Awarathon

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Onboarding lays the groundwork for new hires, especially in the banking sector, by preparing them to handle complex products, compliance requirements, and customer interactions. Traditional methods can be slow, but AI-enabled platforms are revolutionizing sales training for onboarding.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 16, 2021

According to the Objective Management Group, there are four critical things that separate high-performing banks from others in the industry in terms of their sales and revenue growth.

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Zoominfo

MARCH 21, 2025

Sales is no longer about dialing faster or pitching harder. Today, it all comes down to using smarter sales coaching techniques. Using AI sales tools can help teams level up by analyzing real sales conversations, identifying what works and what doesnt. Sales teams need every advantage they can get.

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Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Author: John Larson A few weeks ago I was having lunch with a friend, a successful executive who has run large sales organizations for three different companies. Now, I am in the process of closing each account and transferring them to Bank ABC. Why don’t you just keep your accounts at Bank XYZ?”. “I

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 5, 2024

Bank ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) have been around for a while.According to Investopedia, Barclays Bank of London in 1967 was the first to have an ATM in use. I remember using my first ATM – Jeanie Machine – in Cincinnati in 1979. But the ‘ATMs’ I’m referring to have been around, well a long, long, long time.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 7, 2024

Working with community banks across the country, we understand that now is an important time to have the right people in the right place, asking the right questions, to address the flow of deposits. This presents problems and opportunities for every bank. This presents problems and opportunities for every bank.

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Highspot

APRIL 9, 2025

In theory, leading a banking and lending sales team should be simple: set the strategy, support your team, and drive growth. From governance and personalization to coaching and measurement, banking sales leaders face no shortage of choices. Rely on training and manual audits. In reality, its much more complicated.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 10, 2024

In today’s world of banking and insurance, it is increasingly more difficult to get the attention of a prospective buyer after only a few outreach attempts. We are all busier than ever before with multi-media coming from every direction.

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Steven Rosen

MAY 28, 2014

Last week I was speaking with a VP of Sales of a well-known software company. George was not pleased with the performance of his sales team and was under intense pressure from the senior team to turn things around. Sales were off in 4 out of 5 regions and he felt that the sales team was just not motivated. By Steven A.

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No More Cold Calling

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Sales VP Sam told me he wants to create a referral culture, as did CRO Sue, and CEO Amanda. And they know the best referral programs require a sales culture where referrals are top priority. Referrals must be part of their Sales DNA and the way they do business—when people are looking and when they’re not. That’s culture.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 4, 2022

We work with many community banks and while the commercial side of the bank usually has some “sales chops”, we often hear from leadership that retail bankers are less comfortable with “selling.” Or they may even avoid that word altogether.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 17, 2023

From a sales strategy and process perspective, positioning value not only requires a great VALUE PROPOSITION but also supporting Will to Sell, Sales DNA, and Sales Competencies. Using data from just one of our dozens of community bank clients, this is what we found out about top 25% of the team vs the bottom 25% of the team.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 24, 2023

Prospect : W hy should I do business with you or your bank / company? In part 1, I gave you a sample of how the ‘selling value’ discussions sounds. Here it is again.

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Score More Sales

JULY 22, 2014

Midmarket companies and larger SMBs seem to fall into three camps: the ones who understand the power of social sales and actively work to build a plan of action, the ones who are coming around to this idea but not doing much yet, and those who are turning a blind eye and are missing a great window of opportunity. Keep Track of Your Buyers.

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SBI Growth

JANUARY 1, 2013

Mike Drapeau is famous for looking into the dusty corners of sales productivity. Sales leaders hire Mike to fix revenue shortfalls before they happen. For example, Sales VPs at HP, Phillips 66, and Dow Jones have relied on Mike’s advice to make their quotas. He wrote the book on sales benchmarking before most had heard the term.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 12, 2024

The sales performance management activities that we are performing today are creating the results we are achieving today. You must ask yourself, what activities are you, or your sales manager, doing now that are creating your current unsatisfactory results?

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Bernadette McClelland

JULY 8, 2012

Those who struggle with their finances I bet almost never open window faced envelopes or reconcile bank statements. Sales people who don’t measure prospecting or know their ratios or numbers are the ones who fall behind the 8 ball – but it’s too competitive out there to do that today. Be Bold and Brilliant!

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SalesFuel

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

If youre a Sales or Training Leader, mastering influence is no longer optionalits essential. Lee Smith , CEO of SalesFuel, Global Sales Credibility Authority and author of "SalesCred; How Buyers Quality Sellers." Lee Smith is the CEO and Founder of SalesFuel a sales and marketing research firm based in Columbus, Ohio.

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SBI Growth

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

It is the first night of sales kickoff for a $400 million communications company. The bank wants monthly statements on it. My sales force tells me they can’t make it. Before that I spent a small fortune on sales training. Did you know that I personally made 27 sales calls this year? I knock on door 1107.

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MTD Sales Training

OCTOBER 17, 2018

What do we tend to think of when we mention ‘sales currency’ today? Our experience tells us that the new currency in today’s sales world that will increase your value is ‘speed’. Do you prefer to be paid by bank transfer, or issued with a cheque for your salary? What’s valuable to you may be insignificant to another.

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Sales 2.0

MARCH 30, 2014

As much as Sales 2.0 This email came from a “Sales 2.0 Subject: @Your Company: Tips for Training Your People. Hi Bruce, Loved the recent tweet from [Your Company] on how to train your people. I believe we can drive more meaningful meetings and increase revenue per rep for your sales force. Many Sales 2.0/social

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DiscoverOrg Sales

DECEMBER 18, 2018

You might recognize the most-prospected-to companies of 2018, according to DiscoverOrg’s database, as household names – but that’s not why savvy sales and marketing professionals have been pitching to them. Bank of America. When you understand the types of events that precede spending, you can look for them in the future.

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Awarathon

APRIL 10, 2025

In todays dynamic landscape, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) face growing pressure to convert faster, pitch better, and personalize every conversation. But with changing borrower expectations, regulatory scrutiny, and fierce competition, even experienced sales reps struggle to consistently close deals.

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Awarathon

JULY 30, 2024

Sales training in banking has evolved from static classroom sessions to interactive, AI-driven experiences. Unlike traditional methods, which often lacked personalization and real-time feedback, Conversational AI now offers adaptive training through simulations of real-life customer interactions and instant feedback.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 25, 2023

Some would say that these are unprecedented times in banking. For a banking leader, it is an important time to have a strong focus on sales team motivation. Here are a few things we would recommend to help your frontline retail banking team continue to grow and deepen current client relationships.

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The Pipeline

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I have talked a lot on this blog about the need for sales people to get past or over their product. The problem is too many sales people confuse the deliverable with what the buyer set out to achieve with said deliverable. That’s why they ask those great questions that line up so nicely with your brochure and training.

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Allego

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Sales enablement professionals, get ready—2025 is shaping up to be an exciting year for sales enablement conferences. For attendees, the top sales enablement conferences in 2025 promise to provide value-packed and personalized experiences. Ready to take your sales enablement game to the next level?

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

It's a new year and we have some new content to share with you here at Anthony Cole Training Group. If you're looking to increase sales this year and beyond, then you're in the right place!

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The Spiff Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

What does this mean for sales teams? If you’re responsible for reaching demanding sales targets, you must be more dynamic and strategic in 2024. But, if cost-efficiency is a top priority, then extensive sales hiring is an expensive last resort– not a dependable solution. B2B sales has an average turnover rate of 35% ( source ).

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Mr. Inside Sales

APRIL 2, 2021

Elevator pitch example #2: “ _, we make inside sales teams as much as 33% more productive by providing them with a best practice approach that helps them cold call more effectively and close more qualified prospects. Your customers (and your bank account) will thank you for it! ON DEMAND SALES TRAINING THAT GETS RESULTS!

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Sales and Marketing Management

MARCH 1, 2021

Cespedes, Yuchun Lee and Mark Magnacca A lot of sales training misunderstands how salespeople learn. Most learning in sales is through peer learning in specific contexts, and the effects are cumulative because modeling behavior is a big driver of how salespeople develop. Citizens Bank has cut its training time in half.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Banks and their relationship managers must find ways to leverage technology, improve effectiveness and uncover new ways to differentiate, attract and serve their clients. It is no surprise to any in the business of financial services that the world of selling, finding and building relationships is evolving.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Sales organizations typically have plenty of sales data due to the growth and usage of CRM systems, critical to capturing the activities that are occurring with the sales team. But effective coaching with sales performance data often becomes the greater challenge with sales managers and leaders.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 25, 2024

The dream of every dedicated sales leader and the key to achieving sales team excellence is understanding what drives and inspires their people to perform at their highest potential. What are the competencies and behaviors of those leaders who seem so talented at helping others achieve their very best?

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 12, 2020

In today's blog post, we discuss the technique of going for the "No" early in the sales process. It may seem counterintuitive, but countless studies have shown that humans desire what they can't have.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 26, 2023

This year, we're celebrating a huge milestone- 30 Years of Anthony Cole Training Group. In 1993, Linda and Tony Cole decided to start their own training and development company. In this video, Tony shares 5 things that have helped us grow and serve others in these 30 years.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

It can make it hard to predict what B2B marketing and sales will look like when we enter the post-COVID-19 era. . Even traditionally person-to-person B2B models like legal services, human resources consulting, and offsite training and team building have embraced various online options. Next Steps.

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