Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Tony," you might be asking, "what does this have to do sales management and sales management tools?" Well, reader," I''m thinking, "it has a lot to do with sales management and sales tools, and it also gives me a chance to reflect on my dad and my youth spent on the farm." As a sales manager, you need a tool box.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 6, 2012

I talked about “bad data” in the pipeline the other day. An accurate close is at the heart of a strong pipeline. Knowing when a deal is going to close is critical to managing commit and to forecasting. There are two reasons close dates aren’t accurate; lack of sales rep discipline. sales reps feelings.

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A Sales Guy

APRIL 16, 2013

In sales however, “when” something is going to happen, is as important as “if” something is going to happen and if you can’t nail the when, you’re only doing half your job. The greater the pain, the quicker the sale is made. The less pain that exists the slower the sales process is.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 6, 2014

The program, delivered in a 45 to 90 minute segment, is an overview of our Sales Managed Environment (SME) program. SME is one of our corporate coaching/consulting deliverables for companies trying to get the answers to the big question: How do we drive more sales growth? o Consistent sales growth. o Consistent sales growth.

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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 29, 2020

You may have heard some sales leaders call the “ pipeline ” something like “pipe-lies.” You may also be familiar with forecasted closing dates as “Hopeium.” Under the very best of circumstances, forecasting can still be incredibly difficult. See The Lost Art of Closing: Winning the 10 Commitments That Drive Sales ).

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A Sales Guy

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Pipelines are an interesting thing. They are supposed to provide valuable insight for BOTH management and sales people. Their purpose is to provide visibility into the health of the selling process, letting the sales organization know how close or far they are from making quota. Pipelines however, are more than a key indicator.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 14, 2013

Today’s post is a guest post from Tammy Shimp, Regional Sales Director for Return Path. One of the things we’ve been working on is accelerating deals in the pipeline and trying avoid them getting “stuck.” Stalled deals and can crush a pipeline and devastate forecasting.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 10, 2013

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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A Sales Guy

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Man, is knowing if a deal will close important to the sales world. It’s the center of every pipeline meeting, every executive conversation at the end of the quarter. Knowing if a deal is going to close is at the center of every opportunity discussion of every sales organization in the world.

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A Sales Guy

MARCH 9, 2012

It’s no secret that CRM’s are not for sales people. Sales people have bitched about the difficulty of updating CRM’s and managements CRM input demands since the first CRM rolled out 30 years ago. They require multiple steps sales people don’t want to take. You have little visibility into your pipeline.

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A Sales Guy

JANUARY 22, 2014

Too many sales people and sales managers use their CRM like they are swinging a hammer broad side down and they look silly as hell doing it. You’re not capturing the tasks and activities required for each sale. You don’t update sales stages. You’re not inputting the challenges and objections to the sale.

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Hotel Business

MARCH 7, 2023

Cendyn has launched eInsight Sales, a new B2B sales automation solution available as a hospitality-centric add-on to Cendyn’s eInsight CRM platform. eInsight Sales and eInsight CRM allow users to manage all demand and their sales pipeline across transient and corporate business in one platform.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I received this email yesterday; Hi Jim: XYZ, a sales applications provider, is announcing a major new release of its Super Duper cool application. One benefit of the app to ‘sales guys’ is that they will be able to save a lot of time preparing for the dreaded quarterly pipeline review. Best regards, Sales Person.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 13, 2014

It you missed your forecast, own it. If your pipeline isn’t big enough, own it. Personal Development being accountable in sales owning sales personal accountability in sales' If you didn’t make quota, own it. If you lost the deal, own it. If the customer is threatening to leave over price, own it.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Here are 5 tactics you can use right now to close larger deals with Account Based Marketing and Sales Development. In her book Whale Hunting with Global Accounts , Barbara Weaver Smith explains that today’s buyer wants to meet not just you, the sales rep, but also the Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and everyone else on your team.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Hotel renovation and conversion pipeline activity, at the end of the fourth quarter of 2022, is at the highest totals Lodging Econometrics (LE) has ever recorded. Renovations and conversions account for more projects and rooms than those that are currently in the under construction stage of the new construction pipeline.

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Social Tables

JULY 31, 2021

Starting with early bird registration offers, successful event planners generate buzz and accelerate sales in the earliest stages of the event. Sometimes called “advanced sales” or “VIP offers,” early bird promotions can prove to be advantageous to everyone involved. Or, they can choose to open the offer to all.

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Hospitality Tech

MARCH 14, 2024

Single and multi-property operators speed group sales, drive revenue with actionable intelligence and insightful visualizations to address performance, trends, pipeline gaps and hit forecasts.

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MediaBoom

JULY 12, 2023

We’ve curated a list of some effective and result-oriented real estate lead-generation ideas that will ignite your sales pipeline and get more customers through the door! Learn the secrets to driving more traffic to your website, generating more leads, and ultimately increasing sales. To know how reach out to us today!

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Anthony Iannarino

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The lack of growth for most sales organizations starts with a lack of accountability. It’s never been true that someone’s experience in sales guaranteed their performance. High performing sales organizations have a hunter culture. Your sales processes and methodologies are only suggestions if you allow them to be.

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Hotel Business

MAY 2, 2023

Our industry-leading pipeline grew to approximately 502,000 rooms, up 2.6% At the end of the quarter, Marriott’s worldwide development pipeline totaled more than 3,050 properties and approximately 502,000 rooms, including more than 21,000 rooms approved but not yet subject to signed contracts. from the year-ago quarter end.

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Hotel Speak

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The top five features listed by RMS users are: Automated pricing recommendations Real-time insights Quick and efficient forecasting Ease of use Market intelligence data Tech Investment Set to Continue Hotel tech spending continues to increase, with 60.7% of respondents saying they had spent more in 2023 compared to 2022, and 71.4%

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Anthony Iannarino

AUGUST 9, 2019

Despite our best efforts to see both the sales process and buyer’s journey as linear, reality provides a truth that is at odds with what might better serve us—and our clients. In complex, B2B sales, it is more often that deals take a circuitous path, doubling back over ground you have already covered, and full of fits and starts.

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Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 31, 2019

An opportunity review can feel like an unnecessary update when done poorly, creating no value as it pertains to forecasting the deal, improving the strategy, or increasing your odds of winning. In what stage of the sales process are you? Learn how to sell without a sales manager. You need to make sales. You need help now.

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Hotel Business

JULY 11, 2024

Whether hotel revenue managers are looking for information on their ADR, room nights or revenue pipeline, the entire process is streamlined for them and removes the need for manual searches. “At G3 RMS provides DerbySoft with scientific pricing, forecasting and rate availability decisions at the room type and rate code level.

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Global pipeline as of Dec. The global pipeline for conversion rooms increased by 16% from Sept. Domestic rooms pipeline as of Dec. 31, 2023, the international units pipeline increased by 33% from Sept. 30, 2023, and the company more than doubled the number of international hotels in the pipeline since Dec.

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Hotel Business

MAY 4, 2023

“We raised our full-year RevPAR outlook while maintaining our record level pipeline and industry-leading net rooms growth. Pipeline of executed management or franchise contracts was approximately 117,000 rooms. Hoplamazian, president/CEO, Hyatt. Comparable All-inclusive Net Package RevPAR increased 33.2% billion with $1.05

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Hotelier Magazine

JULY 9, 2024

This dynamic between supply and demand is expected to continue in 2024, but softer RevPAR growth is certain, forecasted to grow 2.2. And since the development pipeline is still constrained due to high development and financing costs, and replacement costs are high, investors are focused on acquisitions as the most straightforward entry point.”

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Hotel Business

OCTOBER 27, 2023

At the end of September 2023, the group had a hotel portfolio of 812,425 rooms (5,537 hotels) and a pipeline of around 219,000 rooms (1,273 hotels). For full-year 2023, the group is confirming its forecast of net unit growth in the network between 2% and 3%. Management & Franchise (M&F) revenue stood at 225 million euros ($237.9

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Boutique Hotel News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

“Hoteliers can tap into wider societal trends and innovation, extend hospitality’s service culture into the digital realm, and bolster revenue by driving sales across all aspects of a hotel’s products and services.”. CRM spotlight. 2022 marked the year in which most web browsers restricted the use of third-party cookies.

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Hotelier Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

This represents the recovery of the tourism sector from the pandemic, one year earlier than forecast. We’re seeing the leads pipeline improving but actual bookings won’t recover until 2028. AW: Re-building the pipeline for business events has been a top priority. billion by the end of 2023.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 18, 2011

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Anthony Iannarino

APRIL 18, 2019

They may die of old age, like the deal I noticed in one pipeline that had lived to the ripe old age of 1,732 days (almost five years old), a deal that was still in a forecast. appeared first on The Sales Blog. Eventually, some deals die. The post If a Deal is Dead, Bury It.

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Meanwhile, late in 2018, CBRE forecasted that hotel supply would peak at 2% gain, stabilizing to 1.9 With the development pipeline slowing and event demand growing, it promises a rise in group hotel rates. Pick the wrong one and ticket sales could take a hit. Last year, the Global Meetings Forecast predicted a 3.8%

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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

hotel development pipeline marked the final quarter of 2024, with the pipeline hitting unprecedented levels across the country. The construction pipeline shows vigorous activity throughout all project stages. The economy sector rounds out the pipeline with 361 projects and 34,099 rooms. A tremendous surge in the U.S.

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