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The Rules of the Game for Baseball & Selling

Anthony Cole Training

In 2005, I read Dave Kurlan’s book Baseline Selling. Dave took the fundamentals of effective selling and used the baseball diamond and baseball terminology to explain his sales process. The baseball analogy is a strong one for developing a milestone-centric sales process with your team.

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Combining Goal Setting with Sales Competencies

Understanding the Sales Force

In today’s article, I introduce my first innovation of 2023, the Sales Goals Grid, but first, some context and the back story! I am excited to return to my roots and grow the sales consulting and training firm I started in 1985, Kurlan & Associates. Happy New Year everyone! I may have exited OMG, but I am not retiring.

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Two Selling Strategies That are More Effective Than Facts and Figures

Understanding the Sales Force

In 2005 I took my passion for sales development and my passion for baseball and married them together to write the best-selling book, Baseline Selling - How to Become a Sales Superstar by Using What You Already Know about the Game of Baseball. Meet Tom Schaff, the Sales Commissioner of Major League Sales.

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Women Sales Leaders: From Pioneers to Modern-Day Trailblazers

No More Cold Calling

Who paved the way for women in sales? Yet, even with gender biases and cultural norms working against them, there were women trailblazers in every century, including women sales leaders. Blazing a Trail for Women in Sales. Most notable among early women sales leaders is Lucinda W. Picture yourself in 1900.

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Do You Need Training Even While You are Still Making Sales?

Jeff Shore

I am having flashbacks of 2005…economically speaking that is. If you were in sales in 2005, things were booming. From the sales person perspective it was both good and bad. From the sales person perspective it was both good and bad. When the market is kind, the majority of sales people relax their behaviors.

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Hiring Salespeople

Adaptive Business Services

While I have spent most of my adult life hiring and training salespeople, it has been two years since my last new hire and that was for a client. I left my last management job in 2005 and have been blissfully semi-retired since that time. I can train product knowledge and sales skills. Even then, it’s a crap shoot.

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Zig Ziglar's Legacy to the Sales World

Understanding the Sales Force

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Zig died today at the age of 86. I want to talk about Zig's life and his sales and selling impact. Zig's ability to motivate and help sales professionals (as well as people from many walks of life), made him a role-model worthy of emulation. Seth Godin memorialized him here.