The Brooks Group

MARCH 16, 2020

So, you’ve embraced the concept of consultative sales training; you understand your responsibility as a trusted advisor to be attentive and to put your client first, and you’re ready to take your new mandate to the field. Your personal brand : Remember what we said at the outset – you understand the importance of consultative selling.

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Highspot

JANUARY 9, 2024

This makes B2B sales training more important than ever. A well-designed program, paired with a robust training software , will empower your sales reps with the knowledge they need to deliver value and close more deals. What Is B2B Sales Training? What is B2B Sales Training? What Does the B2B Sales Process Look Like?

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Anthony Cole Training

APRIL 17, 2020

There is always something going on in the market that makes selling difficult. However, you can choose to develop strategies and utilize virtual technologies to get in front of your prospects and clients.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Every business needs to present what it’s selling as standing apart from the competition, but differentiating how you sell it is equally important.

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Highspot

APRIL 14, 2023

Sales training programs that educate and prepare your team to anticipate rather than react to challenging sales situations is key. Every business needs to present what it’s selling as standing apart from the competition, but differentiating how you sell it is equally important.

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Understanding the Sales Force

APRIL 15, 2024

The stock market has lost nearly all of its gains and the only thing we haven’t yet seen is massive layoffs. Whether or not it’s an economic crisis like 2008-2009, the four things I shared tell us that selling is quickly becoming much more difficult.

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Highspot

JANUARY 19, 2022

Sales training programs are often like that — but they don’t have to be. 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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Janek Performance Group

JULY 19, 2023

‍The success of any business largely depends on the ability of sales and marketing teams to work together effectively. This connection must be deeper than the marketing department providing sales reps with brochures and PDF attachments. Marketing can help sales reps understand their target market and ideal customer profile.

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The Sales Hunter

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Usually, sales will blame marketing for not giving them great leads. As a result, marketing is up in arms because the CEO decides to cut their budget for next year, since he/she is not seeing their return on investment. What department does marketing blame? Sales Vs Marketing: Who Owns the Lead Generation Process?

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Vengreso

AUGUST 1, 2023

Embarking on the journey of SaaS Sales Training can feel like navigating a labyrinth. The truth is, without proper SaaS sales training, scaling your software company becomes an uphill battle. Vengreso's transformation from sales training firm to influential SaaS enterprise is a testament to business evolution.

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Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

Consultative Selling Skills are used by organizations in many different industries to drive high end Business 2 Business sales, and whilst Consultative Selling is undoubtedly difficult to get right, the rewards are high given the typical values of the products & services involved.

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Jonathan Farrington

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Last week, I was asked by a colleague to describe my interpretation of what consultative selling is, and I thought I would share my response with you…… As we are all aware, getting to know the customer and understanding their needs is not a quick and easy process.

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Pipeliner

APRIL 24, 2019

How does your market perceive your business? How does your market perceive you? Keep in mind that your market is what makes your living. So how are you positioned in your market? In order to stand out of the crowd, you have to create your own personal marketing program. How do you market to them?

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Hubspot Sales

OCTOBER 29, 2017

billion on training and development, including external providers, internal expenses and tuition reimbursement, according to The American Society for Training and Development. in 2013 on hiring sales training companies, one of the top five outsourced training expenditures, according to Training Industry.

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Sales Training Connection

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Sales Training. companies spend millions of dollars on sales training for their salespeople. And, by sales training we are talking about sales skills training not product training. An equal amount is spent on product training as well. Internal training departments develop some programs.

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Understanding the Sales Force

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Dave Kurlan Inbound Marketing sales methodology closing sales performance sales selelction' I''m sure I''ve missed a few but you get the gist.

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criteria for success

MAY 4, 2022

Looking for ways to sell more? Many senior executives in sales and marketing don’t know who their buyers are, and don’t know how to position a selling conversation. So, let’s explore this and discover how to sell more. Sell More by Understanding Who Your Buyers Are. You can sell more by solving these problems.

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Understanding the Sales Force

DECEMBER 19, 2012

We have the sales process dialed in and we are training on it now. Until such time, salespeople must be trained to become more effective while marketers must be trained to develop stronger leads. Many of those salespeople won't be able to make the transition from transactional selling to consultative selling.

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Vengreso

JUNE 6, 2023

He is the creator of the Top 1% Academy, where he trains on how to sell to buyers, whether they be CEOs, business owners, or entrepreneurs, and how to be in the top 1% of sales earners doing so. For this week’s episode, I am joined by Doug C. Brown , the CEO of CEO Sales Strategies and a Sales Revenue and Profit Growth Expert.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For dyed-in-the-wool, traditional sales reps, consultative selling can sometimes seem intimidating at first. This should come as no surprise, especially when you consider consultative selling takes the “normal” sales process and, for all intents and purposes, turns it on its head. What Is Consultative Selling?

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The Brooks Group

JULY 23, 2018

That’s why it’s key that your salespeople use a customer-focused, consultative selling process with every prospect and customer they interact with. To truly be successful in today’s competitive landscape, your organization must have a strong alignment between the Customer Service, Marketing, and Sales departments. vs. 36.3%).

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The Sales Hunter

MARCH 7, 2014

Are you quick to tell Marketing you lose too many sales because the sales materials aren’t any good? A strong desire to do paperwork to keep the office and your boss happy as a way to cover up for not spending more time selling. Mark Hunter is the author of High-Profit Selling: Win the Sale Without Compromising on Price.

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Mindtickle

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The most successful sales organizations are adopting a consultative selling approach to meet buyers’ lofting expectations – and start closing more deals, faster. In this post, we’ll explore what consultative selling is, how it differs from traditional selling, and how it can set your organization apart from the competition.

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BuzzBoard

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Marketing agencies and media companies are increasingly seeing deep merits in becoming more data-driven to keep their go-to-market initiatives more targeted and relevant. Competition reports are vital to agencies and media houses selling to SMBs for helping with market positioning, better prospecting, fixing appointments, etc.

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Highspot

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Effective sales onboarding and training: New team members can hit the ground running with a clear sales process. It involves understanding your team’s unique strengths and the specific needs of your market. These could range from increasing revenue to expanding market share or improving customer retention.

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Highspot

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Setting Sales Targets Sales managers are responsible for setting realistic and achievable sales targets based on market analysis, historical data, and company goals. This involves identifying target markets, segmenting potential customers, and positioning products or services.

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BrainShark

APRIL 23, 2023

Key sales readiness activities such as assessment, training, and coaching help develop more productive, agile, and ready sellers. Entering a New Market “How do we get our reps ready to sell in this different environment?” of salespeople say their training around customer marketplaces needs improvement, and 20.4%

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Highspot

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For dyed-in-the-wool, traditional sales reps , consultative selling can sometimes seem intimidating at first. This should come as no surprise, especially when you consider consultative selling takes the “normal” sales process and turns it on its head. WHAT IS CONSULTATIVE SELLING ? First things first.

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MTD Sales Training

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I appreciate that you run courses around this and I will be asking you to come in and help us to put strategies in place and then to train my team in account management best. Consultative Selling. Happy Selling! MTD Sales Training. The post Top Tips For Managing Accounts appeared first on MTD Sales Training.

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Hubspot Sales

JANUARY 9, 2024

Norton, who helped AOL drive 30% YoY growth, got their start in sales selling office equipment for Pitney Bowes. Jim’s next job was “banging on doors, selling 60-second radio ads.” Norton attributes his “rock-solid foundation of training and experience” in sales to his early years in D2D. And use them again.

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Klozers

JUNE 5, 2014

Sales Training Consultants can deliver a huge impact to your organization, but from our own experience there is often confusion about what exactly they do. Sales Training Consultants. A good Consultant may also recognize any need for a Change Management process prior to starting any Sales Training program.

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Highspot

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Value selling, also known as value-based selling or value-added selling, focuses on unique benefits, not just features. Incorporating value selling into sales training can help your company stay ahead of the competition. Remember that proper sales training equips sellers with the skills to excel in this approach.

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Nutshell

AUGUST 15, 2018

Consultative selling is often regarded as one of the most effective sales strategies. A 2015 study of more than 350,000 salespeople from over 200 countries showed that the average consultative seller skill set was exhibited by only 48% of salespeople —a mere one percentage point higher than it was four years prior.

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Partners in Excellence

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Past training programs, last year’s tools (which we never used anyway), many things that were highly effective and some which weren’t are no longer valid, displaced by this year’s version. Challenger, consultative selling, value based selling is all so “yesterday.”

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Partners in Excellence

OCTOBER 19, 2020

I’ve gone through training in countless sales methodologies. Several things struck me: The approach for most of these, regardless of how politely the suppliers phrase them, tends to be: “Here are the things we do to the customer… ” They focused on our selling activities and less on the customer buying process.

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Partners in Excellence

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Mack wrote Consultative Selling in the late 70’s/early 80’s. Rather than focus on what we sell, he suggested we achieve our goals more effectively to putting the focus on the customer and what they need to achieve. Recently, a reader reached out to ask about one of my mentors, Mack Hanan.

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The Pipeline

APRIL 27, 2011

No matter how difficult your market or month is, there’s always something to celebrate. We’re not selling in a vacuum. This can be an overview of new research, feedback from a recent customer briefing, review of new market trends or analyst data, or even a quick presentation or interview (live or recorded) with an actual customer.

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