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10 Things to Start & 3 Things to Stop When Hiring Better Salespeople

Anthony Cole Training

Recruiting new sales talent and hiring better salespeople are complicated and time-consuming processes. Especially, when you're not prepared to fill a vacancy, don't have a pipeline of candidates, or have an idea of what "better" means for your business.

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Pipeline Movement – [Shitty Sales Management]

A Sales Guy

Shitty sales management can kill pipeline movement. This is especially true with first line managers. The place I see sales management fail the most (just behind hiring “A” players) is pipeline management. They lack pipeline innovation in terms of pipeline movement.

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Sales Management Success Metrics

Anthony Cole Training

So what metrics do you use to measure you success as a sales manager? The number of failed new hires should decrease. The on-boarding time for new hires shortens. Overall pipeline volume increases. As you see, accountability and performance management isn't just for sales. Free 3 day trial.

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Develop Your Sales Pipeline to Increase Sales

Anthony Cole Training

Sales pipelines are similar to the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This one is too fat, this one is too skinny, and the rarest one of all; this one's just right.

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"Old Tools" Work Really Well in Sales Management

Anthony Cole Training

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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Performance Management - Building Successful Sales Teams

Anthony Cole Training

Performance management is generally considered to be the 2nd step in building successful sales teams. I'm not here to argue, however, based on my experiences and what I've learned, I believe there IS another important step that must come before performance management. Some would argue it's the 3rd.

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Sales Habits, Sales Managers and Changing Habits

Anthony Cole Training

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 sent me a link to a survey that was done regarding the hunt for sales managers/directors.

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