Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 1, 2019

In this article, Tony discusses the Sales Probability Scorecard, the second tool in our 9 Sales Productivity Tools series.

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Membrain

OCTOBER 2, 2019

You know that scene in The Matrix when Neo wakes up in a metal tank and discovers that his entire life has been a lie and that he is merely a battery helping to power a world run by machines?

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SalesProInsider

OCTOBER 2, 2019

When I was about 8 another kid told me a scary story about a woman who lived in closets and attacked children. Every night for months I was afraid that “Mary” was in my closet…and no matter how many times my mom and dad opened the closet door to show me there was nothing inside, I was terrified and ended up in their bed at some point. Our mind is powerful.

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InsightSquared

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Combination of leading revenue intelligence solution with activity data capture and next best action sales engine offers industry’s most complete platform to drive predictable growth. BOSTON — Oct. 3, 2019 – InsightSquared , the leading provider of revenue intelligence solutions, has acquired Olono, a leader in sales activity management. The acquisition solidifies InsightSquared’s position as the vendor of choice for revenue operations professionals who want to equip go-to-market teams with a su

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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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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Confidence intervals are a standard output of many free and paid A/B testing tools. Most A/B test reports contain one or more interval estimates. Even if you’re simply a consumer of such reports, understanding confidence intervals is helpful. If you’re in charge of preparing and presenting those reports, it’s essential. In this article, we’ll look at confidence intervals—what they are, how to interpret them, some caveats, and oft-encountered issues.

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Membrain

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

There are no perfect salespeople born into this world. At least I haven’t met any.

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Heinz Marketing

OCTOBER 1, 2019

By: Mike Schultz, President, RAIN Group. A number of years ago, one of our clients said the following to us after a training delivery: “The program and reinforcement were great. The people who are adopting it are seeing strong results. How, however, do I get more of them to adopt it? How do I get them to stop complaining they don’t have the time?”. Thus, we started a multi-year study of productivity and accountability.

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The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Buyer personas are a common topic amongst Marketers and Business Owners alike; but what exactly are buyer personas; and how does it help your sales and marketing efforts? In this article, we’ll look at what buyer personas are, why they’re important, and the various steps you need to learn in order to break down your buyer persona. What Are Buyer Personas – And Why Are They Important?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The other day, I had an experience I’ve never had in 14 years of building and buying SaaS: I became That Angry Customer. Really, an Angry Ex-Customer. I don’t have time or energy to get too angry about a few bits and bytes, or a few nickels. But in this case, the vendor just went too far, too many times, and created disruption all across our little tiny team.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2019

When you're first starting a business, branding is likely the last thing on your mind. After all, it's hard to sit down and flip through fonts when you're still trying to figure out who your customers are (and where to find them). Plus, even if you made creating a brand identity a priority in the beginning, a change in business plans might have made your initial branding strategy obsolete.

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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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SalesforLife

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I’m noticing a big disruption in “the Force” – and it’s a disturbing trend. Maybe I’m getting older, or becoming more aware, or turning cynical – but the disruption in the Force that I’m seeing is that year by year, more and more sales professionals – whether they’re account executives, customer success leaders, or business development reps – seem to be losing the skill and art of prospecting.

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The 5% Institute

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Sales slump’s are a common occurrence for many Sales Professionals and Business Owners. We’re all human – and that means that occasionally we’re all going to feel unmotivated. So now that we acknowledge that they’re normal – what do we do next? How do we pull ourselves out of a sales slump? In this article, we’ll look at what causes sales slumps to occur, and the five ways you can pull yourself out of a sales slump. 5 X Ways To Pull Yourself Out Of A Sales Slump.

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Miller Heiman Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Today we are announcing a landmark moment in the sales performance marketplace: Miller Heiman Group will join Korn Ferry to create an unprecedented force to deliver the most comprehensive solutions ever offered to the market. As a 20+ year veteran of the sales and service performance market, I could not be more excited for our employees, our clients and our Independent Sales Consultants to be a part of this next phase of Miller Heiman Group.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

There are nearly 15 million salespeople working in the United States, and they spend weeks or even months training for success in their role. Given the different responsibilities, industries, and team structures salespeople encounter, it’s hard to recommend a one-size-fits-all approach to sales training. Your reps need to learn and retain all of the company-specific skills and knowledge in order to succeed in their jobs.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 3, 2019

KEENAN LIVE kicks off today. I’m pretty excited, it’s going to be dope. KEENAN LIVE is going to be a live series dedicated to the interesting, the rebellious and the successful. I will be having conversations with some of the most unique, interesting and successful people, some you may know, others you may not, but they all have in common is a kick-ass story.

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Jill Konrath

OCTOBER 1, 2019

If you’re like most sellers, you envision finding the perfect way to position your products/services. You want ONE perfect phrase that’s so attractive to prospects that they immediately respond to your voicemail or email—literally begging you to meet with them as soon as humanly possible.

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The Sales Hunter

OCTOBER 4, 2019

This morning, during a call with a business owner, he shared with me about their latest product upgrade. As he talked, I could hear passion in his voice about how his product could help others. Without hesitation, he stated why his solution was better than his competitor’s offering. In this compelling conversation, he convinced me to believe. There is a major parallel between prospecting and leading.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As a sales leader, your ability to develop and retain your sales reps is important to your company’s bottom line and future success. Employee retention in the sales field continues to be an issue. In 2018, the average sales professional tenure was reported to be 1.5 years , down by half from 2010. Furthermore, the average sales professional turnover rate is 35% — a dramatic number compared to the average turnover rate of all industries, which is just 13%.

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Advertiser: ZoomInfo

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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Women Sales Pros

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Years ago when I decided to pursue a career in marketing, I was driven by the concept of motivation and persuasion. Why do people do what they do? Why is it that given the same circumstances and environment, people can have completely different perspectives? Why do people make the decisions that they make? Why, why, why… I was determined to find out, so I studied marketing plans, demographics, customer segmentation versus mass marketing, and sales processes.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Outbound emails are rarely a one-size-fits-all sort of thing. Truth be told, every time you change a target of your outbound email campaign, you need a new template. Unfortunately, the same template that worked on decision-makers at digital agencies won’t work on decision-makers in recruitment. Nonetheless, with experience, you’ll get the insight you need to structure email templates in a way that the whole process is easy.

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Engage Selling

OCTOBER 3, 2019

You’ve probably heard some of the buzz around leading with fear.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 1, 2019

You bought a really nice, new, laptop computer and you thought to yourself, "Now I'm all set!" But are you? You needed a case to carry it around, a thumb drive for quickly moving files from your laptop to another, and a printer and if you have a Mac notebook, a port that will serve as adapters to your various cables. These are your accessories.

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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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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Forecasting is important to our business, we spend a lot of time (often too much) on forecasts. But too often, we get forecasting wrong. Some observations: We strive for forecast accuracy, but we will never be perfectly accurate. Even the dictionary calls it a prediction or an estimate. Yet we waste a lot of time trying to achieve levels of accuracy that are unreasonable.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Lots of SaaS companies don’t offer a free trial — intentionally. A free trial is a bad idea if: Your product has a lengthy and/or complex deployment process. If it’s going to take 30–60 days to go live, a Free Trial will just lead to failure. That’s way too much work just to see if you might want to buy a product. Most prospects will give up and quit.

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 4, 2019

As a marketer, it’s useful to keep track of social media sites by the numbers. Statistics help organize where to invest your ad dollars in content and which areas to avoid. Whether you’re interested in where to begin the buyer’s journey on Facebook or the cost of paying for ads, find the Facebook statistics you need to know for 2019. Our Facebook stats are organized into five categories: 1.

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The 5% Institute

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Building value in sales conversations you have with your potential clients is a must if you want to successfully close more prospects. But how do you build value and a need for your products or services? In this article, we’ll look at why you should be building value in sales conversations and dialogue, and how to successfully do it in a way that helps your potential clients sell themselves on your products and services.

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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.

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 4, 2019

My friend, Kevin Dorsey, wrote a fantastic piece on LinkedIn. Be sure to read it. Kevin outlines a number of important things, but underlying these in the importance of periodic self reflection. For many, we are beginning a new quarter. It’s always a good time to go through a quick mental checklist about what we have done and not done in, for example, the past quarter.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It’s well known that sales coaching can improve revenue growth — by a whopping 16.7%. . Imagine what could happen if you baked coaching into your day-to-day, creating a coaching culture that steadily improves performance and profits. . You can, and you should… Because in addition to driving revenue, a strong coaching culture can improve win rates, elevate team performance, reduce employee churn, and accelerate ramp. .

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Hubspot

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Imagine this: You’re a project manager at a boutique marketing firm tasked with training the new PM and getting them up to speed on how to do their job to meet expectations. To fulfill this request, you probably had to learn a series of actions already set in place. That series of actions is called a standard operating procedure (SOP), and they help to routinize job functions.

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The 5% Institute

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Overselling in sales is a common mistake Sales Professionals and Business Owners make when speaking with their potential clients; and can in fact be something you accidentally do without knowing it. But what is overselling; and why does it hurt your sales? In this article, we’ll be looking at the two types of overselling in sales, why it damages your closing rate, and what you should be doing instead to avoid the issue.

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