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

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. What does your pipeline look like.

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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

JANUARY 10, 2014

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. We have a sales activities tracking tool called Success Tracker, and internally, we use BASE to manage our pipeline. All that is critical for sales success!

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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. Not closing enough. Sales taking too long. Can we close more sales?

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 30, 2019

Facing stalls and objections throughout the sales process is a common occurrence for many salespeople. In this blog, we will cover the 10 common symptoms that suggest you may accept put-offs from prospects and how that is affecting the strength and quality of your sales pipeline.

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 1, 2015

Keep a full pipeline. It’s a critical part of every effective sales process, and yet, sometimes that very discussion causes us to get “off track” and lose focus on the objective of the call. Welcome to this week’s Sales Brew about “The Money Problem” - overcoming the reluctance to ask the tough questions.

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A Sales Guy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The sole purpose of the pipeline or sales process is to move deals from contact to contract, from start to finish. It’s to get them closed, win or lose. Because the only way an opportunity to move through the pipeline is to work it and the only way to work it is to manage it through specific tasks.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 13, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 16, 2012

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 25, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 16, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

OCTOBER 25, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 17, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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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? They go like this.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 20, 2013

As a sales leader, if you are diligent in understand these four areas; people, process, strategy, product and the market you’re doing OK. We’re too close to the day-to-day issues and challenges that we don’t pick our heads up and evaluate things from the big picture. Are they getting the desired results?

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

JULY 21, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 14, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 15, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 3, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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A Sales Guy

JULY 7, 2012

The best sales people spend their time searching out problems and solving them. Problems keep us from closing the deal. Problems cause the pipeline to get backed up. Problems keep our customers from growing their business. Problems keep us from beating the competition. Problems create declines in revenue.

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Anthony Cole Training

MARCH 23, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 16, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

FEBRUARY 2, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 22, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

JANUARY 19, 2012

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 19, 2011

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

MAY 1, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 10, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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Anthony Cole Training

DECEMBER 9, 2010

5 Direct Sales Activities that Lead to Sales Success? 7 More Sales Core Competencies. What’s Your Funniest Sales Story Ever? Sales Core Competencies I. Four ‘Have To’ Strategies for Closing Sales. Sales Core Competencies II. Maximize the Initial Sales Call: The 3 rules. Sale Process (2).

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