Nutshell

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Inside Sales” Mike Brooks put it , “you can’t close an unqualified lead.” It’s a tale as old as time: Your sales team isn’t meeting its goals. You thought you hired the right people and that everyone was a good fit for the company, so why aren’t they exceeding their quotas? Get to the root of the problem. As “Mr.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

When done right, they can improve your team’s performance and help you move closer to your sales goals. The trick is knowing what training program and techniques to use. In this guide, we’ll dive deep into sales training and give you the information you need to choose an impactful course for your team, including: What is sales training?

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Smooth Sale

JANUARY 12, 2023

Note: Sadie Brooks provides our guest blog; starting a baking business from home is the only guide you need. Photo by Antonio Quagliata. Sadie is a journalist graduate, a travel aficionado, and someone with endless curiosity. She lives in San Francisco and enjoys reading, cooking, and comedy songs. You can follow Sadie on Twitter.

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SalesLoft

JANUARY 22, 2020

Like it or not, brands like Amazon set the gold standard for buyer experience. They made it so easy for consumers to get what they want (and what they didn’t even know they wanted). And with that, Amazon made salespeople’s lives much harder. How did they do it? Free 2-day shipping and same-day shipping in major cities. Delivery by drone.

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Sales Hacker

AUGUST 7, 2020

The Bridge Group, Inc. The Santa Fe Group. Executive Vice President & Group CEO – Verizon Business. Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. At Sales Hacker, we’re serious about diversity, and for that reason, we’ve compiled a list of 530+ female sales experts to consider for your next event. They’re experienced.

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The Brooks Group

JANUARY 21, 2020

Sales training can be one of the most critical investments you make for your team. It can also be one of your biggest headaches. Salespeople often resist training, viewing it as a hassle that takes them away from their work. In fact, according to Training Industry , more than a quarter of salespeople feel that their sales training is ineffective.

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 2, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now. Sales Core Competencies II. Skills (36).

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Sales Training Advice

JULY 21, 2012

If I’m speaking to a higher level sales executive (VP of Sales, for example) and I find out that the VP is responsible for another group that could benefit from a training workshop: “Would you be willing to refer me to a few of your distributors? Three examples: 1. Visit www.SalesTrainingAndResults.com for more information. -Do

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 6, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now. Sales Core Competencies II. Skills (36).

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Anthony Cole Training

JUNE 2, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now. Sales Core Competencies II. Skills (36).

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Train salespeople to conduct a thorough investigation of the contact, their industry or business, and their organization. Now, instead of focusing on transactional sales, salespeople must be capable of building long-term relationships beyond the initial sale and maintaining their standing as trusted business advisors to your customers.

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The Brooks Group

APRIL 23, 2014

Practical outcomes such as quota, contacts, CRM compliance, etc. To build a great sales team, a meaningful and consistent sales management process must be in place organization wide. It must be systematic and be implemented by systematic people. The process needs to be ongoing and able to be monitored for effectiveness. Wrong again.

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Sales Training Advice

MARCH 31, 2010

Yes, it’s hard to get responses, but you have all the tools at your finger tips to increase your odds of grabbing the attention of your top contacts and getting a reply. Go a step further and do some research for the contacts you’ve uncovered on those same sites. Secure contact info. Gone is the dialing for dollars mentality.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 22, 2018

Vendor: Hoffeld Group. Price: Contact Hoffeld Group. Sales training programs help salespeople learn and/or improve their selling technique, skills, and processes. The ultimate goal is improving bottom-line results. According to CSO Insights, salespeople who complete highly rated sales training programs have 10% higher win rates.

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Green Lead's B2B

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Erica Brookes, Vitrue. Gail Goodman, Constant Contact. Patrick Attallah, 90:10 Group. Today I'm attending New Marketing Lab's Inbound Marketing Summit at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro (killer spot for a conference, btw). Highlight of the day is always Chris Brogan's down to earth, almost "stand up" quality talks. alexthegirl.

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Sales Training Advice

AUGUST 5, 2010

The group you’re writing is probably fewer than 10 people, so you can take the time to write it out. Your letter has to feel as if it was written especially for your contact to be memorable. I’m often asked about the effectiveness of letters as a prospecting strategy in today’s electronic world. Direct mail has fallen off considerably.

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Sales Training Advice

MARCH 9, 2011

Success in sales doesn’t just happen. It’s the product of a lot of hard work. However, this entails more than adopting time-honored ways of finding new prospects and closing more deals (although, to be clear, that’s still really important). Why is this so important? It’s people. We’re social creatures.

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Anthony Cole Training

AUGUST 25, 2010

HOME ABOUT US SOLUTIONS INTEGRATED LEARNING CLIENT RESULTS FREE RESOURCES SHOPPING CONTACT US SALES BREW SALES FORCE ONE SELLING FOR LIFE. Tony Cole, Founder and CEO of Anthony Cole Training Group. Does Your Team Need a Wake Up Call? Why Arent Your Salespeople Selling? Fix Your Problem Now. Sales Core Competencies II. Skills (36).

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 12, 2023

Welcome to "The Pipeline" — a new weekly column from HubSpot, featuring actionable advice and insight from real sales leaders. Time is a precious resource in sales — the efficacy of your sales process, whether a deal winds up closed-won, and virtually every KPI used to gauge your performance all hinge upon how effectively you spend yours.

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The Brooks Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

There’s nothing more frustrating than spending time and effort with a contact who is not in the position to make a purchasing decision. They have knowledge about competitors’ products and services at their fingertips, which means it’s critical that your salespeople are able to overcome sales objections quickly and confidently.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 29, 2019

Mark Brooks , Director of Business Development, Bizzabo. “As Statistically speaking, this is the point in the month when many people give up on their New Year’s resolutions. Then again, most people aren’t salespeople. And now, read on to learn what some of the top sales leaders are prioritizing for 2019.

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The Brooks Group

MAY 12, 2015

Kurt, a partner of The Brooks Group, is a premier expert on social selling and the art of positioning on LinkedIn. Thirty years ago, sales reps created their own CRM process by using newly introduced personal computers (PCs) and contact management software like ACT! This post comes from Kurt Shaver of The Sales Foundry.

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Sales Training Advice

JULY 14, 2010

One day while I was out on my early-morning oceanside run in the South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Florida, I passed a large group of city workers picking up trash from the waterfront. I assume that it costs the city a bit of money to run this operation seven days a week, and I’ll bet that it pays off in their favor.

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No More Cold Calling

AUGUST 21, 2014

Guest blogger Will Brooks—executive vice president and director of marketing for The Brooks Group—discusses his perspective on cleaning house. Our conversation has been broken into short videos on some cool topics, including: Why sales and marketing must call a ceasefire. The right and wrong ways to use LinkedIn for sales.

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