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. Sales can be challenging.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 23, 2024

Transferrable Skills The skills developed in sales —such as communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and time management—are highly valued across many industries, making sales experience a valuable asset. Rejection Sales professionals often face rejection and criticism from potential customers.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Key decision makers often include: C-Suite executives : High-level executives such as CEOs, CFOs, or CTOs who oversee strategic decision-making within the organization. Procurement managers : Professionals tasked with managing the procurement process, negotiating contracts, and ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

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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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Zendesk

JUNE 28, 2022

While some sales reps may come in with sharper instincts or more charisma than others, we know there are still dozens of techniques and tactics that can be taught to foster a more successful all-around sales rep—and the data backs it. It’s clear that providing your team with thorough sales training is well worth the effort.

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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. The sales professional and customer both have agendas. Sales professionals can’t communicate value before they build trust.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This has given rise to the temptation for sales professionals to resort to pressure, gimmickry, discounting, and just plain hounding in an effort to close new business. That’s true in any sales landscape. To thrive in the current economy, organizations must look within to improve sales efficiency.

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Brooks Group

MAY 23, 2024

Sales hiring assessments are now an essential element of a B2B sales leader’s expertise. Hiring the wrong person for a sales role, whether due to a lack of necessary skills or a poor cultural fit, can have serious negative consequences for an organization. Hiring Tip: Look for a blend of styles.

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 20, 2020

In today’s world, everyone is seeing significant changes in their sales funnels. For some organizations, opportunities are being frozen or postponed, and it’s hard to find new opportunities to replace them in the funnel. They Effectively Communicate Value Messages that Are Relevant to Buyer Needs.

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Brooks Group

JULY 14, 2023

Train salespeople to conduct a thorough investigation of the contact, their industry or business, and their organization. Invest in teaching salespeople how to build rapport early in the relationship as well, including identifying and using communication styles and expressing warmth and compassion.

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Mike Kunkle

MAY 11, 2022

I’ve been involved in sales transformations that were entirely focused on getting the best-possible performance out of the sales force (ranging from a 30 to 600 percent increase in sales), independent of retooling the rest of the organization. How to plan and organize effectively. Sales Training.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The ability to pick up on and adapt to the subtle emotional communication that your customer is exhibiting can be more valuable in sales than actual intelligence. Additionally, there are a lot of intimidating aspects to sales that can trigger emotions (like negotiating). Evaluating Your Team’s Current Skills.

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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. It’s cutting into our profit margin substantially.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 6, 2019

Below is a guide to accelerated ramp-up time for your salespeople (along with some examples of how HubSpot trains their salespeople). It might feel like you’re over-communicating. When you're creating a new-hire training plan, remember a few things : Keep your training plan personalized, because no two reps are the same.

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 10, 2020

A salesperson’s definition of success is often influenced by the environment they work in, the greater goals of their organization, and their own personal drives and tendencies. Though one’s idea of success can vary from person to person, there are some core proficiencies top reps and sales organizations have in common.

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Mike Kunkle

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

And as I just mentioned, on the far left side of a “disorganized/organized” sliding scale, there are cases where it’s absolute chaos and rife with infighting. Even on the far right, with disciplined workflows, it’s not easy, and often harder if an RFP or RFI process doesn’t allow open communication.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Sales professionals often perceive procurement managers as excessively demanding or even unreasonable. But a deeper look at this type of prospect reveals that their demands may simply be the result of the pressures they face in making buying decisions for their organizations. The “go between” role can create a no-win situation.

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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. Communicate clearly and often, and ensure your team has the sales training they need to execute well.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

In the absence of a value interpreter, every negotiation will degenerate into a conversation about price. Sales is a function of margin. Sales professionals need to understand the role margin plays in your organization. Value Is a Formula Sellers have to understand what value is in order to properly communicate it.

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Miller Heiman Group

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Sales training techniques like SPIN Selling Conversations help sellers learn how to ask questions that uncover buyer needs and overcome objections all in the moments when deals are made and lost. They Effectively Communicate Value Messages that Are Relevant to Buyer Needs. Take The Sales Conversation Metric.

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Insightly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But get your Google search on and find a place where your sales people can have a full session with multiple looks for a gift that has staying power. Subscription to an online sales training program. Show your sales person that you are investing in their success. In a slump…grab a course!

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Insightly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But get your Google search on and find a place where your sales people can have a full session with multiple looks for a gift that has staying power. Subscription to an online sales training program. Show your sales person that you are investing in their success. In a slump…grab a course!

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Miller Heiman Group

AUGUST 6, 2020

Sales organizations can elevate their enterprise sales strategy by adopting a sales methodology designed to improve sellers’ conversational skills. That’s why we’ve developed our diagnostic, the Sales Conversation Metric. Consistently conduct mutually valuable sales calls.

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Showpad

JUNE 29, 2021

This domain covers impactful knowledge transfer and effective skill development, and is supported by targeted coaching across the entire sales cycle. In other words, all the sales training initiatives including your onboarding program are covered in this enablement domain.

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Brooks Group

JULY 11, 2022

Instead, you communicate with them through email, video calls, and other digital channels. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to improve your virtual sales skills. When you have common ground, building rapport and trust is more effortless, thus making the pitch more of a conversation than a sales pitch.

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Openview

JANUARY 18, 2018

Giving Persuasive Sales Presentations. Negotiating. In those same one-on-one conversations with your reps, you can also ask them to talk about who they feel is great at what on the sales team. Who do they think is the best negotiator? Dividing your coaching plan by skill set will maximize the ROI of each rep’s training.

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Chally

JANUARY 27, 2022

Using communication, storytelling, and negotiation tactics, a salesperson demonstrates the ability to understand and connect with buyers. Because customers have countless options to purchase, job skills in sales have evolved. Communication Storytelling Negotiation Presentation. Communication. Storytelling.

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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 operations and sales enablement are sometimes used interchangeably, but there are in fact many clear distinctions between the two.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sales productivity is broad, but that is because sales efficiency requires you to consider every aspect of the selling process. Specifically, sales productivity refers to the rate at which an individual field sales rep or an organization can generate revenue through its sales process.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2022

We’re going to look at ways to add a talent assessment process before any hiring decisions and provide hiring managers with a way to make an organization’s hiring process much leaner and more effective. The turnover rate for companies that rely on sales can be one of the most costly things to deal with.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

My two primary focuses and areas of expertise are sales management and new business development. Sales Gravy. Sales Gravy is the most visited sales specific website and the destination sales training resource for sales professionals across the globe. CustomerCentric Selling Sales Training Blog.

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Miller Heiman Group

OCTOBER 28, 2019

That is, unless their organization adopts a sales methodology designed to improve sellers’ conversational skills into its enterprise sales strategy. And that’s why we’ve developed our newest diagnostic, the Sales Conversation Metric. Effectively communicate relevant value messages.

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Questions are the most critical component of consultative sales reps. However, you also need to have strong intrapersonal skills for excellent communication with a prospect. Strong Interpersonal Skills Interpersonal skills, also known as social skills, are abilities and behaviors we use to communicate with other individuals.

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Apptivo

JULY 4, 2023

By incorporating this metric into a monthly sales dashboard, leaders can promptly identify issues and take action based on emerging trends. Establishing achievable monthly sales growth targets serves as a driving force for sales teams, ensuring their efforts consistently align with the organization’s expectations.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 28, 2019

Consequently, Sales Enablement would create sales training to help reps run a better discovery. It’s also worth noting that Sales Enablement is usually more active earlier in the buyer’s journey, concentrating its energy on training and prospect education. Sales Team Communications.

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Showpad

JANUARY 8, 2021

Your reps-to-be can also use the pre-hire onboarding phase to further familiarize themselves with the organization’s history, mission, values and policies. Your training content must clearly educate new reps as to the circumstances they’re likely to encounter in your corner of the sales universe.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 16, 2020

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. Get organized.

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