USA is the terminology we use at Anthony Cole Training Group as part of our Effective Selling System (ESS).

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Selecting Platforms and Systems

Pipeliner

In my last article, I discussed the vital importance of understanding customer preferences in sales , and provided examples from my own company of how this is done. How deeply do you evaluate your company’s preferences when selecting a platform or system? It is vital that companies understand this.

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7 Must-Have Automated Documents for Sales Success

Companies are increasingly implementing technology to bring efficiency to their workforce. Learn why automating your documents is key to sales success. Data accessibility aside, teams continuously struggle with manual processes for document generation.

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If Done Right, Your Referral System Won’t Actually Cost a Thing

No More Cold Calling

A winning referral system is about multiplying trust. It’s also the ultimate sales advantage. It’s the key to a successful referral system. Sales has always gotten a bad rap, but it’s gotten much worse as sales channels have evolved. The problem is with typical sales metrics. Referrals aren’t about money.

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Sales Managers: Think You’re Ready for Referrals?

No More Cold Calling

Here are five important steps to make your team referral sales experts. If salespeople were self-motivated, they wouldn’t need sales managers or metrics. I’ve been there—given a quota (usually without my input) and a list of client companies, and then told to “go at it” and do whatever it takes to get meetings.

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