April, 2018

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What Does It Take To Be A GREAT Sales Coach?

Anthony Cole Training

Email jeni@anthonycoletraining.com to request a sample of the Coaching Findings form from the Objective Management Group’s Sales Effectiveness and Impact Analysis.

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3 Phrases You Need to Start Using With Every Single Customer

Jeff Shore

Ryan Taft. ?I am not a big script guy. I have never been. Sales scripts are typically written from the perfect world perspective. In other words, if customers acted exactly the way we wanted them to and if sales people were robots, then a script is bullet proof. But sales, my friends, is not a perfect world. I don’t know about you but every sales script I have ever been handed and told to use on customers, I read it thinking to myself “I would never say this.

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Predicting Winning A/B Tests Using Repeatable Patterns

ConversionXL

If you ever ran a highly trustworthy and positive a/b test, chances are that you’ll remember it with an inclination to try it again in the future – rightfully so. Testing is hard work with many experiments failing or ending up insignificant. It would only seem optimal to try and exploit any existing knowledge for more successes and fewer failures.

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Data Shows Most Salespeople are Dinosaurs When it Comes to Social Selling

Understanding the Sales Force

Several recent LinkedIn posts have urged readers to pick up the phone instead of trying to find new opportunities by using social media. I wrote a very popular article about using the phone 3 years ago called, The Next Can't Miss Game Changer for Sales. I have data that shows that the very people who don't score well at hunting (reluctant, ineffective or both) also score poorly at Social Selling while those who score the highest for Hunting score higher for Social Selling too.

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Welcome to the Future of Hospitality: Smart Rooms Start Here

Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless 5G connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to in-room entertainment and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that are enabling

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Listen Up, Sales!

A Sales Guy

Lately, I’ve noticed somewhat of an unfortunate pattern taking hold in sales. Scratch that, the use of “lately” is misleading; the trend has been more or less obvious for years. Here’s the thing: salespeople don’t listen to learn. Say what?! Here, I’ll repeat myself – all while looking at YOU, sales pro: you’re not listening to your prospect to learn.

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The 12 Best Objection Handling Techniques for Sales You’ll Ever Read

Gong.io

Objection handling techniques, tips, and tricks for sales are all over the Internet. So what makes this the BEST post about objection handling you’ll ever read? Simple: it’s the only one based on hard data. Our team at Gong.io studied 67,149 sales call recordings from our database of over 1,000,000 recorded calls. We only included demos and sales presentations from screen-sharing platforms like Webex, GoToMeeting, and Zoom.

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5 of the Most Poisonous Mindsets Killing Your Sales Performance

Jeff Shore

Amy O’Connor . As a sales coach, consultant and trainer, much of what clients pay me for or expect of me is to teach their sales teams sales techniques: how to ask discovery questions, how to close buyers, how to create urgency, etc. The problem is that most of the time the technique is just a small part of the issue. ?Your technique will only ever be as strong as you mindset.

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How Top Sellers Treat Buyers

Engage Selling

Let’s not beat around the bush. There is absolutely a difference between how top sellers interact with people, compared to how mediocre or poor sellers interact with people.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Local SEO in 2018

Hubspot

Local search is powerful for small businesses: four out of five consumers use search to find local information, which means if your business isn’t optimized for local search, you could be missing out on 80% of your potential customers. In short, local SEO is critical if you want your business to stay relevant. To help you optimize your business for local SEO, we’ve created a comprehensive guide, which will cover local SEO tools, local search best practices, how to optimize for Google My Business

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Demystifying Sales Enablement: What Is It, Why It Matters, And How To Do It Right

Sales Hacker

To see what selling on steroids looks like, check out companies with the best sales enablement strategies. You’ll discover a lively place, with a lot of things — like revenue, productivity, and win rate s — going up, and a lot of things — like speed to revenue, sale cycle period, customer churn, and staff attrition rate — going down. It’s an up-and-down ride that moves the needle where it matters, driving sales teams to peak performance and customers to brand loyalty. .

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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What the Top 10% of All Salespeople Do Better

Membrain

The best athletes in the world know exactly how they do the things they do that make them so great. In addition to their God-given talent, they outworked everyone else to master the mechanics and nuances of their sport, the mindset required for greatness, and competed at a high level from a very young age. When they falter they can easily make the adjustments necessary to get back on track.

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The Gap Analysis Between Your Best Salespeople and the Rest

Anthony Cole Training

How does your sales team compare to others around the world and in your industry? Click HERE for a free analysis.

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3 Steps to Make Your First 90 Days in Sales Amazing

Jeff Shore

By Jeff Shore. ?Congratulations. You’ve begun your journey into the wonderful, scary, thrilling, ill-defined, mysterious world of sales. Here’s the bad news: ain’t nobody gonna take you by the hand and guide you to success. That’s also the good news, because it is best left to you to determine what your definition of success is. You will want to figure that out on your own.

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Speak With An End In Mind–A Guest Post From Diego Segura

Partners in Excellence

With the advent of fancy algorithms and analytics, online content is as curated and relevant to the individual as it’s ever been. Hop on Twitter at any given moment and you’ll be met with sports highlights, news bits, and 6 second videos of (arguably) funny people. Spend a couple weeks on the platform, and Twitter will begin to figure out that you’re more of a sports guy, and that you can’t help but click on a couple cute cat videos every once in a while.

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Get Higher-Quality B2B Leads That Convert!

B2B marketers face a number of challenges, including: continuously generating great leads converting leads to active sales prospects finding vendors that deliver real results Aggregage has proven content syndication, webinar, online advertising and intent signal marketing programs that deliver higher-quality leads. More than 700 companies have already benefited from our programs.

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The 15 Best Video Editing Apps for 2018

Hubspot

If you're reading this blog post, chances are you already know you should incorporate more video content into your marketing. But like most new strategies, you might need to prove its ROI before you get budget. And that can be tricky, because to make a great video, you need a few things -- like a camera and editing software. You might already have a high-quality camera built into your smartphone, but editing your raw footage and preparing it for publication requires a third-party mobile app.

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Building A Profile of the Sales Rep of the Future

Sales Hacker

There’s a lot of talk these days about the future of sales. And a great deal of that discussion is propelled by just two little letters: AI. Obviously, I’m talking about artificial intelligence. By default, when you talk about AI, you’re not just talking about the tech behind it. You’re also talking about things that are far more impactful, like how it’s going to change the way we live and work.

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How to Prepare for a Business Failure

ConversionXL

Each business has its own level of difficulty. Do you know what to do when things are no longer working? How can you prepare yourself when the time comes to close up shop? Be ready for your next business idea. The post How to Prepare for a Business Failure appeared first on CXL.

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Coaching for Sales Success

Anthony Cole Training

We spend a great deal of time with our clients teaching and coaching them about how to drive sales growth. The process for them is rarely easy.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Episode #061: The Introvert’s Edge with Matthew Pollard

Jeff Shore

In This Episode of The Buyer’s Mind with Jeff Shore: Matthew Pollard, an introvert, deliberates with Jeff, an introvert, about who has the advantage in a sales situation. As a sales professional, who do you think has the edge? An extrovert or an introvert? Everyone brings something to the table when it comes to their sales ability. But just because you’re quiet or introverted, doesn’t mean that you can’t or won’t be successful.

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5 Top Strategies I Learned about Sales while Working with Some of the Largest Tech Companies in the World

SalesforLife

It’s difficult to deny that the sales environment is changing. Buyers are evolving, competition is increasing, and organizations are finding it more difficult to differentiate their products and services. The result is exactly what you would expect in this environment—a large number of sales reps missing quota each year.

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Active Listening in Sales: The Ultimate Guide

Hubspot

Salespeople don’t hold all of the cards anymore. With a quick Google search and some browsing, prospects can gather as much information about a product as a salesperson has. As a result, it’s harder for salespeople to demonstrate their expertise. And if they can’t demonstrate expertise, it becomes all the more difficult to establish credibility and eventually build trust.

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12 Ways You’re Making Your Boss Look Bad (And You, Amateurish)

Sales Hacker

I work with many salespeople across multiple industries every month in my role of mentoring and data driven sales coaching. Many meetings feel like Groundhog Day or maybe I’m just becoming grumpy in my old age. But here are 12 common drivers of poor sales performance I see in salespeople that make them worthy of being fired. If you’re a sales manager or CEO, send this to the entire sales team and put them on notice that they will be held to account.

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The Intersection of AI and Sales: Personalization Without Compromise

Speaker: Jesse Hunter and Brynn Chadwick

Today’s buyers expect more than generic outreach–they want relevant, personalized interactions that address their specific needs. For sales teams managing hundreds or thousands of prospects, however, delivering this level of personalization without automation is nearly impossible. The key is integrating AI in a way that enhances customer engagement rather than making it feel robotic.

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Dedicate Time For Learning & Get Better at Anything

ConversionXL

Do you want to get better at your work? Are you even trying? Putting in the work and meeting with mentors will get you far, but dedicated time for learning WEEKLY will increase your chances significantly. You have the time to learn! CXL Institute All-Access has everything from digital psychology to Google Analytics courses. All-Access is great for teams and individual learners.

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How Do Extraordinary Financial Planners Close the #Salesgrowthopportunity Gap?

Anthony Cole Training

What prompted this article was a post from Jeff Ferraris, a program manager for CUSO Financial Services in Austin,Texas. The article – " Leading With Planning: Master Financial Planning With These 6 Steps " – takes investment advisors through a best practices process to have success implementing financial plans for high net worth clients. Aside from the ‘know how’ and the licensing required, what else do your advisors need in order to be successful in their role?

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Episode #062: The Buyer’s Mind Anniversary with Jeff Shore

Jeff Shore

In This Episode of The Buyer’s Mind with Jeff Shore: Jeff Shore has been in sales for over 30 years. A successful author, speaker and entrepreneur. – he launched The Buyer’s Mind a year ago to help sales professionals understand their customers better. In case you’ve never met him, this episode will help you to know him better. Join us for this inspirational interview with Jeff Shore!

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Are your sales people suffering from value vagueness?

Membrain

Whether they are involved in winning new business or seeking to retain or expand existing business relationships, one of the key things that every member of your sales organisation needs to understand is how they establish unique value for each existing or prospective customer.

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AI Strategies for Sales Managers: How to Cut Down on Tedious Admin Work

What if you could help your sellers stop wasting 72% of their day on non-selling activities and focus on bringing in revenue? Incorporating AI in your enablement workflows can help you cut down on busy work, get projects done faster, and let your team (and you!) focus on making a bigger impact. We put together this guide to show you how to use AI to cut time and costs for projects, including collateral creation, development of training videos, and automating tedious processes.

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20 Questions to Ask When Creating Buyer Personas [Free Template]

Hubspot

Buyer personas are a crucial component of successful inbound marketing, particularly for the sales and marketing departments. After all, the marketing team needs to know to whom they are marketing, and the sales team needs to know to whom they are selling. But once you sit down to craft your buyer personas, you may find yourself staring blankly at a white screen for some time, wondering where on earth you're supposed to begin.

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The SaaS Executive’s Guide To Building A Winning Go-To Market Strategy

Sales Hacker

The Winning By Design Blueprint Series provides practical advice for every part of a SaaS sales organization. In this blueprint, we take a tactical approach on how to build a go to market strategy. This will then help you diversify your revenue, make your business more resilient to economic setbacks and help you plan for growth. 5 Steps To Building Your Go To Market Strategy. 1.

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Improve Conversions with Website Reviews

ConversionXL

Do you want to make your website better? There are many ways to optimize a landing page for higher conversions. One method is to perform an expert reviews to understand what you should change. Watch my step-by-step framework. On this episode of The Pe:p Show, conversion optimization champion Peep Laja breaks down how you can improve landing page conversions with expert reviews and heuristic analysis.

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The ROI of Call Coaching In Sales

Gong.io

Calculating the ROI of call coaching for your sales team seems hard to pin down at first. But it’s actually incredibly simple, and you may be surprised at just how lucrative call coaching can be. Where you might go wrong in your attempt to calculate ROI is by trying to tie it nebulous outcomes that have too many root causes like close rate increases, sales cycle length decreases, etc.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.