Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

I've got a fill in the blank for you.

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Sell Product Sales 142

A Sales Guy

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Well, it’s finally arrived. Gap Selling is available for pre-order on Amazon. The most relevant, impactful and insightful sales book since The Challenger Sale: No blue suits, blue shirts, blue ties or blue sheets. No gimmicks or tricks. No 90’s selling tactics. No, not your dad’s sales book. Gap Selling is selling for the 21st century.

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Sell Sales 140

Membrain

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

“Grind till you shine.” “The price of success is hard work.” “Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”.

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Price Sales 114

RAIN Group

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

"Can you send me a proposal?". Sellers love to hear these 6 words from buyers. Once you submit a proposal, you can move forward to the win. While a good proposal summarizes what you've already discussed and agreed to, a proposal is, at its core, a persuasive document that communicates to buyers why they should buy, and why they should buy from you.

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Consult Process Sell Sales 108

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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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Today, I want to talk to you about time management vs self management. Now, here's one thing we know about time, it manages itself very, very well. In fact, you don't have to worry about time managing itself, what you do need to worry about, at least what we see around the country as we coach and train salespeople, is the concept of self-management.

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Trust Sales 142

Openview

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In my experience, at the $1 million ARR stage, most SaaS companies find themselves in one of two buckets. Either their sales organization is firing on all cylinders or falling apart at the seams. You can guess what happens to the companies who have sales teams that are knocking it out of the park. Customer acquisition increases as they continue to execute strategies and tactics that they know work well and shed the ones that don’t.

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Quota Sales Growth Promote 107

Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

It used to be that buyers needed to know you first before they could trust your product. Today the reverse is true.

Trust 101

Trust Objection handling Product Presentation 101

ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Earlier this year, at CXL Live , you asked us about voice search (a lot). More specifically, you asked the hard questions, like: How can ecommerce companies compete with Alexa? How will voice search work given the human urge to shop around? Are there use cases for voice search in B2B? This post has answers. They range from straightforward technical optimizations to complex, long-term efforts to differentiate through a superior consumer experience.

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B2B Manufacturing Retail Cross-sell 100

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

We’ve all been there, we’ve played the same games. It’s about the forecast–the monthly, quarterly, annual forecast. We’re pressured to commit. Ultimately, we agree on a commitment, “Lock me in at $10M for the quarter, boss! I guarantee you that I’ll make it.” At the beginning of the quarter, we kinda-sorta see the path.

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Gaming Pipeline Start-ups Product 100

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Over the past few years, Instagram has seen exponential growth -- from one million users in December 2010, to over one billion in 2018. It's hard to remember a time before Instagram. "Do it for the 'gram" has become a common saying, which means, essentially, "Do something so we can take a picture and post it to Instagram." If you're not part of the one billion on Instagram, you might want to reconsider.

Follow-up 101

Follow-up Launch Gaming Promote 101

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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Jeff Shore

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

By Amy O’Connor. Let’s face it, there’s a lot of bad sales training out there as it relates to closing skills. And that bad training leads to bad technique, but maybe even worse, bad training leads to bad mindset. It’s important to understand that flawed mindset always leads to flawed technique. Below are the top ten closing myths (or flawed mindsets as it relates to closing a buyer) that negatively effect sale people’s performance and the realities we should embrace in their place.

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Closing Commission Technique Contract 99

Selling Power

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Is a trade show a waste of money? It doesn’t have to be. Just follow this three-step process.

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Process Prospecting Sales 99

Membrain

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

I have a very good friend, Dr. Howard Dover. He does wickedly smart things in driving the sales curriculum at UT Dallas. Every once in a while, I get terribly frustrated and need to vent and Howard lets me vent.

Sales 96

Sales 96

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Ask any successful sports coach how they win so many games, and they’ll tell you they have a unique plan for every single game they coach. To have a fighting chance against any of their opponents, they need to prepare a specific game plan tailored to each of their opponents’ strengths and weaknesses. Otherwise, they’ll get crushed. The same logic applies to business.

Gaming 101

Gaming Sports Legal Education 101

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InsightSquared

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

We recommend that every quarter you pick one thing to improve about your sales process. If you improve the conversion rate during each key moment in your sales process by just a small percentage, you can end up doubling your revenue or more. But how do you know what key moments or metrics to focus on? In the past, we’ve discussed three key measurements: Volume based metrics (the change in amount at any given stage i.e. # of leads).

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SQL Territory Negotiate Cross-sell 94

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

When it comes to business outsourcing, I have been on both sides of the table. I have, since 2009, hired 20+ outsourced resources from all over the world for tasks such as data research, web design, translations, voiceover talent and more. I have learned quite a bit about it. I also run a Consulting company, AltiSales , which has a Business Process Outsourcing component, think Accenture, but purely for SDRs.

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Lead generation Profit margin Tradeshows Objectives and Key Results 92

Selling Power

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Today’s post is by Michelle Vazzana, CEO and a founding partner at Vantage Point Performance, a leading global sales management training and development firm. She is co-author of Cracking the Sales Management Code: The Secrets to Measuring and Managing Sales Performance. Her newest book is Crushing Quota: Proven Sales Coaching Tactics for Breakthrough Performance.

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Quota Sales 89

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

WordPress is known for being one of the most popular content management system (CMS) software options available to date. One of the main reasons for this is because WordPress is easy to use and meets the needs of almost any type of website and business. Installing the CMS is a simple process that only takes about five minutes. But if you’re new to the software, installing WordPress may seem daunting.

Follow-up 101

Follow-up User Experience Meeting Process 101

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Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Every time I speak to a new sales audience, someone starts up with a familiar whine: “Colleen it’s different around here…” “Colleen what you need to know about our market is…” “Colleen it’s unique here…” And then they go on … Read More »

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Start-ups Sales Clients Quota 88

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If you’re past $4m-$5m or so in revenue, this post isn’t for you. You’ll have figured this out, at least mostly. But if you are on either side of $1m in ARR, there are 3 things you can almost always do from a pure process standpoint to squeeze materially more revenue out per lead. Do ’em now! ??. First, implement Lead Scoring.

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Closing Territory Follow-up Consult 88

Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The 2018 World Series is in the rear view mirror, my family can go to sleep at a normal time again, and sports fans can finally devote their attention to Basketball, Hockey and Football (and soccer okay? You got me to say it). I'm still getting calls and emails asking if I've come down from cloud 9 over the Red Sox world-series victory but I keep explaining that I was never on cloud 9.

Sports 86

Sports Sales Closing 86

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The first time I was prompted with “Tell me about yourself” in an interview, I reeled off a canned spiel about how I love helping people -- I was positive it would impress my interviewer. But after my cliched answer triggered a disappointed look on her face, I panicked. I ended up rambling about how "fun" I was, citing my time as the lead singer and guitarist for a Blink-182 cover band in the sixth grade as compelling evidence.

Intrinsic 101

Intrinsic Extrinsic Drivers/motivators Pitch 101

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.

Sales

Engage Selling

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

????????A few weeks ago, I had a rousing discussion on LinkedIn about the downside of pushing too hard as I recently did a Facebook Live video about pushing hard until the end of the year.

Sales 86

Sales Clients Pipeline Sell 86

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Recently, I was in a discussion with a great sales management team. At one point in the discussion, we started discussing forecast and accuracy. It’s a difficult topic, too often, I think management spends entirely too much time obsessing over the forecasting process. As we discussed ways to improve forecasting, a key point came up. We can never hope to achieve any level of integrity in our forecasts, until we have integrity in our Target Close Dates.

Manufacturing 85

Manufacturing Launch Clients Closing 85

Score More Sales

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The subtitle says only part of what this new book is about: “Winning Customers Away from your Competition”. For me as someone who reads nearly every new book on professional, B2B selling I felt Anthony under-promoted the huge issue of KEEPING clients. It is an issue of mammoth proportion, and one I grappled with when I sold products and services that could be easily cancelled (SaaS software, for example) or that were in a competitive industry.

Promote 50

Promote B2B Clients Service 50

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Sometimes, taking a quick break from work to watch YouTube videos is the only way to stay sane during a stressful day. There’s just something about 20-minute long Vine compilations and brutally honest Chevy ad spoofs that can instantly lift your spirits, especially when you’re running on fumes towards the end of the work day. If you’re in the midst of an end-of-day lull and need a boost of mental energy, you’re in luck.

Education 101

Education Product 101

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

Product

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Intent data has become one of the hottest topics in the B2B sales and marketing space. However, it remains under-utilized by many sales practitioners. A 2018 ABM Benchmark Report found only 25% of companies were using it. Let’s explore what it is, why it matters, and how to make the most of it. What the heck is intent data? Intent data is a relatively new term our industry has adopted to encompass signals and data about prospective buyers or businesses actively researching products or serv

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Territory Education Technology Technology 82

Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

The email asked me to participate in a market research survey. It was from one of the old line business publications, it promised a donation to one of my favorite charities, so I decided to take it. The survey was pretty exhaustive. It asked me all sorts of questions about my reading preferences. There was one problem, though. As they asked for my preferences, the choices I was given were only their traditional competition–other old line business publications.

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Contract Territory Up-sell Service 84

Selling Power

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

I have found that sales leaders often love the idea of online sales training as a reinforcement tool, but don’t fully utilize it.

Sales 81

Sales 81

Hubspot

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Quitting your job is never easy, particularly if you have a good relationship with your boss and colleagues, or you feel they've invested time and energy into your professional development. It might feel like there's no good way to give your two weeks' notice, but that's not true. There are particular actions you can take to ensure you leave a good final impression with your current employer.

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Contract Healthcare Meeting Growth 101

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