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You Can't Handle the (Sales) Truth!

Anthony Cole Training

In this article, we discuss the Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) and the notion that significant changes have swept over the sales landscape these past 20 years.

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How to Successfully Ask For and Obtain Referrals

Anthony Iannarino

For as long as anyone can remember, salespeople have suggested that the very best way to acquire a new client was through a warm referral from an existing client. The salespeople who would tell you they prefer referrals would also tell you that they would prefer not to make cold calls (a call to someone who is not expecting your call). If you pay attention, you will notice that many of the people who resist making cold calls also don’t ask for referrals either.

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Facebook Hiding the Number of Likes - Like or Unlike?

eTourism

Since the end of September, Facebook in Australia has seen a notable adjustment in which the number of likes, reaction emojis and video views is hidden from the public - only visible now by the original poster of the content.

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Goal Setting is a Crucial Sales Step: Our 4th Sales Productivity Tool

Anthony Cole Training

In our fourth installment of the 9 Sales Productivity Tools, we bring you the next tool in our series, Goal Setting. When we talk about goal setting, we start with personal goals and then help our clients convert those personal goals into business plans. Those business plans have goals for activities that need to be performed, as well as practice management objectives to be accomplished.

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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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The Root Causes of Your Poor Sales Results

Anthony Iannarino

Occasionally I like to take note of what I see in the world of sales. The following obstacles to better sales results seem to be prevalent in companies – or pockets within those companies. Going into the world and displacing competitors, creating new opportunities, winning those opportunities, retaining clients, and growing revenue isn’t easy under the best of circumstances, let alone adding to it unforced errors.

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How to Successfully Ask For and Obtain Referrals

Anthony Iannarino

For as long as anyone can remember, salespeople have suggested that the very best way to acquire a new client was through a warm referral from an existing client. The salespeople who would tell you they prefer referrals would also tell you that they would prefer not to make cold calls (a call to someone who is not expecting your call). If you pay attention, you will notice that many of the people who resist making cold calls also don’t ask for referrals either.

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Being Intentional in What You Feed Your Mind

Anthony Iannarino

More content is produced and shared now than at any other time in human history. Because the social sites allow the written word, video, and audio to be shared widely with no cost and little effort, you have more access to information, ideas, and opinions. Because the algorithms are designed to keep you on a platform for as long as possible to maximize the revenue from ad sales, the content you see isn’t randomly shown to you, but instead intentionally placed in front of you.

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9 Terrible Mistakes Sales Leaders Make And Their Cures

Anthony Iannarino

There aren’t too many jobs more difficult than effectively leading a sales force. It is a tough role, with as many ways to get things wrong as there are to get things right. There are, however, common mistakes that awareness will allow you to avoid. Here are nine terrible mistakes sales leaders make and their cures. Not Modernizing the Sales Force : The world of sales has changed more over the last ten years than the preceding forty years.

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5 Unparalleled Stories You Need to Capture Mindshare

Anthony Iannarino

In Eat Their Lunch: Winning Customers Away from Your Competition , there is a chapter on Capturing Mindshare, a process you might think of as how you might shape the lens through which your clients view their world, their business, and their decisions. The framework provides a way to start a conversation about change, changing what they are doing, and changing their partner, as the book is about competitive displacements (i.e., eating their lunch).

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How To Reach New Levels of Success and Transform Yourself

Anthony Iannarino

Your beliefs and behaviors have brought you to this point. If you want to break through to the next level of success, however you might define it, you are going to need to acquire new beliefs and take new actions. If what you were doing was capable of producing the better result you want, you would need to do nothing different. Here is how you reach new levels of success and transform yourself.

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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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The Competitive Advantage of Your Higher Price

Anthony Iannarino

When you lead with your higher price, you have a chance to justify—and demonstrate—the value you create that is worth paying more to obtain. When you provide your higher price later in the sales conversation, if you have not differentiated yourself and your offering from your competition, you will have no easy time defending your pricing. Leading with Your Higher Price.

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9 Terrible Mistakes Sales Leaders Make And Their Cures

Anthony Iannarino

There aren’t too many jobs more difficult than effectively leading a sales force. It is a tough role, with as many ways to get things wrong as there are to get things right. There are, however, common mistakes that awareness will allow you to avoid. Here are nine terrible mistakes sales leaders make and their cures. Not Modernizing the Sales Force : The world of sales has changed more over the last ten years than the preceding forty years.

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