September, 2015

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Lenses and Sales Management Effectiveness

Anthony Cole Training

What you cannot see can kill you. If you don't see the car to your right about to run a stop sign you might be in trouble. If you cannot see a clogged artery you might be in trouble. If you cannot see that your sales team is failing to execute the fundamentals of an effective sales approach then surely this will kill your changes for consistent sales growth.

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Why Sorry Isn’t Enough and What People Really Want to Hear

A Sales Guy

What do you do when you f**k up? Do you apologize? Do you get defensive? Do you try to minimize it by avoiding the f**k up altogether? How do you handle it when you or your company screw up? There is only one way to respond when you make a mistake in sales or business, s**t in life, in general, and most people don’t do it right. The majority of people (a simple majority it seems) apologize.

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How To Create Facebook Photo Posts That Generate Results

eTourism

Image-based posts are some of the best performing types of content when it comes to driving Likes, comments, shares and click-throughs on Facebook. Are your resort's image posts performing as well as you'd like?

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Whacky Idea for Sales Management - Terminate Under Performers NOW!

Anthony Cole Training

I’m finally going to finish the book American Icon. It's the story of Ford and how Alan Mullaly helped the auto dealer regain its swagger. Time after time Ford and Mulally have to make tough decisions on underperforming business units and automobiles. If the car or unit isn’t performing, if the buying public is no longer buying and if the manager of the unit isn’t getting progress or growth – they get cut.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Key to Successful Selling – Manage Your Players to These 5 Rules of The Game

Anthony Cole Training

I’m reading Fast Company magazine this morning and realize I don’t get out of it what I used to. It’s probably a combination of how I’ve changed, how our company has changed and how the magazine has changed. This got me thinking about articles I’ve ready about how selling has changed and the ‘keys’ to selling in today’s market.

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An Unexpected Trait of The Truly Successful

A Sales Guy

I was talking to a young entrepreneur earlier today. We were talking about the progress she was making in her business. She’s killing it. Her most recent “big” win was a deal with the Red Sox. This girl is smart, driven and a hustler, and she’s done amazing things in a tough retail business. As we were talking, I couldn’t help but notice a very common theme in her dialog.

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Do you know the difference between a good sales leader and a GREAT sales leader?

A Sales Guy

Do you know the difference between a good sales leader and a GREAT sales leader? [link]. What does a GREAT sales leader do that a good one doesn’t? If you’re lucky, you’ve worked for a least one GREAT sales leader, but have you ever stopped asked why she was GREAT and not just good? In most cases we will say it’s because they had vision or were good communicators or because they were great sales people, or because they are fun to be around or they were good motivators.

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Why You Need To Start A Sales Blog

A Sales Guy

If you’re serious about improving your status as a sales professional, if you’re looking for a way to put your career on the fast track, start a sales blog. A good sales blog is a competition killer. It’s a first class seat on the career fast track. Here’s why. Imagine you have a repository of hundreds or even thousands of your ideas, insights, processes and approaches to sales in a place where the world can access them.

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Why Should I Work for You?

A Sales Guy

Why should I be excited to work for you? No, really. Why? Why work for you as opposed to any other sales leader out there? Please- whatever you do, don’t tell me it’s because you’re a good guy or girl, fun to work with and because you support your team. It will make me throw up in my mouth. [link]. I need more than that. And frankly; so do you.

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Why Sorry Isn’t Enough and What People Really Want to Hear

A Sales Guy

What do you do when you f**k up? Do you apologize? Do you get defensive? Do you try to minimize it by avoiding the f**k up altogether? How do you handle it when you or your company screw up? There is only one way to respond when you make a mistake in sales or business, s**t in life, in general, and most people don’t do it right. The majority of people (a simple majority it seems) apologize.

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Diving into Diversity: Decoding the Foundations of Inclusion in Hospitality Talent Acquisition

Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course

Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i

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This Popular Sales Stat Is Wasting Your Time

A Sales Guy

There is a stat out there we see often. It’s the stat that says most buyers are 60% through the sales cycle before they reach out to a salesperson. This is a sucker’s stat. Good sales people don’t wait until a buyer needs their service or has a problem before they try and sell them. Good sales people create demand, they don’t react to demand.

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The State of Selling Today

A Sales Guy

We’re preparing for The Word, Episode 16. It’s going to be one of our best yet. As part of the preparation, we wanted to get some insight into the state of sales today. So what did we do? We created a simple survey to find out. It takes 2 minutes and we’ll be sharing the results on the show October 8th. Click on the coffee cup and let us know what type of salesperson you are.

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#heykeenan Take 12

A Sales Guy

Take 12 of #heykeenan is out. This one was quick and dirty. We got some great questions. In this take I share my thoughts on the appropriate ratio between emails and phone calls, my strategy on finding “A” players and how to engage with a prospect in an empowering way, not an intrusive way. Do you have a question you want me to answer?

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#heykeenan Take 11 What My Mom Let Hang on My Bedroom Walls When I Was 12.

A Sales Guy

In Take 11 of #heykeenan I break down what I would tell my younger self (I drop a killer story from when I was 12 in here too) and how LinkedIn is the business suit of the 21st century. If you don’t have time watch, check out the podcast here. I’m having fun doing these.

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A Buyer’s Guide to Future-Proofing Your Restaurant Tech Stack

The race to 100% digital is on. With the restaurant industry still in the early innings of its digital transformation, brands need an airtight strategy when it comes to building out their tech stack. Download the buyer’s guide to learn where to prioritize your efforts and get the most out of every investment.

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Who’s At Hubspot’s Inbound This Week?

A Sales Guy

Are you at Inbound this week? Hubspot’s premier, badass, content marketing event is going on all week, and I’ll be speaking on Friday. Here’s my session, HOW TO HIRE #BADASS NOT #SORRYASS SDR’S. THE NEW RULES TO HIRING TALENT THAT WINS. The rules to hiring have changed. Competition, the Internet, Millennials and more have changed the hiring game.

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This Popular Sales Stat Is Wasting Your Time

A Sales Guy

There is a stat out there we see often. It’s the stat that says most buyers are 60% through the sales cycle before they reach out to a salesperson. This is a sucker’s stat. Good sales people don’t wait until a buyer needs their service or has a problem before they try and sell them. Good sales people create demand, they don’t react to demand.

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An Unexpected Trait of The Truly Successful

A Sales Guy

I was talking to a young entrepreneur earlier today. We were talking about the progress she was making in her business. She’s killing it. Her most recent “big” win was a deal with the Red Sox. This girl is smart, driven and a hustler, and she’s done amazing things in a tough retail business. As we were talking, I couldn’t help but notice a very common theme in her dialog.

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#heykeenan Take 11 What My Mom Let Hang on My Bedroom Walls When I Was 12.

A Sales Guy

In Take 11 of #heykeenan I break down what I would tell my younger self (I drop a killer story from when I was 12 in here too) and how LinkedIn is the business suit of the 21st century. If you don’t have time watch, check out the podcast here. I’m having fun doing these.

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Beyond The Meeting Room: Luxury Magazine Resource

Escape into a world of luxury and dive into the future of tech, fun takes on the American pastime, and many inspirational individuals. With engaging reports on fashion, food, travel, finance, sports, and more, download now and enjoy the read!

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Who’s At Hubspot’s Inbound This Week?

A Sales Guy

Are you at Inbound this week? Hubspot’s premier, badass, content marketing event is going on all week, and I’ll be speaking on Friday. Here’s my session, HOW TO HIRE #BADASS NOT #SORRYASS SDR’S. THE NEW RULES TO HIRING TALENT THAT WINS. The rules to hiring have changed. Competition, the Internet, Millennials and more have changed the hiring game.

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How To Succeed at SEO: Optimise For Your Guests First, Searchbots Second

eTourism

Search engines have come a long way since the early days of the internet, which means search marketers have had to change their game plans quite drastically in their attempts to master them.

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A Sales Guy

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5 Ways To Improve Your Hotel’s Search Presence

eTourism

Search engines, and particularly Google, remain one of your guests' favourite tools for researching and planning their breaks online.

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ABM Evolution: How Top Marketers Are Using Account-Based Strategies

In times of economic uncertainty, account-based strategies are essential. According to several business analysts and practitioners, ABM is a necessity for creating more predictable revenue. Research shows that nearly three-quarters of marketers (74%) already have the resources needed to build successful ABM programs.

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Your Sales Management Pitch to Hire Better Sales People

Anthony Cole Training

There isn’t a single sales manager, sales executive or company president that tells a prospective new hire that the compensation program is poor, there is a lack of support, the company does not occupy a strong position in the market and there is no chance for professional advancement!

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