Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 8, 2019

And how do we, in turn, ensure our own sales kickoffs are effective? We recently completed our sales kickoff at InsideView. The three-day agenda combined information sharing, skills development, team workshops and fun, which I’m sure sounds pretty familiar. Incorporate different perspectives into training teams.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 11, 2020

However, that inherent talent isn’t the norm since most skilled sales agents started as novices and honed their talents over time. Contrarily, a subpar platform can actively detract from the operational efficiency and performance of the sales department. The content library within your training platform must be vast and comprehensive.

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 19, 2019

Sales training is a big investment. Not only are you paying for the training itself and related expenses, but your sales team is also losing prime selling hours to attend workshops and sessions. Nonetheless, this investment can reap significant benefits and set your sales teams up for success.

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SalesLoft

MAY 17, 2018

That’s why it’s important that a sales manager has a baseline understanding of how to coach a winning team. An organization needs to implement management training practices to ensure sales managers possess the coaching skills required to grow the business. A framework for regular, ongoing training.

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Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Sales Tips: A Brilliant Sales Management Strategy. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. A sales manager’s dream is having “A” Players that can carry a branch, district or regional office. Need some help to increase sales?

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 19, 2022

In this article, I’ll outline the principles of compensation design , how to build sales compensation plans , and include resources to set OTEs and quotas that keep your reps happy and hungry for more. Why Sales Comp Planning is Key to Rep Retention. And, quotas have gotten increasingly harder to hit.

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Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 6, 2017

A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking in 2017? Last week after presenting a keynote program called Gourmet Living, an attendee came up to me afterwards and discussed her challenges as a sales manager. Become a Detective : In sales management workshops we always talk about inspect what you expect.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Sales Training Article: Is"Sales Manager" An Oxymoron? Frank Visgatis, President & Chief Operating Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Ambro at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Are you doing more selling than managing? Need some help with your sales performance?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

billion on training and development, including external providers, internal expenses and tuition reimbursement, according to The American Society for Training and Development. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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Customer Centric Selling

AUGUST 5, 2013

Sales Training Article: "When Is This Deal Going to Close?". By Scott Gruher, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Image courtesy of imagerymajestic at FreeDigitalPhotos.net "When Is This Deal Going to Close?" The worst question a sales leader can ask a rep. You are thinking solely of your own quota.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 10, 2018

Over the last year, sales management coaching has become THE hot topic. There has been an avalanche of articles in sales publications on coaching and new sales tools focused on making it easier to coach. In 2018, we are developing our version of the five core competencies for sales managers.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 14, 2019

As I reflected on my career in sales and sales management, I realized my best business had come from referrals. I did my “feet on the street” research and interviewed sales leaders and salespeople. I designed a one-day workshop, which I offered in live public sessions for many years. Was this company asking?

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Lessonly

MARCH 16, 2020

How does sales training software simplify your long-term training efforts? The companies with the best sales training programs understand this concept. They set their own sales training agenda. During this learning curve, the train does not slow down. Intentional training methods.

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Your Sales Management Guru

OCTOBER 1, 2012

I proposed based upon my experience that working a partnering-model will bring your organization one salesperson’s quota per year WITHOUT absorbing the cost of sales in hiring another person. Acumen Management Group Ltd. You can achieve this by bringing these other resources to your prospects attention.

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Allego

JANUARY 28, 2021

“I have mastered the classroom training. found herself asking the very question she poses during leadership conferences and sales training alike, this time to herself: . found herself asking the very question she poses during leadership conferences and sales training alike, this time to herself: . “Do

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 21, 2022

As a sales leader, it's essential to recognize signs of burnout , routinely check in with your team, and provide support. Ineffective sales training. Sales training is no different. Maybe this is why 26% of reps are unhappy with their training. Would you ever coach a sports team without a playbook?

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Pipeliner

MARCH 18, 2018

Last week after presenting a keynote program called Gourmet Living , an attendee came up to me afterwards and discussed her challenges as a sales manager. Since my keynote program had been about creating a Menu for Your Life with many metaphors around cooking, I started thinking about what her sales management recipe should be.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Sales Training Article: Requisite Skills for Supporting Sales By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII series. With few exceptions, sellers want to achieve quota.

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SBI Growth

AUGUST 4, 2013

Unfortunately, none of these apply to a modern sales organization. Meanwhile, Agile is spreading everywhere in Sales - to onboarding , sales management, and sales training. The opportunity to sell a hot product can quickly retire a full year quota. Training classes and workshops won''t get it done.

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Showpad

JULY 21, 2020

That means adoption is critical for all enablement services your organization provides for salespeople and managers. Think about sales methodology and process training, the content your enablement team provides — customer-facing and internal enablement content — and the technologies and tools you want your teams to use.

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Customer Centric Selling

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Sales Tips: How Deep Is Your Sales Bench? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. It may prove sobering to look at the last 3 years, subtract the contributions of your “A” Players and calculate the average % of quota your B and C Players generated.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Sales Training Article: Are You Cloning Bad Selling Habits? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at FreeDigitalPhotos.net My first sales manager''s advice as he put me on quota was: "Call high.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2018

It’s like a traditional business plan but focuses specifically on your sales strategy. A business plan lays out your goals -- a sales plan describes exactly how you’ll make those happen. Who writes sales plans? What is a sales plan template? A typical sales plan includes the following sections: Target customers.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Sales Training Article: The Hardest Job? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Image courtesy of Vlado at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Those that don''t sell for a living have no idea how difficult it is to be successful at sales.

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Customer Centric Selling

JUNE 18, 2014

Sales Qualification: Don''t Talk, Just Point! By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Qualifying opportunities can be a vexing ongoing problem for sales managers. Sellers that aren’t YTD against quota become overly optimistic.

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Customer Centric Selling

MARCH 6, 2013

Sales Training Article: Penny Wise or Pound Foolish? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII series. Quota pressure can exacerbate the situation.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Sales Training Article: 11 Traits of a High Performing Sales Culture. By Steve Loftness, Sales Benchmark Index How do you know if your sales force is a high-performing one? This post lists some attributes of high-performance sales cultures. Modified the sales compensation and quotas.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Sales Training Article for SVPs: Secrets to Managing Up By Dan Perry, Sales Benchmark Index (SBI) Sales VPs consistently ask me: ”How can I control my boss?” But you can manage him. 117 Chief Sales Officers gave us feedback. The impact of not managing them can be significant. What does Tony do?

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 3, 2013

Sales Training Article: "It's Deja Vu All Over Again" By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company Yogi Berra's quote brings to mind the obligatory pipeline review managers do with their salespeople toward the end of the month. It will just fill and waste air time.

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Mindtickle

JUNE 23, 2022

At each stop revenue leaders gathered to network, discuss challenges, and swap best practices for creating an entire team of quota-crushing reps (yes, it’s very much possible). 3 Sales coaching can have a huge impact — but only when it’s done right. Throughout the month of June, we made stops in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York.

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Highspot

MAY 8, 2020

In the world of business-to-business sales, coaches are just as essential to ensuring reps have the skills they need to close deals with confidence. Why is sales coaching important? In the scheme of sales training and sales readiness , coaching lives between sales onboarding and sales training.

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Mindtickle

JANUARY 1, 2017

The following month is a blur of job-specific training workshops and e-learning, as your new reps try to get up-to-speed on your product, target customers, and industry intel. And you’re left having to explain the lackluster sales results to the Board. What is onboarding for sales reps?

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Mindtickle

DECEMBER 31, 2016

The following month is a blur of job-specific training workshops and e-learning, as your new reps try to get up-to-speed on your product, target customers, and industry intel. And you’re left having to explain the lackluster sales results to the Board. What is onboarding for sales reps?

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The Pipeline

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Pipeline Renbor Sales Solutions Inc.s Stored in Attitude , Business Acumen , Coaching , Guest Post , Proactivity , Sales Leadership , Sales Management , Sales Success , execution. If you make the sale about them, you win, if you come across as focused on the sale and your quota, you smell desperate.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

By John Holland , Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Sales can be viewed as a series of races that end December 31 st and start the very next day. As a sales manager, most of my sellers hit the accelerator hard as needed. Read more sales training articles.

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Your Sales Management Guru

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Other tips: Your website must be a sales tool- make sure your salespeople use it in your sales process and that it includes customer testimonials. Instead of lunch workshops, making them “business breakfast sessions”, especially for net new prospects. Cross training of sales teams and cross marketing programs must be developed.

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