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Expert Closing Techniques

Anthony Cole Training

In the old days of selling, closing was about what happens at the end of a client or prospect meeting did we get them to sign something, give us the green light, or seal the deal? The activity was about applying pressure on the buyer to make a decision NOW.

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2024's Top Sales Training & Management Content

Anthony Cole Training

As 2024 comes to a close, were sharing our most read and favorite sales training and management content that helped sales teams thrive this year. Whether youre focused on leadership, skill development, or strategic planning, you can use these resources to help drive sales success in 2025.

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How to Get Ready for Quota-Busting Sales Success

Understanding the Sales Force

Treat that appointment as you would a sales call and don’t cancel it or reschedule it. For example, keeping the math simple, if you need to close $100,000/month in new business, you have a win rate of 50%, and your average sale is $25,000, then you must close 1 sale per week.

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How to Use AI to Close More Sales

Hubspot Sales

With so many different initiatives competing for your prospects’ limited attention, it’s essential to close deals quickly and efficiently while the problem they want to solve is fresh in their minds. No matter how compelling your product or service, each closed deal could be preceded by a dozen or more that never result in new business.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. This frees up valuable time for sellers to focus more on building relationships and closing deals.

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Top Five Benefits of Sales Process and Methodology

Understanding the Sales Force

Although we’ve attended for close to 23 years, this year I noticed something different and that experience will help you better understand the important role that sales process plays in the context of a modern sales methodology. A well designed sales process has so many benefits. We are happy to help with that!

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Car Engines and Gas Prices Can Help Eliminate Obsolete Sales Tactics

Understanding the Sales Force

Sales has its own set of traditions where we could reasonably ask, Why are we still doing that?” When legal documents are required, it will be a formality to complete the sale, rather than a first attempt at closing. This is my recollection of how the first-ever sales call went. ” Sales Caveman: Why so long?”

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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity

Often, sales reps who fail to hit the phones hard are left wondering how they missed their quota. While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal. How can you (and your sales team) benefit from this eBook?

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In the Race to Win More Customers, Sales Needs Digital Transformation

Discover the results and why investments in digital transformation and automation are pushing sales teams ahead. Salesforce users were surveyed about the forces shaping today's workplace.

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5 Essential Pieces of a Prospecting Solution

Forward thinking sales leaders are starting to prioritize technology initiatives. As organizations chase new revenue targets, B2B sales leaders must examine cutting edge prospecting solutions that proactively help reps identify, connect with, and close qualified buyers faster.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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How to Overcome the Pain Points of Your CRM

When used effectively, a CRM can be the lifeblood of your sales team – keeping everyone organized, efficient, and at peak productivity. However, as a company, sales stack, and database grow, it becomes difficult to uphold structure and governance to keep a CRM up-to-date. Less organization, more confusion, and fewer deals closed.

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Top 3 Sales Playbooks to Improve Sales Performance

Closing deals in the boardroom or over golf is a thing of the past. Forrester reports that 80% of B2B sales will be virtual in the future, and 30% of both buyers and sellers expect to continue working from home post-COVID. The key to unlocking this level of seller agility is dynamic sales playbooks.

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Closing the Social Distance with Virtual Selling

Speaker: Amy Huseth, Vice President of Marketing & Sales Enablement at CDK Global

Sales organizations in most industries had to reassess the way they were doing business in order to adapt to the virtual selling landscape. What should you do if your sales culture is suffering? How can you pivot to your sales enablement as the driver of remote selling success?

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Sales Coaching Strategies to Increase Your Team's Revenue

Speaker: Steve Benson, Founder and CEO, Badger Maps

As a sales manager, you’re always looking for ways to better enable your reps. Steve Benson, Founder and CEO of Badger Maps, shares that the best way to improve your sales team’s overall skill level is by identifying top performers and turning them into coaches. Lead your sales team and set them up for success.