Brooks Group

JUNE 26, 2023

More than ever, sales professionals need sales training programs that can help them keep pace with the demands of the modern sales process. Sales training pays off in many ways. A recent study by Accenture found that every dollar spent on training got a $4.53 What is Sales Training?

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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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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.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Sales team training can greatly improve the effectiveness of your sales team, resulting in higher sales and increased profits. In this post, we will discuss three reasons why companies should invest in team sales training. These skills include communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Exceptional sales management is key to an organization’s success—yet the role of a sales manager is one of the most challenging. Leading a sales team has become more difficult due to an evolving business landscape, technological advancements, changing customer expectations, and a host of other factors.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Only 40% of sales professionals report a well-established coaching culture at their organization. Just 42% say sales managers at their organization are actually held accountable for providing good coaching. Frequent and open communication with your sales team is crucial to a healthy sales culture.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

Technical Sales Manager Skills The sales manager plays an important role in any organization. Besides having soft skills, communication skills, and other common skills to boost sales performance, some technical skills are required for consistent success. Customer Satisfaction 10.7%

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 25, 2019

Here are some sales manager resume tips and templates to calm your nerves and help you get the job of your dreams. Sales Manager Resume Tips. I spoke with Pratik 'Tiki' Biswal , a senior sales manager at HubSpot, and he provided some resume writing tips. Sales Manager Resume Objective.

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Brooks Group

MAY 24, 2022

What’s a sales manager to do? We’ve heard from a few salespeople where the manager has pushed back and “shouted down” the concern, fueling a new job search by their team. Empathy is needed in the communication we expect of our customers today, and it is just as important with our teams. The post Thoughts From The Top: ?Sales

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

Solution: To overcome this barrier, sales leaders must champion a culture of cross-functional collaboration. It’s how we can break down the walls that hinder communication and cooperation between departments, to foster a shared vision, common goals, and open channels for knowledge exchange. Daily business life can be chaotic.

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Showpad

DECEMBER 5, 2021

A lot of the sales training over the decades has been very feature-benefit-oriented. Most of our investment has gone toward the competency of sales engagement with customers: uncovering their business problems, creating unique insights, and surrounding them with thought leadership opportunities. .

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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. Part of our rigorous screening and training process includes making sure each of our sales trainers has the following skills and characteristics.

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Brooks Group

JUNE 13, 2024

Sales Leader Benefits of Sales Conflict Resolution There are definite benefits to trying to resolve disagreements within a sales team, even on seemingly mundane topics. The short-term effort of settling disputes pays off with a more focused, aligned, and productive sales team and a stronger company culture in the long term.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 8, 2023

Solution: To overcome this barrier, sales leaders must champion a culture of cross-functional collaboration. It’s how we can break down the walls that hinder communication and cooperation between departments, to foster a shared vision, common goals, and open channels for knowledge exchange. Daily business life can be chaotic.

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Mike Kunkle

MARCH 31, 2023

Competencies also include traits like curiosity, empathy, drive, and resilience, as well as skills like communication skills (especially questioning skills), relationship building, problem-solving ability, which is not illustrated in the example in the above chart. Especially since managers need to develop sales coaching excellence.

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Brooks Group

MAY 2, 2023

They may be able to go through the rest of the steps of IMPACT, but challenges during the Meet step usually culminate when it’s time to close the sale. This can trick even the best sales managers into thinking their team has a negotiation problem , when in reality they have an opening problem! What Happens Next?

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 26, 2024

Then you need to train sales professionals, sales managers, sales ops, and sales leadership how to use it. And sales professionals are notoriously reluctant to adopt CRM tools. A consistent sales process allows them to follow repeatable steps that lead to predictable outcomes—and a better close rate.

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

As your sales process evolves, it's important to keep your skills relevant and up to date. Plus, it can increase your sales. In a case study by Rain Group , a global sales training organization, they discovered that a client who went through sales training closed 15.2% Attend sales training.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Sales coaching gives sales professionals the mentoring they need to resolve critical skills competency gaps and be more productive. One-on-one coaching is an essential way to supplement group training sessions, with topics that are tailored for each individual.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 11, 2023

After you’ve chosen your speaker, you can help them hit the mark by communicating these goals. Look for Expertise: See who is knowledgeable about the topics you’d like covered during your sales kickoff. Work with your marketing team to promote the speaker externally in a press release, blog post, and social media posts.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 24, 2024

In this blog post we share 6 of the key differences between successful and underperforming teams. Sales leaders using these approaches have developed resilient, capable sales professionals who can sell effectively and efficiently regardless of market conditions. Sales Strategy 6: “Building a dream team?

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Brooks Group

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

But actually getting new salespeople performing at their highest potential is easier said than done, with one in three salespeople lacking proficiency in about a dozen skills by the time sales onboarding is complete, according to the research from The Sales Management Association.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2024

Calculation: Number of Successful Sales Calls / Total Number of Sales Calls Importance: This metric provides insight into the effectiveness of individual sales representatives in closing deals. To achieve long-term goals, you need to choose the right KPIs for each step in the sales process.

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Mike Kunkle

JUNE 12, 2022

It’s surprising to some, but this “new way of selling” also requires a “back-to-basics” set of communication skills, organizational skills, and core sales methodology habits. When managing virtual meetings, it’s even more important to: Set call sales call objectives and back-up objectives. This is a question you must ask.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Major clue: If you are relying on other people to help make your sale, then you are completely responsible to follow up with them in advance to make certain that they have done their part. Most failures are based on poor communication rather than poor execution. Get Sales Blog Updates. Sales Management.

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Mike Kunkle

AUGUST 27, 2019

Sales onboarding for new sales reps and new or promoted sales managers. Ongoing competency development for sales and sales management. Management and leadership development. In others I’ve been responsible for only the sales-specific portions of leader/executive development.

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Hubspot Sales

APRIL 5, 2023

Explore different salary stats (as of 2023) that different sales positions provide and what skills these roles require. They educate customers on products and services to finalize a sale. Regional sales managers oversee sales reps for a determined district and are focused on helping their team meet sales goals.

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Mike Kunkle

MARCH 31, 2023

Competencies also include traits like curiosity, empathy, drive, and resilience, as well as skills like communication skills (especially questioning skills), relationship building, problem-solving ability, which is not illustrated in the example in the above chart. Especially since managers need to develop sales coaching excellence.

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Jeffrey Gitomer

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Become active in all aspects of business social media to communicate customer value not just your sales offerings. Make certain that upper management has complete buy-in, and gives support both verbally and monetarily to what will amount to a culture shift. Employ new technology in everything, especially sales.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

Assessments have gained immense popularity as a tool for understanding individual behavioral patterns, communication styles, and decision-making processes. One personality test in particular has become the go-to for sales leaders: The Brooks Talent Index DISC assessment. DISC also gives a team a common language for communication.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This post walks you through the four pitfalls of sales strategy and provides best practices to avoid them. Pitfall 1: Not Setting Clear Strategic Priorities The first pitfall of sales strategy is not setting clear priorities. You need clear communication to your team. Start with the end in mind and think big.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Strategic account management is a process of building value-driven relationships with your key customers to maximize retention and revenue opportunities over the long-term. Communicate clearly and often, and ensure your team has the sales training they need to execute well.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 2, 2023

The reports also reveal the best ways to motivate and communicate with a new hire or team member. This gives sales managers a tool to target and deliver their coaching in the most effective way. Get in touch with us to learn more about our sales hiring assessments and sales training solutions.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 27, 2023

So how do you motivate your team to hit those sales targets? This blog will discuss how to encourage motivation in your organization and get you over the rough patch. Make sure your sales team understands how they can earn their commission. With social media abuzz with lay-offs, it’s understandable to be concerned.

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In addition there are internal factors such as company resources, budget allocation, technology needs, sales training needs, and whether you have the personnel to support these needs. You need clear communication to your team. If you’re a sales leader, everyone needs a common understanding of your strategic priorities.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 19, 2023

Communication Styles Are you easily identifying and adapting to customer behavior styles, or do you struggle to make better connections with every type of person in the customer organization? Handling Objections Have you anticipated customer objections and come prepared with a solution, or does pushback take you by surprise?

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 9, 2023

These responsibilities also make a career in sales highly rewarding. Sales managers can earn a median salary of $127,490. Simply put, you can learn all of the essential skills to work in sales outside of school. Introverts are also great at communicating in writing. A great product is one side of the coin.

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