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8 Steps for More Effective Closing - Sales Solution #10

Anthony Cole Training

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sales Force (5).

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Sales Incentives Shouldn’t Be Used as Motivation to Close More Deals

A Sales Guy

One of the participants asked this question: What incentives have you offered your sales teams to help motivate them to close more deals? If you are looking to incent your team to close more deals, you’re missing the real problem. If the team isn’t closing enough deals, something else is wrong. Take Aways: .

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Why Your Sales Team Isn't Performing As Expected - Part 4

Anthony Cole Training

If your sales team isn''t performing as expected, you must ask the question - Why? Not closing enough. Sales taking too long. Can we close more sales? Do our systems and processes support a high performance sales organization? Can we be more consistent with our sales process?

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6 Killer Individual Sales Stats to Measure Your Sales Reps

A Sales Guy

Average deal size provides insight into how well a sales rep can maintain the integrity of pricing and drive greater value into the sale. Winning Percentage: What percentage of opportunities does the sales rep close? How good is the sales rep at knowing when to stop working a deal and close it?

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Do You have Sales Deal DEBT? [Message to Sales Leaders]

A Sales Guy

Deal debt is one of the most egregious management practices perpetrated on sales people today. Deal debt is the result of end of the quarter pressure sales leaders put on their sales team to pull deals into the current quarter that aren’t slated to close until the next quarter — all in order to make the number.

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How to Get Your Team to Use the CRM

A Sales Guy

One of the most common sales leadership complaints is sales people don’t use the CRM. Getting sales people to use the CRM has been an on going challenge for sales leaders for far too many years. The reason so few sales people don’t use the CRM is because they see no value.

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Pipeline Movement [Sales Management Tip]

A Sales Guy

Inaccurate close dates or no close dates. Bad sales stages or poor sales process. Sales rep “feelings” Poor reporting and dashboard(s). Poor sales leadership and management. As a sales leaders it’s our job to make sure the pipeline doesn’t become bogged down and slow.

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