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Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Setting Easy?

Anthony Cole Training

I was first introduced to goal setting in sales when I was an insurance agent with National Life of Vermont. I never did write 100 lives but, based on the sales activity reporting I did every week, I should have. Towards the end of my career, I contracted with a sales trainer, Tom. You do the math. You do the math.

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Sharing Best Practices is Key for Modern Learning

Allego

Success in sales is all about research, learning, and iteration. Or, say, you wind up overhearing one of your top sales reps on a call and they position something a certain way which you turn around and use every time after that. We’ll share our hard-won knowledge and give away our tips and tricks because the incentive is built in.

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The ultimate sales guide to setting and discussing pricing

OnePageCRM

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Sales had increased 25% over the previous book due to larger audience, but revenue was up by 77%.

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Nightmare on Sales Street: 7 Nightmares That Keep Salespeople Up at Night (and How to Stop Them)

OnePageCRM

So here’s our treat for you for this Halloween: the best resolutions for the worst sales nightmares. . The first one will only reinforce their feeling of control and make them a nightmare client, and the second will most likely cost you the sale and a big deal of nerves. The sad fact is — it’s scary because it’s true.

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Sales enablement: what is it, and how does it work?

Close.io

First off, let’s make one thing very clear: sales enablement isn’t just another fun trend that’s here today and gone tomorrow. Just five years ago, CSO Insights ran a study about sales enablement and only 25% of the companies they surveyed had developed sales enablement for their teams. 9 sales enablement best practices.

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Pricing Strategies for Your Product or Service [Ultimate guide]

OnePageCRM

There’s an old joke in sales about selling products at a loss but making it up on volume. A common complaint from sales teams is: we can outcompete and make more sales simply by reducing prices. TOTAL $19,547 from 322 sales. Sales had increased 25% over the previous book due to larger audience, but revenue was up by 77%.

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Top 25 Incendiary Social Selling Secrets

Tony Hughes

It's being done right now in the field by a sales team near you [perhaps a competitor], it's remarkable and it's not for the faint of heart. Just reading Jonathan Farrington's statistic that, 'the average quota attainment in B2B sales is below 60%,' prompts me to lay out a blueprint on how to fix it. May the 'first in' win!