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Key to Sales Success: Find More Prospects - Duh!

Anthony Cole Training

I was talking to a prospect yesterday about this very thing. It reminded me of a pivotal conversation about prospecting that I had years ago when I was new to selling. I asked Ron, a successful seasoned veteran, “As a newer agent, what is the best way for me to find prospects and make money?” Finding prospects is not difficult.

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The Truth About Sales People #4 - They Don't Prospect Very Well

Anthony Cole Training

Sales people have to prospect! I''m confused because it appears that today''s sales people either don''t prospect, don''t generate their own leads, or don''t do either one very well. I grew up in a sales world where, if you called yourself a sales person, you prospected for leads. Honestly, I have to say I''m confused by this.

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What is the Toughest Thing About Sales?

Anthony Cole Training

Prospecting, prospecting, prospecting. I was in my second year of my insurance career with National Life of Vermont. Tony, it''s prospecting.". After 30 years, it''s still prospecting! Even if I''m in this business for 30 years, prospecting is STILL going to be my biggest problem. The Fun Rule.

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Lunch and Learn - 12 Sales Lessons from Rich Ambrose

Anthony Cole Training

In 1987, when I entered the life insurance business with David Zimmerman at National Life of Vermont, I learned that selling life insurance was truly "selling" and my experience with Nautilus had been merely "order-taking". Can your clients or prospects say the same thing? in Dallas, Texas. I thought that was selling.

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April 1st - A Day for Sales People to Remember

Anthony Cole Training

I got into the life insurance business as an agent with National Life of Vermont. Apparently, they didn’t want their prospects to think they were trying to “sell” insurance. I spent a total of 5 years in the insurance services business before starting Anthony Cole Training Group in 1993.

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Sales Managers – Why Isn’t Goal Setting Easy?

Anthony Cole Training

I was first introduced to goal setting in sales when I was an insurance agent with National Life of Vermont. Let’s also assume the job is the same: Call suspects, meet with suspects, qualify them or disqualify them as prospects, gather appropriate information, present a solution, close. You do the math.

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Best Sales Rep Salary: Average Sales Salary in 50 States

Lead Fuze

If your new sales prospect is capable of generating $500,000 in earnings, it may be worthwhile to give them a $200,000 sales rep salary plus incentives in exchange for their services. Rhode Island. South Carolina. South Dakota. Virgin Islands. Washington. West Virginia. Other Things to Consider. 1 Cost of Living.