Brooks Group

JUNE 2, 2023

Action Plan for Sales Target Achievement – 4 Steps As we round out the first half of the year, it’s a great time to regroup, recalibrate, and prepare our sales teams to hit the year-end sales goals we’ve set for them. Maybe your sales team has veered slightly off track since the target was set?

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Showpad

MARCH 3, 2020

Sales operations (sales ops) and sales enablement are terms used often within an organization. But how do they contribute to sales productivity and overall business performance? Sales Enablement versus Sales Operations. Sales Operations Roles and Responsibilities. Managing sales tech stack.

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PandaDoc

APRIL 3, 2023

Even if you hire the best sales reps , this doesn’t guarantee success. You need to train them and equip them with the right strategies and tools to succeed, such as the right CRM system , and a sales playbook. In this article, we’ll be concentrating on the latter: the sales playbook and its role in the sales cycle.

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DemandFarm

OCTOBER 25, 2023

In the ever-evolving sales landscape, organizations grapple with post-pandemic shifts. Efficient sales leadership becomes essential to navigate these challenges and remain competitive. Sales leaders not only set strategies and inspire teams to achieve results but also play a vital role beyond mere management.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more control and visibility you have into your sales pipeline, the more revenue you’ll bring in. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management. Growing a healthy pipeline is possible through careful assessment and management. How to Build a Sales Pipeline. Sales Pipeline Metrics.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 17, 2023

What Is the Best Enterprise Sales Training? Enterprise selling is sometimes overlooked in companies’ training because the sales process focuses more on other parts of the training deemed more important. However, enterprise selling is one of the most important parts of company sales training.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2020

What is sales performance? It’s the measurement of sales activity and corresponding results compared to the sales expectations and quota. Good sales performance is highly valued but it can also be elusive to achieve for many salespeople and organizations. The key to good sales performance is consistency.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The hiring manager said, “As soon as you get the orders, we can negotiate what type of development team you’ll have supporting you.” The success of any substantive change to your sales approach relies on company-wide buy-in. The same is true for implementing a new strategic account management plan.

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PandaDoc

JANUARY 27, 2020

If you’re looking to level up your sales career in 2020 but don’t know where to start, we suggest checking out one, two, or all three of the must-read books listed below to get you equal parts inspired and fired-up to crush your quotas this year. Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success: Connect with Customers and Get Results.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 4, 2020

The best sales educators helps you take tried-and-true selling principles and modify them to current selling environments. Below are the 30 best online resources for sales professionals to sharpen their fundamental skills and learn some new tricks. Sales Podcasts. The Sales Hacker Podcast. Sales Gravy.

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Hubspot Sales

MAY 30, 2019

We know that best-in-class sales organizations use a consultative sales process. A sales process is consultative when the stages and actions align with the customer’s buying experience and are defined in terms of the customer relationship. Consultative Sales Process. Stage 5 : Negotiate and Close.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’re looking to get into sales, not having a college degree can feel like a huge barrier to your career. But what if I told you that a degree isn't always required for a sales job? In this guide, we’ll explore how you can get into sales without a degree. Table of Contents What does it mean to work in sales?

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Mike Kunkle

JULY 21, 2018

It’s unfortunate that role play has a low level of acceptance in many sales organizations. For that, see this post on why it’s time to get serious about purposeful practice in the sales profession. It’s often used in “on the fly” role play between a rep and their sales manager, and does excel for that purpose.

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Engage Selling

MARCH 11, 2017

This is the fifth of a six article series on the future of sales that I wrote for the Adobe Document Cloud Blog. You can check it out there along with content from other great authors… In this six-part series … Read More »

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Apptivo

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Companies across the world, irrespective of their industry type, often have a defined sales process. The concept of sales process came into existence after considering the redundancies faced by sales teams due to unstructured sales management. This applies to sales concepts and definitions as well.

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Brooks Group

JULY 27, 2022

As we pass the half-way point of the year, sales managers may start to hear a few grumblings that quotas are too high. While it’s wise to reassess sales targets to make sure they are realistic, assuming they are too high might be a mistake. Forbes reported that in 2017 that 57% of sales reps failed to meet quota.

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Apptivo

JULY 4, 2023

10 Sales KPIs 1.1 Monthly Sales growth 1.4 Sales pipeline 1.8 Sales cycle length 1.9 Sales closed-won vs closed-lost opportunities 1.10 But to ensure they’re heading in the right direction and making the most of their sales efforts, they need a compass, a guiding light. New leads 1.2 Conversion rate 1.5

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Corporate Visions

JULY 2, 2020

The post The Three Waves of Sales Enablement by Tim Riesterer appeared first on Corporate Visions. The second wave of sales enablement, moving up and to the right, is what we call the Territory Planning wave. Programs in this wave are based on the sales managers’ decisions about what their teams and territories need to make quota.

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Hubspot Sales

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As a sales educator, I've watched a great number of salespeople set goals and succeed -- and an even greater number set goals and fail. 5 Characteristics of Successful Sales Reps. Suppose instead you tell your sales manager about your objective. And it's a lagging indicator that they’re going to be successful in sales.

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Openview

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

One is fantastic at building rapport, while another is a skilled negotiator. Both of those theories are popular among sales managers. There’s only one thing dividing your rainmakers from their less successful peers : Their sales conversations. Lone wolves don’t prosper in sales. However, neither are true.

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Showpad

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The sales cycle is not an exception to this rule, and by extension, neither is sales enablement. . In fact, sales-related processes may benefit from the clear delegation of duties across the team more than any other aspect of services (as opposed to something like account management, which can be somewhat more fluid). .

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Hubspot Sales

MARCH 21, 2019

Have you been in an interview and asked your prospective employer which sales metrics they value most? What if I asked you if you’d ever questioned your interviewer about their sales velocity? So, what is sales velocity? Sales Velocity. Creating Sales Velocity. The four factors of sales velocity.

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Nutshell

JANUARY 14, 2020

The SaaS industry has different selling techniques , key metrics , and sales process activities compared to the ones you’d encouter while selling a tangible physical product or a more traditional service like a marketing consultation package. By the end, you should have a clear roadmap for reaching your or your company’s sales goals.

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PandaDoc

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Cold emails are emails sent without prior contact with the recipient, with the purpose of establishing a relationship and eventually making a sale. After that, the negotiation process becomes a breeze, and adjusting your rates or your offer is much easier than sending back and forth heavy PDF files. Are cold emails still effective?

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Insightly

JANUARY 4, 2024

In B2B sales, the role of a sales leader is both exhilarating and challenging. Juggling targets, managing teams, and making critical decisions can be demanding and overwhelming. This is where the power of a well-implemented Customer Relationship Management system (CRM) comes into play.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 10, 2023

One of the most common requests we receive at The Brooks Group is for sales negotiation training on closing techniques. Too many sales managers think their team has a closing problem, when in reality, they have a prospecting problem. Treat prospecting as the lifeblood of your sales career. Check it out!

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Mike Kunkle

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Amid those congratulatory messages (which, humorously for me, included a fair number of contacts who saw it as a trigger event to try to sell me something), I’ve also gotten a lot of sincere questions (privately, not openly on LinkedIn) about why I decided to pause growing a very successful sales consultancy to join another company.

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SalesPop

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Amy is a leader in modern sales strategy. She helps mid-market organizations to grow sales through sales strategy advisory skills development programs. Her book “The Modern Seller” is an Amazon bestseller, plus LinkedIn also recognizes her as a top sales voice. Consultative Sales Approach.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Hiding your prices or being uncomfortable when you need to discuss them with clients will affect your capacity to make a sale. We’ll also give you actionable advice you can integrate into your sales process right away and discuss the top seven tactics you can use to deliver pricing information seamlessly.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 16, 2017

I have recently been running some training with a very successful client and we have been working on the negotiation skills of their salespeople and sales managers. In the words of the sales manager, “I don’t want to upset the buyer”. Look Serious When You Negotiate. This is bad selling and bad negotiating.

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Apptivo

AUGUST 25, 2021

Sales have a primary role in businesses in building brand awareness and increasing the customer retention rate. Sales teams act as a bridge between the customers and the business. For this purpose, companies invest a huge amount in optimizing the performance of the sales teams. What is lead in sales?

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 17, 2018

Best Sales Podcasts. Sales Gravy. Linking Into Sales Podcast. The Sales Evangelist. Bowery Capital Startup Sales Podcast. Get in the Door: Sales Prospecting Strategies & Tactics. The Sales Babble Podcast. Sales Pipeline Radio. Make It Happen Mondays -- B2B Sales with John Barrows.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

There are no one-fits-all solutions for sales training. The best programs are the ones tailored to your organization and sales force. That is where role-specific sales training comes in. For a program to be effective, it must be tailored to the needs of your sales force; otherwise, it can be counterproductive.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Upselling—or offering a more expensive version of a product your customers want to buy—should be a natural component of most sales jobs. Here are four tips to up your skills so you can up your sales. The best sales leaders invest in their teams by providing a standardized, clearly defined selling system.

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SBI Growth

OCTOBER 7, 2013

If you’ve been following SBI’s blog lately, you’ve read a lot about the changing B2B landscape: Your buyers have changed. Legacy sales reps have not kept up with the times. There is a shift happening in the sales world. 9 Steps to ensure your sales leaders bring in top talent. Don’t let your sales managers skip this step.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sales team training is an essential investment for any organization. When individuals and teams undergo sales training, they learn the skills and techniques needed to be successful in sales. However, not everyone knows how to make the most of their team sales training. Follow Up with Your Sales Trainer.

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Brooks Group

MAY 24, 2023

As a sales manager, you need to make sure your team knows how to uncover the customer’s wants in addition to their needs. Anytime a salesperson has to negotiate, it means the customer objects to something. A lot of sales managers spend a lot of time debriefing salespeople about how a meeting went after a solution was presented.

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