Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In 2002, Marie Guion-Johnson ’s 41-year-old husband, Rob, died after going into cardiac arrest while swimming. That got me thinking about sales managers and their assets – people. As a sales VP or manager, people are your only asset. Looking at the return (pipeline or sales results) is not enough. If not, why not?

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Hiring Maximizer eBook Call-back 155

Allego

JANUARY 13, 2022

Innovative Sales Training and Enablement Technology. Allego’s industry-leading sales enablement software won awards again for its innovation and advancements in helping organizations adapt to the “new normal,” as well as prepare for the future of work. Best Overall Sales Enablement Software Solution—MarTech Breakthrough Awards.

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Lead Rank Lead Scoring Journal Software 157

Customer Centric Selling

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Sales Training Article: Ignoring Evolution. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. As someone who has worked in or with sales organizations throughout my career, it''s been painful to watch the snail''s pace at which vendors have adapted to changing buying behaviors.

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Training Vendor Government Construction 63

Steven Rosen

JANUARY 22, 2015

Slammed: For the First Time Sales Manager. For first time sales managers ” by my friend and sales management guru Ken Thoreson. This is his 4 fourth in a series of books written under the banner “Your Sales Management Guru’s Guide To:”. I know that sales managers can use all the help they can get. Chapter 24.

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Sales Management Scale Energy Objections 120

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In 2002, Marie Guion-Johnson ’s 41-year-old husband, Rob, died after going into cardiac arrest while swimming. That got me thinking about sales managers and their assets – people. As a sales VP or manager, people are your only asset. Looking at the return (pipeline or sales results) is not enough. If not, why not?

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Hiring Maximizer eBook Call-back 123

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 2, 2023

While we didn’t call it that, one of the biggest challenges the AI company I co founded in 2002 was helping our customers understand prompt engineering. It’s what high performing sales people have always done in engaging their customers in change and buying processes. In any use of AI, prompt engineering is critical.

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Engineering Face-to-face Hiring Licensing 127

Zoominfo

JUNE 24, 2019

Today John Holland, Chief Content Officer of CustomerCentric Selling, helps us cover the other side of the coin—artificial intelligence within the sales process. The Problem with B2B Artificial Intelligence and Sales Only a mere 13% of the modern sales force consists of ‘A Players’ – or reps who consistently exceed quota.

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Allego

JULY 23, 2021

In 2002, Michael created Chuao. Our podcast features leaders from sales , training , and industry who share their personal journeys of transformation and how they are adapting to an ever-changing environment. Michael Antonorsi is the co-founder, owner, and chief joy activator of Chuao Chocolatier (pronounced chew-wow).

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Alice Heiman

AUGUST 30, 2023

Hiring high-performing teams is no easy feat for CEOs, but when it comes to sales teams, the stakes are exponentially higher. Achieving your organization’s business objectives hinges on building and scaling a successful sales force that drives predictable revenue growth.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Its stores are turnkey and you can get started within three to six months, including application, testing, and training. And they support their franchisees with training and assistance with site selection, construction, operations, management, and marketing. As the #1 convenience store , 7-Eleven is seeing unprecedented growth.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 27, 2020

You can use a single question to determine how experienced a sales manager is: “What has a bigger impact on your team’s success, sales skills or motivation?”. The reality is, motivation isn’t just a little more important than sales skills — it’s far more influential. Run a daily sales contest and give away a daily prize.

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Marketing Qualified Lead Retention Motivation Lead Rank 131

No More Cold Calling

JUNE 16, 2016

Or perhaps seen the Kevin Bacon Visa Check Card ad from 2002? Just consider the following “connectors”: The Affinity Connector: Your “Affinity Network” includes your natural, everyday cultural, geographic, and special-interest connections that boost lead generation and increase sales. The company has important sales leads in the U.K.

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Allego

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In episode 15, entrepreneur, producer, and podcaster Jon Tota shares how he built several successful businesses, including one of the first online video training platforms. As co-founder of Edulence in 2002, he created Knowledgelink, one of the first video training platforms in 2004. The technology is there.

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Hiring Google Video Media 87

Your Sales Management Guru

JUNE 23, 2014

for the first time sales manager, chapter 24. For the first time Sales Manager, there are 56 additional chapters in this book. Sales is a corporate priority. Training and recruitment are viewed as critically important. For first time sales managers is now available: [link]. I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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Sales Management Scale Energy Objections 82

SBI

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

In his hot-off-the press book , “New Sales. Mike contends that because many of today’s sales reps began their career during times of economic prosperity. During the whole of the ‘90s and between 2002-2007 most sales organizations benefited from high demand for their products and services. And that’s where “New Sales.

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Revenue Handbook Face-to-face Penetration 101

Zoominfo

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The podcast is hosted by search engine optimization experts with more than 13 years of experience helping and training marketers all over the world. This podcast shares the latest tools, techniques, and strategies to help you generate online leads, sales, and build engagement. Search Talk Live. Listen here. 5. Copyblogger FM.

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Zoominfo

AUGUST 30, 2022

The ePrivacy Directive , passed in 2002, was created to reinforce privacy by protecting the confidentiality of communications and establishing rules for tracking and monitoring data subjects. Technical measures can be two-factor authentication, and organizational measures include extensive staff training.

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 1, 2013

Sales Training Article: An Underleveraged Asset By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company This article is a continuation from last week's article , as part of the IIWII ("It Is What It Is") series. Sellers are “onto the next one” after closing sales.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Based on much of the press, much of it created by vendors of AI solutions, AI is the answer to all the problems we have with sales and marketing. Sales execs and sales people breath sighs of relief, “We don’t have to worry any more. is no longer than 9.1 is no longer than 9.1

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Ideal Customer Profile Segment Vendor Analytics 76

Allego

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

In this episode, sales strategist Lori Richardson shares her journey from preschool teacher to sales superstar to industry thought leader. Listen as she dives into the role of technology in sales, the rise of sales enablement , and why coachability is critical for success. I write about them on the Women Sales Pro blog.

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Customer Centric Selling

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Sales Thoughts: Imitation Is the Greatest Form of Flattery. By Frank Visgatis, President & Chief Operating Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Tweet #2: @jillrowley “When you are in Sales, your job is not to sell. Your job is to help the buyer buy.”.

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Customer Centric Selling

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sales Tips: How to Apply Common Sense to Sales. When creating CustomerCentric Selling®, we created a list of thirteen (13) core concepts that serve as cornerstones to our sales process. My preference is to say that we’ve tried to apply common sense to Sales. Need some help to increase sales?

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Customer Centric Selling

APRIL 29, 2015

Sales Tips: No Goal? By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. When launching CustomerCentric Selling® in 2002 the first core concept of our process was: No goal means no prospect. No Prospect. LAST CHANCE: Public workshop in Boston is NEXT WEEK!

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Sales Hacker

APRIL 28, 2020

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Lori Richardson , founder of Score More Sales. Loris is passionate about pursuing, advocating, and furthering the cause of female sales leadership and helping women advance through their careers. We talk about what makes a great sales person. We’re on iTunes.

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Sales Leadership Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 80

Customer Centric Selling

JULY 20, 2016

Sales Tips: Stop Spouting Features Your Buyers Don't Need. The most significant mistake I made when starting my Sales career was to believe my job was educating buyers about offerings. This was a tremendous waste of the buyer’s time and made little or no progress toward earning sales. Need some help to increase sales?

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Smooth Sale

JUNE 30, 2022

With my experience working in the cultural and creative industries, in 2002, I founded Cultural Infusion in response to globalization’s growing impact on society, aiming to drive intercultural action through education, ICT, and the arts. Sales Tips: Harmonize Your Teams. Learn more to train teams, and join the advocacy program.

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Infusion Face-to-face Hiring Education 78

Lessonly

DECEMBER 23, 2020

But, there’s still some stigma around the negative aspects of online education (like boring modules, videos from 2002, etc.) Ease for training leaders to make adjustments on the fly. . One thing to clarify, online learning is not just logging into a platform and completing a task for your training or enablement team.

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Benefit Face-to-face Consumer Policies 47

Customer Centric Selling

MAY 18, 2016

Sales Tips: Is It Time to Update Your Sales Process and Align Your CRM? It prompted me to wonder if companies have modified their sales process milestones developed in the 90’s and imbedded them into their CRM software? Sales cycles begun by researchers diverge from the optimal sequence of a sales process and often skip steps.

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Sales Process CRM Vendor Enterprise 40

Customer Centric Selling

MAY 13, 2015

Sales Tips: Empower Your Prospects, Don't Sell Them. By John Holland, Chief Content Officer, CustomerCentric Selling® - The Sales Training Company. Since launching CustomerCentric Selling® in 2002, we’ve tried to have vendors take buyer perspectives. Image courtesy of Janoon at FreeDigitalPhotos.net. Save yours now!

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

At the age of 25, he started his own office, co-headed an investment banking department, launched with Gexa Energy funding in 2002, acted as a chief compliance and anti-money laundering officer for multiple firms, institutional sell-side broker, then ran an OTC equity trade desk. Sales Tips: Find Ideal Real Estate for Your Restaurant.

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Real Estate How To Hiring Retail 78

Pipeliner

JANUARY 10, 2018

In the 2002 movie Minority Report , there was a scene that blew me away. As with the film, such online sales efforts usually end up as nothing more than annoyances, simply because it’s almost impossible for their creators to address the specific problems or issues actually confronting prospects. Sales message dynamics.

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Influencer Customer Advertising Advertising 56

Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Recognizing ‘Who Knows You’ In 2002 I created Commanding View, Inc. Offer weekly training. Sales Tips to Verify ‘Who Knows You’! These tips are provided to help you achieve The Smooth Sale! Book Packages Available ~ email: elinor@smoothsale.net . HubSpot Sales “ Sell More and Work Less!”

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Hiring Social Media Networking Commission 60

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we talk to Kevin Egan, VP of North American Sales at Slack. Kevin’s sales career has taken him from Oracle, to Dropbox, to Salesforce, and now, to Slack. How experience as a sales engineer can play into your role as a sales leader. Subscribe to the Sales Hacker Podcast.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 21, 2015

I’ve been coaching professionally since 2002. I was coaching internally in organizations five years before I went a got a coaching certification though the Coaches Training Institute. That everyone is cut out for Sales? That everyone can master all parts of the sales cycle from first contact to close? Prove it.”

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Coaching Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 60

A Sales Guy

AUGUST 21, 2015

I’ve been coaching professionally since 2002. I was coaching internally in organizations five years before I went a got a coaching certification though the Coaches Training Institute. That everyone is cut out for Sales? That everyone can master all parts of the sales cycle from first contact to close? Prove it.”

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Coaching Hiring Lead Rank Lead Scoring 60

The ROI Guy

MAY 4, 2006

Technology Sales & Marketing - Party Like its 1999? A Q&A with me on latest IT sales and marketing metrics, trends and best practices Is 2006 shaping up to be a good year for IT spending growth? in 2006, with annual growth in software sales leading the way at 7.0%. How is IT spending changing for small and medium enterprises?

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Marketing Vendor Survey ROI 40

Sales Evangelist

APRIL 30, 2020

Why Your Brain Lies To You: Cash Is NOT The Best Motivator Although money is one of the indicators of growth and success, it’s not necessarily the best motivator when it comes to incentivizing a sales team. Sales managers have to be mindful of relativity. Stack ranking Stack ranking is another misnomer in sales.

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