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Curiosity Is A Way Of Life

The Pipeline

As an SME, you don’t need to hold on to your product for security, you are free to truly explore. Then extend that into your conversations with colleagues, Including your sales manager. Think beyond the limits of standard blah blah blah questions they’ve been exposed to. Curiously Different.

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Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Setting Easy?

Anthony Cole Training

Tom introduced me to an idea of a sales cookbook. Yes, the tenets for success was still based on a formula of sales steps and conversion ratios from one step to the next, but. As I write this, maybe I should change the title to “Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Achievement Easy?”

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Grab The Right End of the Problem For Effective Sales Management

Anthony Cole Training

However, once I got into sales, sales management, sales training and became a president of a company, I think I finally understood. You generally end up hiring some marginal people – people that need coaching, feedback, mentoring and performance management. Brian Tracey describes it as “Eat That Frog”.

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I have lied…

Bernadette McClelland

Write a white paper and send to your clients for discussion or feedback or to prompt a conversation – not just for the sake of writing a white paper. Get really curious and ask questions about THEM, because you are truly interested – not just so you can manipulate the conversation toward a sale.

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I have lied…

Bernadette McClelland

Write a white paper and send to your clients for discussion or feedback or to prompt a conversation – not just for the sake of writing a white paper. Get really curious and ask questions about THEM, because you are truly interested – not just so you can manipulate the conversation toward a sale.

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What Do You Do?… “I’m In Sales…” Try Again!

Bernadette McClelland

Adapting the model from Joe Pulizzi, author of Content Inc, along with conversations from other trusted advisors, I asked myself the same question… to help me get above the noise and crowdedness of the ‘sales’ environment and help me clarify how I could make my difference and own my space. Management?

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6 Priorities of Sales Enablement Evolved

Allego

This means powering up content with relevant talk tracks, best practices, win stories, and SME knowledge that sellers need to handle objections, nurture prospects, and close deals. #3 Another core sales enablement function is facilitating communication within the team and across other functions. 3 Communication and Collaboration.