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We’re All in Sales – Or Maybe Not

Mike Kunkle

We’re all in sales, right? I think the answer depends on what you mean by that (intent) and how you define “sales.” I get the intent of the “we’re all in sales” message, generally, much like Dan Pink’s book, To Sell is Human. “The 1980s called, and they want their sales approach back.”

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Sales vs. Account Management: What Every Sales Leader Needs to Know

Brooks Group

Understanding the difference between landing new business and managing existing accounts is critical for your sales organizations success. On the surface, sales and account management have similar goals: Build strong relationships with customers and increase profitable revenue.

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7 Sales Role Play Exercises to Hone Your Negotiation Skills

Hubspot Sales

Like most skills, your ability to negotiate improves with practice. There’s a lot on the line during a negotiation with the buyer. Enter negotiation role play exercises. Sales Role Play Exercises. Sales Role Plays. The same concept can apply in sales. However, getting opportunities to practice isn’t easy.

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8 Essential Sales Negotiation Skills

Brooks Group

He’s also earned a reputation as one of the world’s most skilled negotiators. Buffet is known for doing his research and preparing for negotiations with meticulous detail. Successful sales professionals must be able to negotiate like Buffett, particularly in complex B2B sales environments.

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Navigating Difficult Customer Conversations: A Framework for Sales Teams

Brooks Group

Navigating Difficult Customer Conversations: A Framework for Sales Teams Tariffs, political tensions, and economic uncertainties are reshaping the business environment. Your sales professionals stand at the critical intersection between market challenges and customer relationships.

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Winning Over Buying Groups: How to Sell to Multiple B2B Decision Makers

Brooks Group

More stakeholders means longer sales cycles. The buyers journey has become a complex negotiation requiring diplomacy, deep understanding, and the ability to build cross-functional consensus. The buyers journey has become a complex negotiation requiring diplomacy, deep understanding, and the ability to build cross-functional consensus.

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4 Sales Success Factors for Economic Uncertainty

Brooks Group

This post reviews these four factors as well as the value of resilience to help you recession-proof your sales organization. Sales Success Factor 1: Act Early Companies that proactively recognized the threat ahead of the 2008 recession achieved six percentage points higher total shareholder return in the downturn than companies that did not.