Brooks Group

MARCH 25, 2024

Winning sales teams, even those from different industries, have one thing in common: they use a repeatable sales process. As a result, they’re consistent, they follow best practices, they replicate the habits of their A-players, and they reinforce the process with sales team training. The data backs this up.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, the role of Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) or senior-most sales leaders (by any title), has never been more critical. When sales, marketing, and customer success operate in isolated bubbles, opportunities for collaboration and synergy are lost. This is a definite growth killer.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

This is good news for B2B sales teams that have faced economic headwinds, shrinking customer budgets, and delayed or canceled purchasing decisions. But even throughout this tough period, some sales organizations have found a way to meet or exceed targets—and feel confident in their ability to do it again this year.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Sales training is essential to your company’s success. It’s a powerful tool for developing the full potential of every sales professional on your team. The Brooks Group’s training programs are led by expert sales trainers (aka facilitators) with real sales experience.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But being busy doesn’t leave time for thinking strategically, nurturing customer relationships, or making sure your team has everything they need — especially if your company is growing at lightning speed. Teamwork.com's Sales Story Who are you and what is Teamwork.com all about? How has the company grown since then?

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Brooks Group

MARCH 21, 2024

A powerful lever to improve your team’s sales performance could be hiding in plain sight: sales discovery questions. Asking effective sales questions correlates with success, according to new research : 51% of successful sales teams are effective at sales discovery and questioning.

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Account Manager Tips

AUGUST 4, 2022

B2B Book Club Selection (August 2022) A monthly selection of handpicked business books specifically to help key account managers get better results for their clients, companies and careers. The Transparent Sales Leader: How The Power of Sincerity, Science & Structure Can Transform Your Sales Team’s Results Why this book?

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Nutshell

MARCH 18, 2024

Customer relationship management (CRM) systems have become vital in managing customer data, creating effective sales processes, and boosting sales team efficiency. However, one of the obstacles to implementing these crucial but advanced systems is a low CRM adoption rate from the team that needs to use it.

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Nutshell

MARCH 19, 2024

As the backbone of any business, the sales team needs to be efficient to meet targets and ensure the company remains profitable. Keeping an eye on your team’s sales productivity is one of the best ways to track performance and nip bottlenecks in the bud. Table of Contents What is sales productivity?

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Train AI in sales, and you’ll join 81% of salespeople surveyed who agree that AI significantly reduces their manual tasks and data entry workload. Plus, insights from sales experts who are knowledgeable and passionate about using AI in sales ethically. Thoughtful execution ensures AI can be trained correctly.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Ramping new sales reps quickly is a pivotal factor separating successful sales organizations from those that underperform. Data from our 2024 Sales Leader Trend Report shows that 87% of successful teams have extensive, structured onboarding.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Qualifying prospects is one of the selling skills every great sales professional relies on. That’s because filling your sales pipeline is a numbers game. Buyers leave the funnel for many reasons as they progress through the sales process : lack of budget, timing, or wrong fit to name a few.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Training your team requires providing them with more than a manual and a few workshops before sending them out into the field. In fact, if that’s your current sales training program, all of that hard work and education could be forgotten by your team in just a few months. Start a free trial 3. Start a free trial 3.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 28, 2024

As buying processes grow more complex, it’s becoming increasingly important for sales professionals to gain access to senior executives and C-level decision makers. Learn How to Unleash Revenue Potential with Sales Team Training What Is a C-Level Decision Maker? Why is selling to the C-suite so critical?

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A sales strategy is the answer to a simple question: ‘Why am I doing the things I’m doing?’ In sales, your goal may be to own a certain share of the market. To do that, the company needs to win a set percent of deals in the sales pipeline. Your sales strategy is a long-range plan for reaching your goal.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 18, 2024

Storytelling in sales is a skill. As humans, it’s in our nature to be drawn to stories. A good story grabs our attention, helps us visualize and understand information, and connects us to both the storyteller and the characters within the story. Stories, on the other hand, are more memorable.

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Nutshell

APRIL 3, 2024

With sales pipeline creation and management features, you have a visual view of where your current leads and clients are in their journey and what the next best action is for your sales team at any given moment. HubSpot Sales Hub : A decent middle-of-the-road option for CRM users.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 28, 2023

Creating a structured sales process is one of the most effective ways to boost your sales teams’ efficiency and results. With a formal sales process in place, your sales team has a framework to follow, and it’s much easier to stay on the same page, track results, and onboard new team members.

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Nutshell

JUNE 16, 2023

Having oversight into your team’s actions in Nutshell is crucial for tracing how your company data is handled. The solution to uncovering your team’s actions is Audit Log, Nutshell’s newest feature. Audit Log is a record of the actions your team has taken with company data. What is Audit Log?

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Brooks Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Or can sales professionals engage purchasing managers, buyers, and agents differently to have more success selling to them? Sales professionals who practice consultative selling are more like trusted advisors than traditional salespeople. This makes it far more likely they will listen to you—and that you’ll make the sale.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Does your team have a sales process? If not, you may see confusion, lackluster sales performance, and missed quotas. That’s because sticking with a sales process correlates with success—and lack of adherence is a problem at many organizations. What Is Sales Process Adherence? If yes, great.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In the HubSpot Blog's recent survey of over 500 sales professionals, we tried to see what sales leaders hope to achieve when training reps and the top sales coaching tactics they use to get there — and our survey produced some interesting insight on both fronts. Sales Leaders' Primary Coaching Goals.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 24, 2023

A sales training initiative can be one of the most impactful things you can do to improve your organization’s success. What is a Sales Training Reinforcement Program? Sales training is designed to teach your sales team new techniques and skills.

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Sales Gravy

AUGUST 4, 2023

Sales Training Is An Investment In YOU In this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jeb Blount is joined by Sarah Browner, the Global Sales Enablement Manager at Adobe. As for salespeople, you’ll find out why it’s critical to continue advancing your skills and investing in yourself throughout your sales career.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When engaging new prospects is tougher than ever, sales organizations know cross-selling and upselling are two effective tactics to increase revenue. Yet many sales professionals overlook these opportunities, either preferring to stay in “hunter” mode or because they lack the sales training , skills, and coaching to get it done.

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Sales Training Sales Account Management Profitability 74

Brooks Group

JULY 7, 2023

Sales training can be one of the most critical investments you make for your team. Salespeople often resist training, viewing it as a hassle that takes them away from their work. In fact, according to Training Industry , more than a quarter of salespeople feel that their sales training is ineffective.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What’s the Difference Between Role-specific and General Training? Sales training typically accomplishes one of two things. . The training will either provide learning around a specific skill, or the training is focused on improving the learner’s ability to succeed in their entire role. Sales Manager.

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Sales Gravy

JULY 21, 2023

Great Sales Messaging Isn't Rocket Science On this episode of the Sales Gravy Podcast, Jim Karrh, Ph.D. You’ll learn how to translate marketing messages into effective sales conversations, whether in person, virtually, or over the phone. teaches coursework around innovative marketing and sales messaging.

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Hubspot Sales

JULY 25, 2023

Like many disciplines, sales teams everywhere are trying to understand what role artificial intelligence will play in their industry. It’s here, and it’s already changing sales as we know it. Whether you’re skeptical, curious, or fully on board, it’s important to educate yourself about how sales reps are using AI.

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Brooks Group

JULY 27, 2023

Most sales professionals today are spending much more time prospecting than they ever have before – and it’s not an easy task. According to research , 40% of sales professionals say that prospecting is the most challenging part of the sales process. Your sellers should quickly be able to qualify sales prospects.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 28, 2023

This article is part of our Key Fundamentals of IMPACT Selling ® series. Marines conduct a great exercise to demonstrate how simple it is to tie up a sale (or in their case, gain commitment for enlisting). Many sales professionals struggle with asking this question because of two things: human nature and fear.

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PartnerTap

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

We know that the old sales playbook no longer works and sales transformation is a top priority in 2024. Companies have changed how they buy products and services for their companies, and sales deals today are exponentially more complex than they were 10 years ago. This is co-selling.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The simplicity of IMPACT will teach your sales team to sell their way through any economic event the world throws at them. This is because IMPACT is a sequential selling system that salespeople can quickly learn, implement, and follow to give them a greater chance of closing sales. Overcoming Economic Challenges Since 1977.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 21, 2023

The success stories in sales are certainly no different. Emotional maturity and accountability are essential for success in any career, especially in sales. And that is doubly true for a sales team, which is sometimes a challenge for a sales leader. How Emotionally Mature Is Your Team?

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Nutshell

APRIL 24, 2024

That’s why integrating it with the best Outlook CRM is the perfect way to expand its usefulness and empower your sales and marketing teams. An Office 365 Outlook CRM integration allows you to do so much more with your email service, including team collaboration, sales management, email marketing, and lead generation.

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CRM Software Software Marketing 71

Arpedio

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Then you might be our new Office Assistant. As our Office Assistant, you will have the responsibility of keeping the office clean and welcoming. You are familiar with a service position, and you have experience from working in a team – however, this is not a requirement. What to expect?

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B2B Innovation Sales Training Account Planning 52

Brooks Group

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Planning your sales kickoff or national sales meeting? Your sales keynote speaker will set the tone for the rest of the event. A great speaker can help motivate your sales team, elevate your mission, and drive results. Step 1: Ask Your Sales Team The ultimate goal of a sales kickoff is to improve sales performance.

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