Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 11, 2013

Over the years, I have found some very common responses to our sales and sales management training programs. Our standard operating procedure of beginning our work with a client is to evaluate their sales organization. But the people we''re working with, sales people, are in the same exact business – SELLING.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 30, 2013

Several years ago, while conducting a sales training and sales management workshop to rebuild an insurance agency, I was talking with one of the highly successful agents who asked: "Tony, When is enough enough?" Too often highly successful sales peope reach a point in their carrer where they become complacent.

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Pipeliner

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Sales Playbook 101: A sales playbook is a documented road map of exactly how sales in your company should be done, according to reality and in alignment with top leadership vision. Sales Playbook 201: Here are 7 critical overlooked items which I recommend including to get business development right.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Making the Most of Managers’ Time. In an article in the Harvard Business Review , the authors noted that Pacific Life Insurance Company uses video coaching during formal training to help the reps record their practice pitches and share them with the regional sales managers (RSMs). You think, “Wow, that was great!

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BrainShark

AUGUST 4, 2022

AI-powered video coaching (so sales managers get instant insights into reps’ sales skills). Readiness scorecards (so you can find skill gaps and see how training impacts sales performance). Advanced content management (so you can optimize and track content without changing your workflow ). 1 Brainshark.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 30, 2013

Several years ago, while conducting a sales training and sales management workshop to rebuild an insurance agency, I was talking with one of the highly successful agents who asked: "Tony, When is enough enough?" Too often highly successful sales peope reach a point in their carrer where they become complacent.

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Motivation Insurance Insurance Discount 149

The Brooks Group

AUGUST 8, 2019

The goal of our most recent survey was to gauge the current state of sales performance and sales challenges among the group of participants we polled. The respondents consisted in majority of sales leaders and sales managers, with various other vital roles weighing in as well. Lack of qualified sales candidates.

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Mr. Inside Sales

OCTOBER 4, 2016

A well written cover letter tells the hiring manager that you are serious about getting the job, and it gives you the best chance (along with a relevant resume) of landing an interview and ultimately the job you really want. So if it is sales, use: “Dear Hiring Sales Manager,” or “Dear Hiring Marketing Director,” or “Dear HR Director.”.

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Allego

APRIL 21, 2022

And even after months of adjusting, you might still be struggling to adapt to this digital transformation and lead your sales team into a tech-driven new world. Sales managers, trainers, sales enablement managers, and sales reps across all industries are encountering the same challenges: Onboarding and training sales reps virtually.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Today, this key component of modern learning means exactly what it says – sales training that is genuinely personalized , genuinely “just for me.”. What are the advantages of personalized sales training? Training tailored to the individual offers two forms of value: It saves time (the sales reps’ time), which also builds trust.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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Salesmate

OCTOBER 22, 2021

By capping salaries or commission, you limit the potential of your sales reps. For a moment, put yourself in your sales reps’ shoes. Well, that’s the exact case of capping salaries. One of the most crucial factors of setting up a sales commission plan is that it needs to align with your company standard.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 9, 2011

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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SalesLoft

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In order to be an effective front line manager, you first need to learn how to be a great leader. Richard Park , Senior Vice President of World Wide Sales at SurveyGizmo explains exactly how to do that. How can you immediately identify a great sales manager? Should salespeople divert focus away from their quota?

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 21, 2020

Managers, Learn How to Coach and Manage a Remote Team and Win More Sales. Online Course – On Sale Now. After all, you don’t want to sound like every other salesperson calling on the same prospects and saying the exact same thing. If you’re like most salespeople, the answer is probably, “No.”.

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SBI

OCTOBER 23, 2013

With this, he explains the differences between a sales process, and sales methodologies and models. The sales process consists of the football field. Yard markers indicate a team’s exact location on the 100-yard-long playing field. What is the amount of the sale or the forecasted sale.

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Quota Sales Process Face-to-face Sales Methodology 131

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 11, 2011

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

VPs of Sales know that their AEs’ quota should be 3-5x their OTE, so let’s take 4x as an average, that’s $0.25 Then we can add tools, data, benefits, insurance, office space, and the very important cost of management! with the sales team, but the true cost is $1.15, where are the other $0.75 Not exactly.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 20, 2011

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead Webinar Metrics 120

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 6, 2010

Dont miss "5 Ways That Managers Can Impact Sales This Year in the May-June 2010 SalesforceXP magazine! Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! building sales relationships (7). Sales Coaching (40). sales coaching skills (10). sales competencies (12).

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Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics eBook 192

Cincom Smart Selling

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Sales managers have every right in the world to be informed of everything going on in their territories. If a sales manager sees a month of no CRM activity posted by a sales rep, they need to place that individual on an improvement program or show them the door. No commissions are paid; no exceptions.

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Paul Cherry's Top Sales Techniques

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

→ On-Site Sales Training. → One-on-One Sales Coaching. Sales Management Training. Overview Training Options for Managers. → Management Training On-Site. → Sales Management Coaching. → Management Web Seminars. Questions for Managers (21). Contact Us.

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Pipeliner

MAY 8, 2018

For identifying your previous mistakes insures that your next opportunity’s Go/No-Go process will be more effective, increasing your probability of winning through valuable lessons learned. In Sandler Enterprise Selling, we follow a framework to review a deal’s key issues before deciding on proceeding or passing. You win or you learn.

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Analysis Enterprise Enterprise Insurance 40

Costello

APRIL 16, 2019

In our latest research done in partnership with Databox , marketers and sales managers agree that playbooks improve the effectiveness and efficiency of calls, help train new salespeople and ensure product and services are correctly positioned. Scripts for New Sales Reps. I have created a sales toolkit/playbook for many clients.

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Hyper-Connected Selling

DECEMBER 12, 2018

(If this article resonates for the challenges you have in your agency, be sure to check into the Small Business Sales Manager Coaching Program ). In coaching hundreds of insurance agents over the years, I’ve become aware of a challenge that has arisen for many of them. Non-Demand Products. They are already in the market.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 17, 2019

If you use HubSpot CRM, build out your first sales dashboard now. Sales lead automation. Lead sits in database until sales manager has time to check on it. Sales manager looks at lead and, without any defined method, assigns it to rep of his choice. Lead comes in. Does that situation sound familiar?

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Vengreso

JANUARY 13, 2023

Don’t forget to check out the six (6) top sales management books at the end! See @M_3Jr's top #sales picks here! The Transparency Sale flips the “norms” of marketing and sales around, teaching you to be transparent with your customers. If you’re like me, you love listening to a podcast.

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Keith Rosen

OCTOBER 22, 2009

These three blogs detail how you can handle some common training and coaching scenarios that many managers find themselves in and the most appropriate approach to take in these situations as it relates to how you can best support your people in a way that achieves the results you want and need.

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Allego

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Digital Sales Room Success Story OneAmerica has been ahead of the curve when it comes to handling email overload that so many people experience—and which Google and Yahoo are now trying to eliminate. Advisors at the mutual insurance holding company used to have to sift through hundreds of emails to find documents from their sales directors.

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InsightSquared

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Within sales, moving plenty of high-value opportunities successfully through the pipeline is the goal of every sales VP. If you are looking at your pipeline coverage and don’t feel comfortable with the numbers you see, you will need to search for some extra insurance pipeline to fill the gap to goal.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Management and Operations. Sales Manager Survival Guide. The Ultimate Sales Machine. Blueprints for a SaaS Sales Organization. Sales Management. Sales Skills. Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success. Sales Differentiation. Management and Operations. Radical Candor.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Mark Jopling (who’s graciously given his permission to use his real name in this story) leaned back from the table in the conference room of the global technology company where he was VP of Sales and said… “ I want my sales teams to learn how to do strategic selling. I’ve set aside two hours for this meeting.

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Pipeliner

JUNE 11, 2019

Sales Manager. Sales Manager. Prior to learning CRM, a sales manager should understand pipeline management, activity management, and reporting. Industries are different—manufacturing is drastically different than finance or insurance. System Administrator. Project Owner.

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Keith Rosen

APRIL 28, 2009

” (Was it a necessity, i.e. gasoline, telecom, office supplies, utilities, mobile phones, insurance, etc.). How many calls did you have to make to (get an appointment, close a sale, uncover a new prospect, etc.)? Was your product/service a “nice to have,” a “want to have” (luxury, added benefit) or a.

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Sales Hacker Training

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Luke Rogers: On your smartphone, you have an app store where you can find a dozen apps to have food delivered to your door, but there’s no such app store where a large enterprise, for example, a bank can find an app for income verification or an insurance company can find an app for processing claims. So those are my thoughts.

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