Brooks Group

MARCH 25, 2024

The process culminates in negotiating a mutually beneficial close while laying the groundwork for future sales. The IMPACT sales training program begins with a sales assessment of each participant to understand their behavioral patterns, communication styles, and decision-making processes.

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Hubspot Sales

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

I‘m going to level with you — the statement I’m about to make probably sounds like one of those meaningless platitudes about selling you‘d hear at some seminar that you were pressured by your employer to attend, but I swear I’m going somewhere with it. I always make sure to follow up quickly with the accurate information.

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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. Recommendation 3: Develop negotiation and qualification skills All teams struggle with negotiation and qualification. What are high-performance sales teams doing differently?

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Brooks Group

JULY 30, 2024

Listening, questioning, negotiating, closing—today’s sales professionals need so many different selling skills to succeed. They directly impact revenue generation and overall business success, so make sure your sales training addresses them. Communication Communication is the most important selling skill.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 9, 2024

Bigger deals usually mean bigger committees, which present unique challenges compared to selling to an individual decision maker or even a small group. 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.

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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. This can trick even the best sales managers into thinking their team has a negotiation problem , when in reality they have an opening problem!

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Brooks Group

JUNE 24, 2024

But step two should be making sure your training is getting the results you want. Here are eight ways effective sales training makes a difference. Improved Sales Skills Sales training programs focus on developing essential skills such as prospecting, qualifying leads, objection handling, negotiation, and closing techniques.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Buyers have been tasked with making an important decision, and they want to be sure they get it right—and choose the product or solution that makes them look good. It’s your sales team’s job to bring value to a decision maker and help them make the decisions that are best for them and their company.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Imagine for a moment one of your competitors making an attractive offer to your largest account. How can I make their day a little bit easier? Additionally, there are a lot of intimidating aspects to sales that can trigger emotions (like negotiating). It’s also an incredible tool for making better hiring decisions.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 23, 2024

This blog post takes a deep dive into the key benefits and drawbacks of the sales profession to help you make an informed decision. Commission-based pay and fluctuations in sales volume can make it challenging to predict your monthly or annual income. This can make it difficult to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

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Red Star Kim

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At the recent Business Development for Professionals – 2024 Virtual Conference – MBL Seminars I presented a session entitled “Supporting Fee-Earners in Sales Targeting”. I’ve summarised the key points here as a supplementary learning resource for the delegates.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 14, 2024

To use this approach effectively, sales professionals must be able to ask open-ended questions , listen actively, problem-solve, negotiate, and focus on value rather than price. Negotiation Skills Focus on creating win-win scenarios. Teach negotiation skills to navigate complex decision-making processes in B2B contexts.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2024

It encompasses various aspects of the sales process, including lead generation, prospecting, qualifying, presenting solutions, overcoming objections, negotiating terms, closing deals, and ultimately retaining customers for repeat business. Make sure each KPI you track directly contributes to the outcomes you want.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 7, 2024

Buyers generally make up their minds in the first few seconds whether the time spent with you is going to be valuable. This makes it far more likely they will listen to you—and that you’ll make the sale. They make buying decisions about products and services they don’t personally use.

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Brooks Group

AUGUST 28, 2023

Value-based selling is a sales approach that focuses on giving value to prospects and customers throughout their decision-making process. They are also more likely to make an investment sooner and with a larger amount of money. Make sure to remind them to enter every prospect interaction with an intention to provide value.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 8, 2023

Not everybody is in the market for what you sell, and even if they are, not everybody is willing to pay the price you need to sell at to make enough margin. Make sure your team doesn’t assume they know what a buyer perceives as valuable. Who else, other than you, of course, will be involved in the buying decision? Check it out!

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Brooks Group

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

At the same time, deals take longer to make their way through the sales process than they used to. But if a buyer is not ready to make a deal, there’s nothing that can make it happen any quicker. Understand the decision matrix: B2B buying groups are getting larger. That’s true in any sales landscape.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Aside from helping you make money, training may save you money too. Inside Sales Training Methods What Makes for Great Inside Sales Training (+Tips) How to Measure Your Impact What is inside sales training? Investing in an employee's professional development makes you more likely to retain them. Let’s say you’re in B2B SaaS.

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MTD Sales Training

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

A star in the making no doubt! The 2011 Sales Summit plays host to seminars from guest speakers such as bestselling author Simon Hazeldine and MTD’s #1 Sales Trainer Mark Williams, who are presenting sessions on the latest sales approaches and strategies regarding prospecting, negotiating and improving sales interactions.

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Brooks Group

MAY 17, 2023

But knowing these things does not make someone skilled at discovery. Yes, poor discovery is a problem, but helping your team improve their questioning ability can make a big difference in their performance and sales success. Make personalized recommendations. In reality, our data tells us otherwise.

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Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Without new opportunities, your sales team will never make quota. Set Intelligent Goals The next element of each sales professional’s prospecting plan is how many new contacts they should make each week based on the average conversion rate from prospect to opportunity, and how many qualified opportunities they must add to their pipeline.

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MDI Training

JULY 4, 2024

In this day and age, people are more independent of each other than ever before, making it harder to make and maintain connections. Read More Navigating the Ethical Challenges of Algorithmic Decision-Making by Aline | 27. Read More The ARS Seminar: Lateral Leadership and AI Role-Playing by Aline | 23.

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MDI Training

JULY 4, 2024

In this day and age, people are more independent of each other than ever before, making it harder to make and maintain connections. Read More Navigating the Ethical Challenges of Algorithmic Decision-Making by Aline | 27. Read More The ARS Seminar: Lateral Leadership and AI Role-Playing by Aline | 23.

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Brooks Group

APRIL 17, 2023

If you need guidance on making your team better at enterprise selling or are just looking for advice yourself, this complete guide will give you all the details you need to know. Enterprise Sales Training Enterprise sales are different compared to sales you will make to one person at one time. Enterprise sales have long sales cycles.

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Brooks Group

MAY 23, 2024

Better Hiring Decisions Assessing sales skills and attributes prior to hiring allows you to objectively evaluate a candidate’s strengths, weaknesses, motivators, and behavioral style for superior sales role fit. This factual insight enables better recognition, coaching, promotion, and compensation decisions.

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Brooks Group

JULY 14, 2023

It’s critical that salespeople be prepared to address the prospect as a person, not just a decision-maker. They should focus on uncovering what makes the buyer tick, and why, so that they can provide effective consultation. They shift their focus and make it their main objective to solve the prospect’s problem.

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Envisio

MARCH 8, 2023

As a reader, I either indulge in juicy mystery novels, think Desperate Housewives style (shoutout to Seraphina Nova Glass), or opt for thought-provoking pieces that challenge my perspectives, particularly about how we make public policy decisions. My passion for making data accessible to diverse stakeholders!

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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. This leads to more employees who make their job a top priority, which means better employee retention.

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Brooks Group

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Most of the time, five or more people will be involved in the decision-making process. This makes things all the more complicated for the sales professional who has been tasked with the sales opportunity, as they will need to be able to juggle the problems of multiple people at once.

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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. Sophisticated sales processes involve several decision-makers, 8 persons on average, from various departments within the purchasing organization. What are complex sales?

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Insightly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

They can also use it as a venue to entertain clients and prospects, to make their win rate soar. Take it up a notch by adding on a cooking class or skills seminar so they can perfect their culinary skills. Being around greenery can really make a difference. Make this experience better for them by choosing a CRM they’ll like.

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Insightly

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

They can also use it as a venue to entertain clients and prospects, to make their win rate soar. Take it up a notch by adding on a cooking class or skills seminar so they can perfect their culinary skills. Being around greenery can really make a difference. Make this experience better for them by choosing a CRM they’ll like.

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Brooks Group

JANUARY 19, 2023

The buyer decision process is between various products and services on the market. These customer decisions occur using a type of economic analysis known as the buying choice, a cost-benefit examination in the presence of multiple alternatives. It can be tricky to understand the buyer decision process from an outside perspective.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 27, 2023

You’re making your first sales call. Keep reading, and you’ll confidently make real-world sales calls in no time. And the following advice will help you consider every factor you need to consider before making a genuine sales call. Remember the best times to make these calls when practicing your scripts.

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Brooks Group

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Much like anything else in the world of sales, you can make your sales calls in just about any way you see fit; however, you can utilize some specific methods that will increase your chances of making successful cold calls. Is It Legal To Make a Cold Call? Cold Calling Tips. What is Cold Calling? How to Boost the Sales Process?

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Brooks Group

JULY 11, 2022

By its very nature, virtual selling removes the personal connection that is important to building relationships and making sales. When you have common ground, building rapport and trust is more effortless, thus making the pitch more of a conversation than a sales pitch. Find things that you have in common with other people.

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Brooks Group

MARCH 6, 2023

We will also discuss how it can be a valuable investment and how you can make the most of role-specific sales training. Making sure that each type of seller in your team gets the specific training they need can help them be more successful in their role. What Makes Effective Sales Training? What Is Sales Training?

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