Anthony Cole Training
JANUARY 19, 2015
'Sales teams perform based on two inputs - effort and execution. If your sales team isn''t performing as expected, you must ask the question - Why? Chances are you won''t know for sure but you can describe the symptoms: Anemic pipeline. Not closing enough. Sales taking too long. Not consistent in our prospecting. Chasing too many of the wrong deals.
A Sales Guy
JANUARY 22, 2015
'How’s that title make you feel? Are you feeling a little minimized? I get it. Saying you’re not an employee can sting a little, but why play games, why pretend? As much as we like to think we’re an employee, that should be cared for and respected; we are the product before we are anything else. Here’s why? It breaks down like this.
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ConversionXL
JANUARY 7, 2015
'If you’ve looked at enough SaaS websites, you’ve probably noticed a bit of a theme: home pages designed to act as landing pages. They have minimal top navigation. Or in some cases, they have none at all. Their intent is to get their visitors to take a very specific action – usually sign up for a free trial of a service. For conversion purposes, they can be a dream come true.
Closing Bigger
JANUARY 14, 2015
'A big thanks to the BMO Financial Group for inviting me to speak at your business development conference. LinkedIn as I mentioned is not a strategy, it’s a great tool IF you have the right processes and disciplines in place. The key components of a great LinkedIn in strategy includes: Having a complete profile with a current professional looking picture.
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Understanding the Sales Force
JANUARY 9, 2015
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Score More Sales
JANUARY 5, 2015
'It is a new year and a fresh start for many in the B2B sales world. Having had a monthly or a quarterly sales quota over the course of 15 years or so, I know that good feeling of have a blank slate – but it also can be a tough feeling to start back at zero. If you are working on a calendar year, than January 5 th is a fresh start. Doesn’t it feel good to get a fresh start?
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A Sales Guy
JANUARY 7, 2015
'you don’t give a s**t! A client of mine said something the other day that stuck with me. She looked at her team after they had been demonstrating “lazy” behavior, as few of them had been doing what they needed to do, and she said,”No one here is lazy. There is no such thing as ‘lazy.’ It’s that you just don’t care enough, don’t see enough value or you’re not prioritizing things correctly, and that’s why stuff isn’t getting
Partners in Excellence
JANUARY 21, 2015
'I’m constantly amazed at the fear that strikes at the hearts of sales people with the mention of the word, “Prospecting.” While it doesn’t strike fear into my heart, it’s still something a don’t like to do (though there are ways to make it more enjoyable). It’s also interesting to hear all the reasons and excuses sales people dream up to avoid prospecting, “I have a proposal that’s due, I have a meeting on this deal, I’m busy preppin
The Sales Hunter
JANUARY 5, 2015
'It’s a New Year! Now is the best time to ask yourself, “What am I going to do differently this year to make it even better than last year?!” I challenge you to take a close look at what you can change so that you can accelerate your success in 2015. Check out the video […].
Understanding the Sales Force
JANUARY 26, 2015
'Most salespeople don''t pay too much attention to this. Even though we perform a pipeline analysis and restage the pipeline with every individual sales evaluation and comprehensive sales force evaluation we conduct, we typically discuss this exclusively at the executive level. So imagine my surprise when a salesperson sent along his lessons learned from a session on closing deals and included this.
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ConversionXL
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Conversion optimization is a process, not tactics. Reading case studies, and blindly implementing that stuff is just stupid. If you’re serious about improving your skills as an optimizer, you need to start thinking in terms of processes. Ask yourself if you have a systematic way of optimizing websites? To address this issue, I created a mini-course back in October that I called Conversion October.
Anthony Cole Training
JANUARY 27, 2015
'WIT = Whatever It Takes! Successful selling is a WIT profession. Now, before you get sideways, I want you to assume that I am always working and speaking from a legal, ethical and moral standard. So, when I say WIT, I mean WIT within those boundaries. Here are some examples of doing WIT: Making calls – Regardless of how tired you are, how much you just sold last week, how difficult it is to handle the rejection – if you are going to be successful in selling, you have to pick up the phone and ca
A Sales Guy
JANUARY 26, 2015
'There is no question selling is both art and science. Like most things where art and science collide, science gets all the attention. Why? Science is measurable. It’s data-driven. We can touch and feel the science of sales. It’s black and white and as humans, we love that s**t. How many times have we heard the phrase; “If it can’t be measured it doesn’t count?
Partners in Excellence
JANUARY 19, 2015
'Andy Paul and I exchanged emails on my post The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle And Selling. He had written a similar post [See Here]. His post reminded me of something too many sales people overlook in their sales strategies. Buyers Get Smarter Through The Buying Cycle. If we are doing our job engaging with the customer, we are teaching them–helping them understand new approaches to achieving their goals and getting them all hot and lathered to change.
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The Sales Hunter
JANUARY 30, 2015
' Why is your customer in business? Who is their customer? How do their customers benefit from what they provide to them? Recently, I was working with a salesperson calling on customers and this issue came to light. The reason it came to light is the salesperson was selling to customers who suddenly found themselves […].
Understanding the Sales Force
JANUARY 16, 2015
'I love finding cool new apps for my iPad and I''m always looking for the next great weather app. I recently downloaded eWeather HD and as I poked around, I found something I had never seen before and it has a huge tie-in to sales management, the pipeline, and accurate forecasts!
Engage Selling
JANUARY 20, 2015
'Be honest…how prepared are you for every sales call, presentation and meeting? Do you have a “general idea” of the topics you would like to cover, or do you have a detailed strategy, on paper, that outlines exactly what needs to be discussed?Have you run through everything that could go right and wrong and developed […].
Anthony Cole Training
JANUARY 13, 2015
'The Free Dictionary: fail. (f?l) v. failed , fail·ing , fails v.intr. 1. To prove deficient or lacking; perform ineffectively or inadequately: failed to fulfill their promises; failed in their attempt to reach the summit. Why are the people that you hire, train, coach, pay and invest in, failing to perform at levels that are less than expected? Generally, when you hire someone, fold them into your organization or acquire a team of sales people, what you think you are getting is: People that hav
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A Sales Guy
JANUARY 12, 2015
'Do you seriously believe you can exceed 200% of quota? Do you seriously believe you can be the CEO? Do you seriously believe you can get into that account? Do you seriously believe you can raise 100 million dollars? Do you seriously believe you can get a job with Warren Buffet? Do you seriously believe you can have your bosses job in a year? Do you seriously believe your idea can change everything for your company?
Partners in Excellence
JANUARY 27, 2015
'I’ve been at the periphery of a number of discussions about commissions and sales. Usually, they are very polarized discussions, with people on each side taking extreme positions, neither providing useful or data based arguments, neither listening too each other and each reinforcing the others’ positions. Usually there’s one camp evangelizing the evils of commission (There’s one CEO making a lot of noise on this issue in LinkedIn, though I suspect he has not given up hi
The Sales Hunter
JANUARY 27, 2015
'We all want prospects to return our phone calls. But the fact is that the majority of prospecting phone calls will never be returned, because they were bad calls to begin with! Here are 5 ways to get a prospect to return your phone call: 1. Keep it simple and make it […].
Understanding the Sales Force
JANUARY 28, 2015
'As most of you know, were absolutely clobbered by yesterday''s Blizzard of 2015 which gifted us with 34 inches of snow and even higher drifts. Wishing to be prepared, I went to Staples the day before the storm and purchased every last one of the small devices that recharge phones and tablets. That evening, I made sure that each was fully charged so that if we lost power, three of us could recharge our 7 combined devices and remain connected and productive.
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Engage Selling
JANUARY 27, 2015
'A funny thing happens as salespeople become more and more experienced with their company or product. They also become less and less effective. Yes, you read that correctly. Salespeople often becomes less effective with the more experience that they gain. At first glance, it would seem that the exact opposite should be true. Yet, it […].
Anthony Cole Training
JANUARY 19, 2015
'By Tony Cole, President, Anthony Cole Training Group. One of my favorite expressions is “You are tomorrow what you are planning for today.” My favorite thing to do is accomplish is accomplish goals and I’ve learned over the years that the best way for me to accomplish goals is to plan for them first. Hello, this is Tony Cole, LIVE from WWHQ and welcome to another edition of Tony Cole Unplugged.
A Sales Guy
JANUARY 19, 2015
'I have been doing a lot of thinking about what to write today. The events of 2014 and Ferguson andMichael Brown, Eric Gardner and I can’t breathe, Tamir Rice and the toy gun, and John Crawford and Walmart have pushed many people to question how far has this country really progressed when it comes to race? To many, we’ve come a long way and racism is a non-factor.
Partners in Excellence
JANUARY 23, 2015
'Sales people, we have a PR problem, … it’s Real,…… and we probably deserve it, … and we need to do something about it. I just read this post by Brian de Haaff, CEO of Aha, This CEO Will Never Hire A Sales Person. My initial reaction was, “This guy is clueless about professional sales.” He spoke about displacing sales with a Customer Success team, people dedicated to making sure customers are successful.
Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications
Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.
The Sales Hunter
JANUARY 18, 2015
' The line I hate hearing from salespeople or anyone for that matter goes something like this: “I’d do so much more if only I had someone who motivated me.” There are many variations of it, but it always boils down to thinking that it is someone else’s job to motivate you. Guess what? It’s […].
Understanding the Sales Force
JANUARY 22, 2015
'Copyright: 123RF Stock Photo. This week I received a cold call from one of the worst salespeople ever. I get to see the Sales DNA and Sales Competencies of more bad salespeople than anyone on the planet so I know bad when I see it or hear it. Objective Management Group (OMG) has assessed more than 750,000 salespeople and when I compare percentages between the beginning and end of the last ten year period, not much has changed. 74% of all salespeople still suck and I get to see just how bad they
Pointclear
JANUARY 20, 2015
'You’re a sales person. On Tuesday morning, 45 sales "leads" come your way through a variety of sources. Terrific! In due time, you figure out that three of them are real opportunities and want to take the next step in learning about your services, twelve of them are bogus opportunities, and the rest of them are … well … up in the air. They didn’t give an outright “no,” but they aren’t jumping up and down for you either.
Anthony Cole Training
JANUARY 12, 2015
'Some of your sales people are selling as expected… and some of them are not. If we buy into the theories of Italian economist, Pareto, then we buy into the concept/ idea that 80 percent of the wealth is owned/managed/held by 20% of the people. Occasionally, someone (me) writes about this principal as it applies to selling and sales teams. My purpose over the next several blog posts will be to answer the question: Why Are Your Sales People Not Selling As Expected.
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