A Sales Guy

JANUARY 2, 2012

The beginning of the year in sales always starts with a number. Sales leadership spends a lot of time going through plans, setting quota, preparing for Q1, looking at the pipeline, etc. Everyone is looking forward and the management process on making the number begins. Ask them what you could provide to accelerate sales.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Does your sales team feel safe coming to you with product problems, market concerns, competitive challenges? Do you actively solicit the ideas and advice of your front line sales people? Building a competitive, highly functional sales team requires a collaborative and engaged team. Sales Leadership Uncategorized'

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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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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

It’s a follow up to my post which, in a nutshell, I said sales people suck. ——————– “I agree sales people’s performance is not what it should be. If management can’t be bothered to get their act together, can we really fault sales people/team?

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 11, 2020

In today's blog post, we discuss the importance of calling a sales audible at the line of scrimmage. Like an elite Quarterback, an elite salesperson must be willing to change things up when they're not working and be open to trying something completely different in the field.

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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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Anthony Iannarino

JANUARY 7, 2020

There are different types of sales managers you run into during your time in sales. You can learn something from most of them, but leadership being as tricky as it is, it’s often easier to point to how you get things wrong than it is to elucidate what makes one effective.

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A Sales Guy

JUNE 28, 2012

The sales pipeline is the most important sales management tool there is. The sales pipeline is like the hard drive of a computer. Like your hard drive, if the pipeline gets messed up or filled with crap, everything slows down and in the case of sales that means revenue. Bad sales stages or poor sales process.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 7, 2013

You have a sales process in place, but the sales manager and sales people are using separate spread sheets with additional stages, because the current sales process doesn’t meet their needs. You’ve built a killer sales portal the sales team never seems to visit.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 7, 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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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. This is especially true with first line managers. Define and explore new sales offers and solutions. Yup, I said it.

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A Sales Guy

JANUARY 18, 2018

It’s a sales manager’s job to know whether or not a salesperson is going to make quota or not and part of the process is understanding what deals are real and will close, and which won’t. Deal reviews are a fail in most sales circles. Why are deal reviews such a mess and rarely deliver on their value?

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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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Anthony Iannarino

JULY 30, 2020

There is a certain variety of sales experts who write as if salespeople, sales managers, and sales leaders are all from central casting for movies like Glengarry Glenn Ross or Boiler Room , movies that define the sales stereotype of self-oriented, manipulative, and high-pressure sales.

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Several years ago, as part of our sales team evaluation, the skills, tendencies and effectiveness of the sales leadership team was also assessed. The findings indicated that of the 224 leaders, 23% had at least 60% of the skills required to be an effective performance manger.

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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? Sales taking too long. As a senior sales executive, your job is to get to the root of the problem and then begin the process of addressing/fixing the problem.

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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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Hotel Business

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The 25-year hospitality veteran leads the company’s revenue and sales team. Sam brings a wealth of experience in revenue and distribution management, e-commerce, strategic partnerships and sales leadership,” said Tyler Morse, chairman/CEO, MCR. “He Owner-operator MCR has appointed Sameer Mehra as chief revenue officer.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 24, 2013

I was going through some of the books and articles I’ve collected over the years and found this great comparison between leaders and managers. It’s part of a book or series called A New Paradigm of Leadership. The article was called Leadership in the 21st Century, by Waren Bennis of USC. What do you think?

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Sales is suffering from 9 brutal ills: Number 5 in this 9 part series. Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much activity management. “Welcome to the team,” said my new sales manager, as he dropped a giant yellow pages phonebook on my desk. The Bro Culture , . Lack of Coaching.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 29, 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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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 6, 2012

What does your sales leadership look like. Is your sales team one of the best in your industry? Does your sales team continually meet or exceed quota year over year? Is your sales organization seen as the leader in your industry? If it’s not working out the way you want, take a look at the sales leadership.

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 12, 2013

Most sales people suck. There is a shortage of good sales people. The talent pool of sales people is desperately small and it’s not improving. The numbers seem to prove this out as well, as some recent surveys suggest less than 50% of sales people meet or exceed quota. What happened to all the good sales people?

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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. You can see the list here.

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A Sales Guy

APRIL 24, 2019

. Sales is suffering from 9 brutal ills: The Bro Culture , . Not enough salespeople understand the game/rules of sales. Too much activity management. But as important to eradicating the “bro culture” in sales it’s equally important that we elevate our coaching game. Lack of Coaching. .

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 23, 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

AUGUST 21, 2012

I don’t give a rats ass about a sales opportunities status and as a sales manager you shouldn’t either. ” Status is the lame update sales people share during the weekly pipeline meeting. Sales Manager – “Hey Bob, what’s the status on the Techform opportunity?”

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A Sales Guy

AUGUST 2, 2013

Unfortunately sales seems to view things differently. Beyond the quota attainment, sales does little to track, measure and embrace the statistical nuances of selling. Beyond the quota attainment, sales does little to track, measure and embrace the statistical nuances of selling. Are those with longer sales cycles selling more?

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 1, 2013

think too many sales organizations, their sales people and their sales leaders are playing from the same playbook. I spend an incredible amount of time with sales people and sales leaders and the most common thing I see is how similar they all are. I don’t see enough innovation. all look pretty much the same.

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Hotel Business

JULY 28, 2023

Highgate , a real estate and hospitality management company, has appointed Chi Hoon Bang as global executive, sales and luxury experience for the Hawai’i region. He most recently served as the director of sales and marketing for Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani, where he oversaw sales strategies for all markets including the U.S.,

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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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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 31, 2013

At Anthony Cole Training Group, we perform a sales team evaluation before we begin working with a group. The findings provide everyone - the sales executives, the individual sales people and us - with actionable insights as to “why” the sales team functions the way it does. I see this as the baseline skill.

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A Sales Guy

DECEMBER 1, 2011

This question was posed over at the small business question and answer forum Focus.com yesterday; What are the essentials to become a great sales manager? Here are a few excerpts from the some of the answers: A great sales manager understands that her salespeople are unique individuals. — Bob. — Bob.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

All too often sales people face the wrath for sales failure or the celebration for sales success by themselves. If sales people aren’t making the number, it’s their fault. When it comes to sales organizations, I agree with the second statement but not the first. Be Sales Driven. It makes sense.

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A Sales Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

How many times have you heard this: “Just because he or she is your best sales person doesn’t mean they should be promoted to sales management.” A sales person is killing it. They are the top performer for years and when a sales management position opens up, BOOM! they get the job.

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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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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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