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

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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Brooks Group

APRIL 23, 2024

A sales career can be exhilarating and rewarding—offering the potential for high earnings, flexible schedules, and the chance to work directly with a diverse range of customers. As you consider whether a sales career is the right fit for you, it’s crucial to understand both the upsides and the downsides.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Sales teams are the backbone of any company. This is often due to a lack of training in areas that sales professionals need to succeed. Sales team training can greatly improve the effectiveness of your sales team, resulting in higher sales and increased profits. 1) Stronger Team Relationships.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

From negotiation to messaging personalization, sales managers and employees can improve their communication skills with anybody by taking enterprise sales training. Understanding your clients is essential to communication and sales in the business world. annual increase in contract value.

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MTD Sales Training

MARCH 19, 2019

The whole negotiation you have with a client or prospect can be successful or not, based on the way you carry it out. Learn how you can turn a negotiation around if it’s not going well by following a strategic process that you can control. . Different negotiations will require different preparation strategies. Preparation.

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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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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry. Clearly, if your team needs sales training, there's a lot of options out there. Best Sales Videos. Sales Videos by Well-Known Selling Experts. 1) Jeffrey Gitomer.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 13, 2018

One way they do this is to keep negotiating a discount , no matter what figure you have dropped or discounted to. What can you do to handle this type of negotiating tactic? As soon as the prospect sees they have the power in the negotiation, they often try to push their position to be even stronger. Happy selling! Sean McPheat.

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MTD Sales Training

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Negotiation comes from the root word ‘negotiat’ meaning ‘done in the course of business’. So, what are the top qualities needed today to negotiate to a great position for yourself or your business? Too many salespeople go into negotiations with only a vague idea of what will be a success. 4) Have patience.

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

“As in other studies we’ve done, this year’s enablement study found that sales process and sales methodology adoption rates above 75% resulted in above-average gains for revenue plan attainment, quota attainment, and win rates, with a big boost at adoption rates greater than 90%.” increase in revenue plan attainment 17.1%

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Sales leaders, the driving force behind a company’s revenue generation, understand that time is of the essence. At the same time, deals take longer to make their way through the sales process than they used to. In a dynamic and competitive world, sales efficiency is paramount. That’s true in any sales landscape.

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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

MARCH 6, 2024

Sales effectiveness is your sales professionals’ ability to achieve their goals and objectives efficiently and successfully. Sales effectiveness also corresponds with the return your organization gets from its sales investment. But improving sales effectiveness is a complex task that few organizations do well.

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Organization Account Management Sales Sales Training 84

Red Star Kim

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

At the recent PM Forum workshop on “Selling processes and sales skills for marketing and business development professionals” we focused on sales and selling challenges in professional services. Selling challenges in professional services: Sales processes and skills. Their fee-earners are often in the same boat.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 28, 2021

It wasn’t until the 1500s that this process earned the name – negotiation – that we know it by today. A more contemporary definition comes from Chris Voss, who was the leading FBI hostage negotiator for more than 10 years. So how can you triumph at the negotiation game? Most Common Reasons for Failure.

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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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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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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 17, 2017

If you want to negotiate a discount and you’re a buyer then I’ll give you some phrases to use. Conversely if you’re a sales person I’m going to give you some phrases on how to counter buyers who are haggling and negotiating for a discount. Phrases to use when negotiating a lower price. Negotiating phrases.

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Brooks Group

MAY 2, 2023

The process of tying up a sale doesn’t begin at the negotiation table after all the meetings have been had and solutions have been presented, but rather at the beginning of the sales process. Sales professionals must do everything in their power to create alignment with the customer’s buying agenda or process.

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MTD Sales Training

AUGUST 17, 2017

Your ability to make a profitable sale often hinges on your skills when discussing what price you are willing to settle on for your product. If you are worried about whether you will make the sale or not, you may well offer a lower price to get the buyer to agree to the sale. However, buyers are cute (!) Happy Selling!

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Brooks Group

JULY 20, 2023

Warmer weather, long weekends, and kids out of school likely means vacation mode for your sales team and, unfortunately, your prospects. It’s no surprise that many sales professionals find it challenging to stay motivated in the summer. But lower productivity has a big downside—slowed sales growth for your company.

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MTD Sales Training

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

You had a great sales interaction: Both you and the prospect were calm and comfortable. Below are three powerful closing questions that will ease the tension and help you maintain the flow of your sales interaction as you begin to ask for the order. #1 This second question is perfect for the customer who loves to negotiate.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 28, 2023

Marines conduct a great exercise to demonstrate how simple it is to tie up a sale (or in their case, gain commitment for enlisting). Salespeople either get a “yes”, and can proceed with the sale, or they get a “no” and can backtrack to handle the objection or concern. Are You Ready To Train Your Team With IMPACT Selling ® ?

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Brooks Group

JULY 14, 2023

Now, instead of focusing on transactional sales, salespeople must be capable of building long-term relationships beyond the initial sale and maintain their standing as trusted business advisors to your customers. A consultative sales approach is the skill they need in order to do that. What Is a Consultative Sales Approach?

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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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Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Lack of clear authority, conflicting priorities, and the logistics of keeping 7, 10, or 12 people in the loop make the B2B buying process an increasingly tough sale. But with the right skills and tactics, sales leaders can equip their teams to overcome challenges and win these deals.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 28, 2023

If you haven’t already, it’s time your sales team abandons outdated “used car sales” tactics to reach their quota. So, sales organizations need focus on improving their sellers’ sales skills and strategic thinking abilities. Customers today have more information, more choices, and freedom.

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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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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. Will you reorganize or rebalance your consultative sales professionals’ time? This was a red flag for me.

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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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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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Jeffrey Gitomer

AUGUST 9, 2011

Online Training. Tweet Share I used to watch my father negotiate. Filed Under: Attitude , Sales , Success Tagged With: attitude training , book on attitude , business social media , corporate sales training , Jeffrey gitomer , jefrrey gitomer , sales , sales attitude , sales blog , sales skills , success principles.

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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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Brooks Group

JULY 11, 2022

Sales is all about relationships. In order to be successful in virtual sales, you need to be good at relationship building and have other skills. In order to be successful in virtual sales, you need to be good at relationship building and have other skills. Virtual sales is all about communication. Be a good listener.

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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

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The more control and visibility you have into your sales pipeline, the more revenue you’ll bring in. But what is a sales pipeline and why is it so instrumental to selling success? In this guide, you'll learn everything you need to know about sales pipeline management, including: Sales Pipeline Definition.

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