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“Why I’m So Interested In Selling,” Ned Miller

Partners in Excellence

My father’s next career was in insurance. Dad truly believed that selling insurance was a noble profession. He enjoyed helping people solve real problems and felt that insurance products did that. I was grateful for the lessons he gave me on variable life insurance, IRAs and other investments. Don’t look back.

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Your Funnel Should Be A Horn Of Plenty

The Pipeline

Just the plain simple fact that we are measured on our success with numbers, leads to the integral, if sometimes inconvenient fact that sales is a numbers driven sport. I bring this up because of reaction to my piece the past Monday on how to deal with prospects who are reluctant to commit. Sales Success Tibor Shanto'

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TSE 1214: The Accidental Seller Series 5 - "Stephen Snyder"

Sales Evangelist

Growing up, Stephen loved playing sports and he aspired to become a professional athlete. Stephen realized that sports wasn’t for him after doing an internship during his senior year in college. Stephen realized that sports wasn’t for him after doing an internship during his senior year in college.

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Sales Success - Any Success - Keep Your Eye on The Ball

Anthony Cole Training

Read Tonys article.recently published in Bank Insurance & Securities Marketing Magazine! Prospecting (25). qualifying prospects (13). qualifying sales prospects (10). sales prospecting (34). When I played sports, having sales success was the furthest thing from my mind. Tony Cole on TV. Alltop.com.

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Sales Execution - What Should You Pay Attention to?

Understanding the Sales Force

Five Things VP’s Must Do To Insure Sales Enablement Has Impact. If we refer to baseball, the best sport for sales analogies, there''s a word that ball players and managers use quite often: Execute. You could substitute most any sport and the dialog would be similar. Getting a Sales Organization to Buy-In to Sales Training.

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Slaying the Virtual Selling Dragons through Teaming and Planning

Pipeliner

From my perspective, though, the most vital element of insuring effective virtual communication is fundamental pre-call planning. It’s a team sport, selling is. Sharing agendas, project plans, prospect profiles, and other valuable assets across e-platforms with your selling team members in advance of events must be fundamental.

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Email Open Rates By Industry: See How You Stack Up

Hubspot Sales

The lowest-hanging fruit is personalizing your subject line so it’s unique to the specific prospect. Insurance: 38%. What is the average email open rate for insurance companies? From a sample of over 213,000 emails, the average open rate for the insurance category is 38%. How do I improve my email open rates? Media: 32%.

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