Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I just returned from a sales development program. There were 3 lessons to complete before attending, several exercises to execute to and 2 items to bring to the meeting so that our time together would be spent on practicing, executing and implementing sales strategies. Pipeline opportunities. Cost of losing new hires.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 19, 2012

What is it that you want your sales candidates to accomplish as successful sales people? After you create that profile, you will begin to attract more of the right people for you evaluate, interview, hire and on-board. Before getting to "what results would you hire", let me share with you common "profile" mistakes.

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A Sales Guy

JULY 11, 2012

Shitty sales management can kill pipeline movement. As sales leaders, we spend so much of our time evaluating our teams and the individuals on them, we often forget that our s**t can stink too. The place I see sales management fail the most (just behind hiring “A” players) is pipeline management.

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 5, 2015

As I continue to think about habits of sales people and the role of the sales manager in identifying, assessing and “correcting” habits, I keep looking for additional information that might be additive to this string of articles. Ike is a media relations specialist at SoftwareAdvice a company that helps businesses find sales software.

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 7, 2017

How important is it for your salespeople to have a pipeline of prospects? How crucial is it that your salespeople continue to feed into that pipeline? We all know that in order for your organization to succeed it is vital that your salespeople build, grow and maintain a solid pipeline. Probably pretty important. Just as crucial!

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 19, 2015

Sales teams perform based on two inputs - effort and execution. If your sales team isn''t performing as expected, you must ask the question - Why? Chances are you won''t know for sure but you can describe the symptoms: Anemic pipeline. Sales taking too long. What are our current sales capabilities?

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 10, 2014

CRM, as a sales enablement tool IS NOT SO important to sales success even though it does contribute, aid, help and enable sales people to manage prospects and accounts. But, clearly it has little or nothing to do with the execution of the sales process - from finding prospects to getting them to make a decision to buy from you.

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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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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 9, 2012

So what metrics do you use to measure you success as a sales manager? The average production of each quintile of your sales team increases. The number of failed new hires should decrease. The on-boarding time for new hires shortens. Overall pipeline volume increases. Try our express new hire screening profile.

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 12, 2015

Some of your sales people are selling as expected… and some of them are not. Occasionally, someone (me) writes about this principal as it applies to selling and sales teams. My purpose over the next several blog posts will be to answer the question: Why Are Your Sales People Not Selling As Expected. Can be a top producer.

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

A few years ago I created a list of the best books sales people should read to become a badass. What made that list so special was the surprising number of books that WEREN’T sales books. This list is all sales books. A lot has changed in the sales world in the last 13 years. It’s how we build our pipelines.

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

(The 80/20 rule may be a rule, but your numbers can be killed if you lose 1 or 2 sales people from the 20% side of the equation.). Knowing how much has been sold and how much is in the pipeline is a look back. Reasons to Stay – If you have only 2 or 3 people keeping your sales numbers healthy, what are their reasons to stay?

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They do not take on careers, professions and jobs to further the growth of the company that hires them. That got me thinking about sales managers and their assets – people. As a sales VP or manager, people are your only asset. How are you doing with each of the holdings that you have recruited, hired and/or on-boarded?

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 19, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Management Hiring Sales Process 168

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 13, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Closing Pipeline 181

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 30, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 16, 2012

When we assess the sales group we use the Objective Management Sales Talent Evaluation. It provides us and the company detailed information about the company's systems and processes that either hinder or help the sales effort. We learn about the strengths, weaknesses and skills of the sales people. Thank you Noel.

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Performance management is generally considered to be the 2nd step in building successful sales teams. Earlier in this post, I stated that it could be argued that performance managment is the 3rd step in buidling sales success. These are all activities that sales people perform or should be performing.

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 12, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Process B2B 159

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 21, 2012

So far in this series of articles about hiring sales people I've covered the following: Why is recruiting so damn hard. 4 Mistakes in Hiring. Typically when we work with sales organizations to upgrade their sales force through improved hiring we help them first map the recruiting process.

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Sales Hiring Closing Intent 168

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Process Management 185

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 Cole Training

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What do you have to do this year to demonstrate to the Michigan community that you are on the path to achieving what they hired you to achieve?”. I immediately thought about all the sales managers we’ve worked with over the last 25 years and the challenges they faced getting their salespeople to perform as expected.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Shopping Sales Process 181

Hotel Business

MAY 17, 2024

franchise business and worked with our sales teams across the country and around the world deploying over $250 million in development support for our owners. He hits the ground running, knowing what our franchise sales teams need to continue outperforming expectations.”

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Real Estate Sales Market Share Pipeline 59

Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

This is part II of a III part blog post discussing the DNA of High Performance Sales Teams. The first post discussed the DNA of a Hunter Sales person as a result of reading a blog about building a "Rock Star Team of Sales Hunters". Qualifier (newsletter - Why is qualifying so damn hard?).

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Sales Pipeline Hiring Closing 185

Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 22, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Pipeline Sales Process 136

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

They do not take on careers, professions and jobs to further the growth of the company that hires them. That got me thinking about sales managers and their assets – people. As a sales VP or manager, people are your only asset. How are you doing with each of the holdings that you have recruited, hired and/or on-boarded?

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Sales Management Hiring ROI 124

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 16, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Process Closing 196

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Process Pipeline 137

Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Leadership Sales Process 190

Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Process Pipeline 169

Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Management Hiring Sales Process 174

Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 17, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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Sales Hiring Sales Process Management 185

Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 19, 2012

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. 5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever?

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