Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I’ve been in the sales and sales management consulting business for 21 years. Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. Guaranteed!

Hiring 201

Hiring Insurance Insurance Margin 201

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 20, 2014

I’ve been in the sales and sales management consulting business for 21 years. Prior to that, I was an insurance wholesaler, an insurance agent, a Nautilus Regional Sales Manager, a Nautilus Regional Sales Rep and collegiate athletic coach. committed in advance to spend money to fix the problem.

Insurance 168

Insurance Insurance Margin Hiring 168

Anthony Cole Training

MAY 19, 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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Hiring 168

Hiring Sales Management Webinar Metrics Ideal Customer Profile 168

Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 2, 2019

In this blog post, we discuss the idea that prospects are like fruit and vegetables in the produce section of your local grocery – they are all perishable!

Prospecting 156

Prospecting Hiring Insurance Insurance 156

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 29, 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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Hiring 149

Hiring Sales Management Decision Maker Ideal Customer Profile 149

Crunchbase

MAY 27, 2021

As your product offering changes and your business grows, the sales roadmap will need to grow with you. Let’s look at an example in the insurance industry. In its early days, a company like True Blue Life Insurance may have only offered a limited selection of life insurance products, which would limit their pool of sales prospects.

Ideal Customer Profile 105

Ideal Customer Profile Insurance Insurance Customer 105

Allego

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You get to meet, share ideas, and have fun with other sales enablement managers, sales managers, learning and development professionals, and revenue enablement folks. Below is a list of the top sales enablement conferences for 2024. Then there’s the networking. The theme for 2024 is “Innovate Today.

Conference 77

Conference Sales Enablement Biotechnology Insurance 77

Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

I’m sure the majority of people have heard the Chinese proverb “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”.

Prospecting 147

Prospecting Hiring Sales Insurance 147

Keith Rosen

APRIL 21, 2020

Online Course – On Sale Now. It’s not a surprise that most salespeople don’t get past the first 30 seconds of an initial prospecting conversation before the prospect cuts you off and says, “Not interested,” or you hear “Click.” The Global Selling Conundrum. What Do You Think You’re Selling?

Prospecting 102

Prospecting Guidelines How To Cold Calling 102

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 23, 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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Sales Management 120

Sales Management Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics 120

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation. Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide for Starting Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, E-Mail, and Cold Calling. Sales is all about telling good stories. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

Sales Management 91

Sales Management Cold Calling Influencer Insurance 91

Pipeliner

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

We’ve had some promising deals this year that, if won, would have insured a great end to the year. So, the prospect of winning a big Q4 deal is alluring, isn’t it? Or a pursuit with a prospect account where your solution perfectly aligns with their pains. You’ll likely get some help with that from your sales manager.

Motivation 69

Motivation Insurance Insurance Commission 69

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 14, 2020

Most Sales Managers would agree that completing prospecting activities and hitting sales goals are critical to success.

Hiring 180

Hiring Sales Goal Sales Management Prospecting 180

Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The Challenger Sale: Taking Control of the Customer Conversation. Fanatical Prospecting: The Ultimate Guide for Starting Sales Conversations and Filling the Pipeline by Leveraging Social Selling, Telephone, E-Mail, and Cold Callin. Sales is all about telling good stories. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion.

Sales Management 91

Sales Management Influencer Insurance Insurance 91

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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Hiring 136

Hiring Prospecting Ideal Customer Profile Sales Qualified Lead 136

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 22, 2014

It doesn’t matter your role: VP of Sales, President of the company, sales manager, sales professional, and professional sales development expert. What we all know is that pipeline management is a myth! Okay, I’ll admit that it IS happening, but is it because of the pipeline management tool?

Pipeline 169

Pipeline GoldMine Insurance Insurance 169

Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2023

These responsibilities also make a career in sales highly rewarding. Sales managers can earn a median salary of $127,490. Simply put, you can learn all of the essential skills to work in sales outside of school. Start in a hunter sales role. These are the most critical sales skills.”

Hiring 103

Hiring Salary How To Ideal Customer Profile 103

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Doug: Doug had been working on an insurance account in eastern Pennsylvania. He had a strong relationship with an inside coach and in a very short period of time leveraged that relationship to develop strong relationships with the decision makers on who provided commercial insurance for their firm. He didn't gt the business.

Insurance 181

Insurance Insurance Hiring Decision Maker 181

Braveheart Sales

JANUARY 2, 2018

Here is a quick checklist for sales managers to make sure you have everyone focused correctly. Each individual salesperson must know what’s expected of them regarding sales. This includes where the sales need to come from – will it be from new clients, an expansion of existing clients, or some combination of the two?

Sales Management 40

Sales Management Insurance Insurance Fashion 40

Janek Performance Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Since its acquisition by Microsoft in 2016, it has evolved into the go-to-platform for sales professionals. Salespeople can connect with prospects, research customers, and get notified of job changes and company updates. Updated data is critical for sales success. Think about this from your prospect’s point of view.

Social Selling 117

Social Selling LinkedIn Guidelines Ideal Customer Profile 117

Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Targeting is a fairly simple practice, but when sales management doesn't perform this activity for their salespeople (as in, "Mary, call on these 27 accounts.") Take the case of the salesperson who targets hospitals, oil companies, banks and insurance agencies. They aren't being held accountable by sales management.

Opportunity 191

Opportunity Insurance Insurance Comparison 191

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Doug: Doug had been working on an insurance account in eastern Pennsylvania. He had a strong relationship with an inside contact, and in a very short period of time, leveraged that relationship to develop strong relationships with the decision-makers who provided commercial insurance for their firm. He didn't get the business.

Hiring 136

Hiring Insurance Insurance Decision Maker 136

No More Cold Calling

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Blasting prospects with automated marketing messages doesn’t work. Expose your ‘best stuff’ to your prospects, who are undoubtedly looking for what you have to offer. Associations Enterprise Sales Management Small Business' For salespeople, it’s always a struggle to stay ahead of the competition. What does work?

Referrals 234

Referrals Scale Insurance Insurance 234

No More Cold Calling

JANUARY 27, 2015

If you’re sending mass emails to prospects you don’t know, don’t be surprised when you get deleted. Then there’s the real junk—offers for burial insurance, introductions to Russian beauties, discounts on Viagra, and other nonsense. And if you’re sending mass emails to your prospects, the decision to delete you is easier than ever.

Sage 120

Sage Oracle Social Media How To 120

Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Dr. Martin Seligman’s work with insurance company Metropolitan Life is one of the more famous case studies. Met Life was spending $30,000 on sales training per salesperson, but 80% of their reps had left within four years. Met Life was spending $30,000 on sales training per salesperson, but 80% of their reps had left within four years.

Hiring 107

Hiring Insurance Insurance Lead Rank 107

Gong.io

JULY 11, 2022

When you book a demo with one of the team, you’re speaking with an insides sales representative. Depending on their role within the team, inside sales reps engage in research, prospecting, email and social media outreach, cold calling, lead nurturing, qualification, demonstration, and negotiation conversations. Image Source ).

Inside Sales 62

Inside Sales Outsourcing Services Hiring Sales Qualified Lead 62

Pipeliner

DECEMBER 12, 2020

From my perspective, though, the most vital element of insuring effective virtual communication is fundamental pre-call planning. Of course, that’s not universally true of sales reps but even with all the technology we have to streamline the process, many still view more than cursory planning as a waste of time – they just don’t buy into it.

Face-to-face 98

Face-to-face Enterprise Enterprise Ideal Customer Profile 98

Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 19, 2013

BISA is the Bank Insurance and Securities Association. There are several GREAT speakers in the general sessions, but it is not a conference where you will find constant discussions about the art and science of selling or sales management. Jim McNeil - Executive Director of BISA, – Scott Stathis – Managing Director and COO BISRA.

Hiring 198

Hiring Banking Survey Conference 198

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 17, 2020

However, you can choose to develop strategies and utilize virtual technologies to get in front of your prospects and clients. There is always something going on in the market that makes selling difficult.

Marketing 210

Marketing How To Prospecting Strategy 210

BrainShark

MAY 20, 2022

When discussing insurance agent onboarding, most people focus on improvements to the hiring process: automation for applications, background checks, and other tasks to get agents in the door. Say you sell different types of insurance policies in California, Massachusetts, and Colorado.

Insurance 62

Insurance Insurance Software Software 62

Sales Hacker

JUNE 13, 2023

Fix These 5 Sales Process Fails (10-min read) How to create a sales process based on customer decision points Get together your key sales leaders and start with a blank whiteboard. At the top, write “What decisions must a prospect make to buy from us?” (If Want more sales process goodness?

Sales Process 87

Sales Process Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Call-back 87

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.

Buying Cycle 191

Buying Cycle Education Objections Insurance 191

Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 21, 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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Hiring 120

Hiring Marketing Insurance Insurance 120

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Hiring 169

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics eBook 169

Pipeliner

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Sales Playbook 201: Here are 7 critical overlooked items which I recommend including to get business development right. How sales management should implement a strategy. Managing a conversation on a buffet line at a conference is different than managing a conversation on a cold call.

Hiring 68

Hiring Lead Nurturing Collateral Case Study 68

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 13, 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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Hiring 181

Hiring Ideal Customer Profile Webinar Metrics eBook 181

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). open ended sales questions (11). performance management (3). Prospecting (25).

Sales Coaching 181

Sales Coaching Hiring Coaching Ideal Customer Profile 181