February, 2015

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The #1 Reason Why Sales People Underperform - Taking Responsibility

Anthony Cole Training

'Without a doubt, Sales and Sales Management is an art and a science. On January 13 th , I posted the first article in the Series: Why Isn’t Your Sale Team Selling As Expected? In the 7 posts for the series, I’ve covered the following: The Pareto Principle & Perry Marshal l – 80% (approximately) of your sales results come from JUST 20% of the team.

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Top 3 Mistakes in Selling to Inbound Leads

A Sales Guy

'Today I’m droppin’ a guest post from my boy and Chief Sales Office over at Hubspot, Mark Roberge. Mark has written a new book and it drops today; The Sales Acceleration Formula. Mark has done some killer stuff over at Hubspot, growing them from 0-100M in reve nue. I say that qualifies him on teaching the rest of us how to grow revenue. But, if 0 – 100M isn’t enough, Anthony Robbins reviewed his book and said this; A new breed of disciplined, data-driven leaders are re-sh

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Marketing Tasks To Boost Your ROI in 2015

eTourism

However many marketing goals you've made for 2015, chances are increasing the number of bookings made directly through your website, growing your online audience and increasing guest engagement are pretty near the top of the list.

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Who is Your Sales Competition?

Anthony Cole Training

'A Guest Blog By Mark Trinkle, Sales Development Expert, Anthony Cole Training Group. Hello, this is Mark Trinkle with Anthony Cole Training Group and I want to ask you one simple question. Who is your competition? That is a question that we ask our clients from time to time and the answer usually comes back in one of two ways: The name of another firm that competes in the same space and/or the same geography.

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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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Why Sales Team Isn't Performing As Expected (Pt.7) - Sales Management

Anthony Cole Training

'To all those sales executives I work with, here is a topic near and dear to my heart - Managing/Leading/Motivating sales people to success by setting standards and expectations. Normally, this isn’t such a challenge for sales people to understand. If they sell more, they make more money, leverage the comp program or qualify for the "President''s reward" trip.

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Sales Teams Performing Below Expectations (#6) - The Challenger ?

Anthony Cole Training

'My purpose for brining the Challenger Sale into this series is to tie the concept of Challenger Sales People to the overall discussion. I read about the book a couple of years ago in a Harvard Businss Review article. I found it interesting then, and find the book interesting now. I know that doesn''t sound like a resounding endorsement but I''m all the way through the book and my purpose here isn''t to argue for or against the premise, findings and suggestions of the book.

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The Prospect Said Yes, Why It Doesn’t Mean Sh*t

A Sales Guy

'I’m sitting in a pipeline meeting and I ask the rep if the deal is going to close. He says, “Yes!” Great I say, how do you know? The rep responds with; “The prospect told me. She said they’re gonna go with us.” Do you know how many times I’ve hear a rep say the prospect said they are in and the deal never closes?

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To Build or Kill, That Is The Question

A Sales Guy

'What happens when one of your sales people loses a big deal? Do you kick the s**t out of them by calling out everything they did wrong? Do you play Monday morning quarterback and point out all the mistakes that were made and how losing the deal could ruin the quarter or even the year? Do you make it readily apparent how they screwed up? If you do, don’t.

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Why Most People Don’t Operate From This Mentality Is Beyond Me

A Sales Guy

'Why? Why don’t most people get this? Life is too short. You get one shot. So, it baffles me that most people don’t operate from this mentality. Are you a badass? Why aren’t you a badass? Being a badass means attacking everything with vigor, tenacity, audacity and passion. It means not settling. It means being committed to being the best you can be and never accepting mediocrity in anything you do.

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Sales Surge Summit

A Sales Guy

'I did a 30 minute interview on sales people mistakes the other day as part of the Sales Surge Summit. You can see the entire thing here. I tackle the importance of empathy in selling, how to prioritize and a few other fun elements of selling. While you’re there be sure to check out the other speakers, they put together a good group of sales cats for this summit (Anthony Ianarino, Dan Waldschmidt, Matt Heinz, Ken Thoreson and more.

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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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Execution Quotes: Quota and Goals (A Sales Guy Book Club)

A Sales Guy

'The biggest gap in sales is quota and quota assignment. Quota is almost always dolled out willy nilly, with little understanding of the market or what the organization is capable of doing. Usually, the organization has picked some arbitrary revenue number and pushes it down to the sales team with an edict that it must be made. We’ve all seen how this works out and what it does for moral.

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Execution (A Sales Guy Book Club)

A Sales Guy

'One of my favorite business/sales books is Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan’s Execution. It’s the best book written on getting s**t done. The greatest challenge I’ve ever seen with achieving success isn’t the lack of ideas, but rather understanding how to execute on the idea. Getting s**t done is all about the “how.” “How” are you going to get to the CEO?

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How To Excel at Social Customer Service

eTourism

More and more of your guests are taking to social media to make enquiries, leave glowing reviews and also, inevitably, to make their views known when their holidays failed to live up to expectations.

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How To Create Quality Content – A Simple 5 Point Checklist

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In the past couple of years, Google has put a big emphasis on the link between quality content and ranking highly in the search results. But what exactly does quality content look like?

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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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5 Ways to Maximise Your Facebook Shares

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While likes and comments on your Facebook page are good for your engagement rates and visibility, if you really want to increase your reach on the world's most used social network, its shares you need to chase.

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10 Content Marketing Tips You Need To Know

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Content marketing is one of the most important ways to catch your guests' attention and drive more bookings online. It's also one of the most difficult skills to master.

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Creative Ideas to Capitalise On Valentine’s Day

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Valentine's Day happens this weekend, and according to some experts, the emotionally-charged occasion is second only to Christmas when it comes to consumer spending.

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3 Tried and Tested Tactics to Boost Your Email Campaigns

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Email marketing is one of the best ways to connect with your guests, drive traffic to your website and generate bookings.

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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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How To Reduce Your Email Bounce Rate

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A high bounce rate is bad news for any email marketing campaign.