Anthony Cole Training

MAY 26, 2022

If you and your organization don't have a data-driven sales approach and process, you could be missing out on some key information that would help increase sales success.

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Allego

OCTOBER 3, 2024

How will your sales training programs change in 2025? The landscape of sales training programs is rapidly evolving as we head into 2025. What’s Driving Change in Sales Training Programs? Implementing continuous learning requires a shift in the mindset of sales leaders.

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 28, 2021

We believe that talent + training + tactics = performance , and today w e are bringing you a recap of the most popular blog posts we've published in 2021 on all things talent. Check out these top articles on talent from 2021 and let them kickstart your 2022 sales strategy.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

According to the search results inside this blog, I have written on the topic of coaching salespeople more than 400 times or 25% of my articles. Because sales managers are not coaching – still – at least not consistently or effectively. Sales Managers don’t want to coach because it takes away from personal sales.

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Smooth Sale

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Photo by Geralt via Pixabay Attract the Right Job or Clientele: Training Programs to Empower Employees and Business Growth In today’s dynamic business environment, investing in employee training isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity.

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The Digital Sales Institute

AUGUST 16, 2024

Sales training course materials whether video, PowerPoint slides or sales playbooks, are used to support the learning journey of salespeople. Every sales training course, whether online or delivered in classroom, is designed to improve the sales skills and knowledge of salespeople.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The lessons from my annual Nutcracker post have not changed at all in 12 years but my perspective changes. This year three new thoughts come to mind.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

So if we tie win-rate directly to baseball and define a sales loss the same as we define a strike-0ut, I struck out in 56% of my at-bats. Do lost deals – or strikeouts – correlate to sales success? Similarly, I don’t believe one can be a consistently great sales producer and not strike out a lot.

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Awarathon

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Establishing credibility is essential for fostering long-term partnerships with clients, which directly impacts sales outcomes. Leveraging technology, particularly AI sales in insurance can significantly enhance agents’ ability to communicate effectively and transparently. To know more check out this article.

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Allego

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This article originally appeared on Training Industry. Across a wide range of industries, many companies are so busy battling the effects of uncertain economic conditions that they have overlooked a critical lever for achieving growth: their sales teams. Layoffs are sweeping the U.S. , Long story short?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 20, 2024

Although this is an article about sales process, the first two paragraphs have more to do with religion than sales. I’m sure by now you’re thinking, but Dave, what the heck does that have to do with sales process? Most of that group believes that a sales process is helpful. It will be worth it!

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Understanding the Sales Force

JULY 23, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I found it difficult to select the top 5 articles because top 5 means different things to me. I couldn''t narrow it down to a single article so I decided to go with the topics above. MOST POPULAR SALES ARTICLE. MOST POPULAR SALES ARTICLE. FAVORITE ARTICLE.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I’ve written more than 2,000 articles on my Understanding the Sales Force Blog and there are hundreds of other sales blogs. Some are written by sales experts. I am concerned about the subjects being curated for sales and sales leadership professionals. One or two are sales enablement topics.

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Understanding the Sales Force

JANUARY 31, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan I wrote an article for the Sales Blog over at Hubspot on how Inbound Marketing has really been around, like, forever. The article was about who should be your first sales hire. This issue also announces a Top Sales Contest for Salespeople. April 15 Register.

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Topline Leadership

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This article provides six reasons why online sales training is better than in-person training for improving sales performance. Any company considering a sales training program in 2022 should read this article. Read full article. As a company’s number of salespeople.

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The Digital Sales Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Free sales training can be a step in the right direction for those of you who may be new or newer to sales. Selling is changing rapidly and having a longer term career as a salesperson now depends on having a far wider of value added sales skills than even five years ago. What Is Free Sales Training?

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SBI

APRIL 6, 2021

Sales Training: Why You May be Struggling to Deliver. Are you struggling to deliver training that leads to positive, measurable outcomes? Most training fails to deliver long-term impact. As long ago as the 1870s, there was formal sales training.” It began more as sales coaching than training.

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Understanding the Sales Force

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

I still conduct a limited amount of training with some of my personal clients. That brings us to the question to be answered in today's article: If most salespeople become eager learners and embrace good sales training, why don't all companies experience the same tremendous revenue growth as a result of sales training?

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Sell Integrity

JUNE 18, 2021

Being a coach for sales teams has never been more important. Here are 10 sales coaching articles that can inspire new thinking, motivate your sales leaders and ultimately move the needle on your sales team’s performance. When your sales leaders hear the word “coach”, what comes to mind for them?

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Understanding the Sales Force

MAY 28, 2014

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Before we discuss how to improve sales training, a quick promo for the latest and greatest taking place over at the ever improving Top Sales World. The June issue of Top Sales Magazine has been published and you can download it here. More on Baseball and Sales.

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Steven Rosen

JULY 8, 2024

In this article, Jenn Steele discusses the vital role of customer feedback in refining marketing and sales strategies. She stresses listening to customer insights to tailor messaging and optimize sales tactics effectively. Key Takeaways: Collaboration between sales and marketing is essential for business success.

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Understanding the Sales Force

OCTOBER 13, 2024

I created an analogy for my first article when I wrote about scaling, hiring and firing salespeople , based on what I read in Genesis. Today’s article is about on boarding and coaching salespeople, an analogy I created from what I read so far in Exodus. I’m not a fan of that approach but sometimes there is no other way.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A client was having great success using OMG (Objective Management Group) to assess their sales candidates and they assumed the sales candidate assessment was the only thing OMG offered. In this article, I thought it might help if I share a bit of what they learned about their sales team.

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The Digital Sales Institute

MARCH 29, 2021

Now more than ever it is important to have some sales training ideas to engage the remote or home based salesperson. Salespeople now have to figure out how they can adapt to rapidly changing selling conditions, and sales training must match those challenges. The Importance of Sales Training.

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Janek Performance Group

APRIL 11, 2023

The sales training market is producing a ton of content. There’s been a market for sales training since John Henry Patterson, George Eastman, and Andrew Carnegie built their empires in the 1800s. In this article, we will separate fact from fiction and explore the science of sales training in the modern age.

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Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When setting sales goals for your retail employees — or for any employee, really — there are usually two things to keep in mind: Those goals need to be realistic and clearly defined. I’ve been leading sales teams since 2014, and believe me when I say I’ve seen a few things. Improve sales numbers” is not specific. Sequence goals.

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Janek Performance Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Now the economy is growing again and you are looking to hire more sales talent for your team. The bad news is your sales managers have maxed out their bandwidth with their current responsibilities and daily activities. This leaves you with a critical decision regarding how to ramp up the new sales hires. That’s the good news.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. In this article, find the ethical concerns and best practices for using AI. Plus, insights from sales experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about using AI in sales ethically.

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Highspot

MARCH 26, 2024

Whether you’re launching a new product, implementing new sales strategies, or upskilling your team, sales training and coaching will always be of utmost importance. Oftentimes, sales managers won’t have the bandwidth to set up personalized training and coaching sessions for each rep on their team.

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Force Management

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This post is an extension of the Ten Reasons Why Our Sales Training Is Different. Read the original article to learn more about why our process equips our customers to achieve lasting results. The impacts of the pandemic have left many sales leaders to shift priorities and find new ways to equip their sales teams to succeed.

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criteria for success

JUNE 21, 2022

Looking for the perfect active listening exercise for your next sales training event? Here at CFS, we are big believers in group training activities. Sales can often be a very solo gig. Active listening is a great exercise for sales training events and workshops. 32 Sales Email Templates. We can help!

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criteria for success

MAY 24, 2022

Looking for sales training ideas to implement during your next team meeting? When you read “sales training ,” you probably think of an offsite retreat. But, sales training shouldn’t be limited to these infrequent events. 6 Sales Training Ideas for Your Next Team Meeting.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

What makes it more complicated is that 90% of buyers don’t follow a linear sales funnel path , leaving sales reps little to no room for mistakes. This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like? What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training?

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Bigtincan

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Traditional product training for enterprise sales organizations and retail employees often includes hour-long training videos, reviewing lengthy recorded calls, reading through documentation, and a bunch of other time-intensive training processes that require your sales reps to absorb and, hopefully, retain product information.

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Awarathon

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Author: Vishala Pechetti 4th January 2023 Introduction While AI is the future of work, there are a lot of myths floating when it comes to AI in training. In this article, we’ll explore some […] The post Breaking 4 myths about AI in training and L&D appeared first on Awarathon.

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Crunchbase

JUNE 28, 2021

This article is part of the Crunchbase Community Contributor Series. Please note that the author is not employed by Crunchbase and the opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect official views or opinions of Crunchbase, Inc. . Investing in team training is a critical part of business success and growth.

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MEDDIC

APRIL 7, 2023

Sales leaders are usually very aware of the benefits of sales training and coaching in general. Sales leaders should not sacrifice the Sales Training & Coaching budget. Maintaining or increasing your investment in coaching and training during a downturn can pay dividends.

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